Comments on: Casemod that grows wheatgrass

By: Historybuff

Historybuff — Sun, 13 May 2012 00:54:00 +0000

Remember, in some places ketchup is now a vegetable.

By: TheMadLibrarian

TheMadLibrarian — Sat, 12 May 2012 19:42:00 +0000

For some values of ‘vegetables’. Lettuce, maybe. Tomatoes? Carrots?

By: millie fink

millie fink — Sat, 12 May 2012 18:00:00 +0000

Huh, I just had a shot of that juice this morning! I was told that the one ounce I had has the same amount of nutrients as four pounds of vegetables. Hard to swallow (ha), but maybe true?

By: davidmang

davidmang — Sat, 12 May 2012 17:54:00 +0000

A small orchid would work rather nicely, depending on the species. You’d have to do a secondary mod to control the humidity inside a bell jar, but by and large the most important environmental factors for orchid growth are relatively low light, a warm environment, and high humidity.

By: digi_owl

digi_owl — Sat, 12 May 2012 14:32:00 +0000

“just running my own server park, officer”.

By: pKp

pKp — Sat, 12 May 2012 10:09:00 +0000

Yeah, that’s what I thought about too…that would be a neat way to grow, ahem, medicinal plants without the power company coming to grumble about power use.

By: Plut0

Plut0 — Sat, 12 May 2012 09:41:00 +0000

This is a biomodd (biomodd.net). and a really well executed one as well.

By: Cakey McDoodle

Cakey McDoodle — Sat, 12 May 2012 08:11:00 +0000

I’m sure I read about other species of plants that also require a warmer environment to grow. Are you sure growing your own wheatgrass is legal?

By: soylent_plaid

soylent_plaid — Sat, 12 May 2012 04:40:00 +0000

Neat idea, but I would be slightly nervous about the inside cleanliness of the case. I once worked for a science centre in Canada that has a butterfly exhibit and was asked to find out why one of their old PCs (running for about ten years in an adjacent room, not in the exhibit) wasn’t booting. Got it back to the shop, found A) a dead butterfly inside, and B) three inches of dirt covering every interior surface, having been blown in from the ventilation fans from the humid, dirt-filled environment next door. Had to go to the machine shop and use their air compressors to clean it out.