To satisfy food production, Solanum lycopersicum was chosen to evaluate the development of plant growth and germination rate using the combination method of electrical stimulation (ES) and boiling water (BW). This was accomplished using six trials over eight days, where the primary positive control and experimental trials were negatively impacted by the stress of BW at an interval of 5-10 minutes. However, in the secondary positive control trials, the lack of BW led to an increase in plant growth using an electrophoresis chamber at a 35 V (volts) / 1-5 minute stimulation rate. This is shown by the 3-minute ES trial, where the highest average plant growth was 4.9 cm, as opposed to the 2.3 cm average of the control group after eight days of trial.

Because of the control and secondary positive control showing a four-day germination rate, it was concluded that ES can increase plant growth, but not effective germination, due to hormonal and enzymatic changes in the system. This leads to the development of a sustainable 35 V / 1-5 minute interval, which hasn’t been used in Solanum lycopersicum electroculture before, despite the refutation that BW and ES as a combination method can impact germination and growth positively.

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