This effect is assumedly due to smaller hydration spheres around nutrients which can pass through cell membranes more readily allowing nutrient access to intracellular compartments. This research has now been extended to plant growth and plant metabolism. Hemp and chia plants were grown in the presence of microclustered water obtained using a patented procedure involving sequential exposure of water to strong magnetic fields and light.

Biomass and yield increased by approximately 80% and in the case of chia seeds, calcium levels increased as much as 10-fold. A feasible mechanism to explain these results will be discussed involving plant aquaporins and modifications in cellular metabolism.