Solar-powered, glowing flower pot does just that
By Joshua Fruhlinger 
posted Jun 22nd 2008 10:02PM
posted Jun 22nd 2008 10:02PM
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Those are actually pretty cool. For an apartment balcony this would be a nice way of adding a touch of gaudy ambience!
If one had the proper backyard/patio area this might actually be pretty neat to have.
With fake plants of course, I don't know about anyone else but I seem to of inherited my mothers curse to some how kill every plant I touch...
actually my mother had a green thumb, it was peopl.......*crashing noise*...*screams*..*silence*........................................................................*roommate comes in* "OMG someone call 911"
...huh?
Woohoo?
It's Sunday
"A solar cell is placed in the sun"
That must be difficult.
Yeah they call it 40 bucks, but in reality you know it's gonna cost at least a hundred mil to install it properly. I bet they only let you use their propriety space transportation too, bastards.
"...with a 9.8-foot wire"
but not if the sun's only 9.8 feet away.
I had to read that sentence a good 4 times before it finally sunk in what he was trying to say.
These would look nice around an in-ground pool
Actually, having them around a hot tub inside a private shed with aromas and nature sounds would be even better. Put the in the window or whatever and you're good to go.
@Garst
Generally, anyone living or recreating in a shed has trouble eating corn on the cob, and plays a mean banjo. I've never met anyone who keeps a hot tub in a shed, and I imagine any who do end up calling a crawlspace home, before a grisly end.
do the plants get confused and start growing downwards towards the pots?
They fail to mention that this is bad for the plants.
Plants need dark at night.
Sure, whatever you want, birthday boy...
@jtgd,
...they also fail to mention that the lamp is likely not a UV lamp and thus will neigh affect the growth of said plants one bit.
@schmitty338
Thought it would be cool to have a UV-emitting, cancer-causing flowerpot right?
I think so at least....
You Said "THUS" and "NEIGH" in the same post.
You owe me a new geek meter, you just broke the old one.
It would be better if they were just made from glo-in-the-dark material.
Mosquito attractors. Awesome.
Well I guess you just designed a new version, the bug zapper glowing flower pot. if you could somehow make the dead bugs become fertilizer that would just be down right money making.
grow Venus fly traps
If anything these pots would make the plants grow faster. It's the visible spectrum, not UV that induces plant growth, particularly the blue and red lighting. Plants do not necessarily need darkness as the Calvin cycle is dependent upon the energies gathered from light.
Biochemistry is fun!
...they do need darkness to flower
...they do need darkness to flower
darkness to flower? so that implies wheres theres lamp post, theres no flower? think again
hmm.. well i know certain plants wont flower unless they register a certain consecutive amount of darkness
Wow I'd love to have one......would look nice in front of the house.
You should be able to get the same effect with some glow-in-the-dark paint.
wow, this really is interesting. Its cool, but not very useful. I can imagine fine dining restaurants having a few of these here and there. Xp
Drett.com
Finally I can grow pot in style.
i will buy this... very nice...
I love these pots and just added a link to them on my blog: www.teleflora.com/flowerblog. If you like flowers, check it out for news, trends, flower horoscopes and chances to win free flowers.
Jacqueline