What effect does caffiene have on plants?

Question

if you could answer this as soon as possible in detail it would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

I would expect it to break down to some basic fertilizer components. I have used my used coffee grounds for years as a nitrogen source. The chemicals that are caffeine in some plants evolved over a very long time and their effect on us has nothing to do with their effect on other plants. All plants produce different materials that we have adapted to our lives. To this day only one plant in the whole world, referred to as "useless weed", has no use to us at all, chemical or otherwise, but it is now being researched intensively. To hazard a guess, plants probably have caffeine because it makes the plant more competitive, with higher levels equating to greater ability to survive.

Answer 2

In plants, caffeine is a calcium release inducer. That means that adding caffeine to cells causes internal calcium to be released. This can result in a wide array of effects as calcium is used in plant cells for a number of purposes. The well-defined action of caffeine makes it useful, because basically, if you see an effect when caffeine is added, the effect is presumed to involve calcium release and/or membrane permeability. You can get your detailed answer off of this web site.

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/199...

Answer 3

it makes them stay awake at night and miss beauty sleep. This causes them to be not as perky and a bit drab

Answer 4

Stunts their growth lol