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I Wanted Them to Be Weird: Director John McPhail on Mixing Genres and Encouraging Actors in "Grow" | Interviews | Roger Ebert

A charming family film about Charlie, a girl who communicates with plants, who revitalizes her aunt's struggling coastal farm amid an annual pumpkin competition.

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Closely sown corn plants communicate to defend themselves

Corn plants whisper messages to each other to defend against their enemies. When they are very closely planted, they release a volatile substance that induces their neighbors to produce chemicals that halt their growth, but activate their defenses against plagues. And that's not all they also modify the soil's microbiota, leaving a defensive legacy that preps the immune system of the next generation of plants.

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I Wanted Them to Be Weird: Director John McPhail on Mixing Genres and Encouraging Actors in "Grow" | Interviews | Roger Ebert

Closely sown corn plants communicate to defend themselves

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