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We spend oodles of bucks on little thingies to keep our pets
amused - squeaky chew toys and the like.
But what about our houseplants? Don't THEY deserve some
amusement, too? Studies have shown that all organisms
grow better when they have a chance to play, and I bet
plants are no exception.
Research
would have to be done to find the best designs,
but I'm thinking maybe little baby-plant dolls, mounted on
toothpicks that could be stuck into the soil in the
houseplant's pot - tiny rattles that could be hung from
leaves - microminiature cars that drive around the edge of
the pot - the possibilities are endless.
Bikes. Plants like bikes.
http://www.bing.com...th+bike&FORM=HDRSC2
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jul 20 2013]
restaurant for plants
Restaurant_20for_20plants
the toys will keep them occupied while waiting to be served, so they don't act up and disturb the other diners [swimswim, Jul 21 2013]
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Place your plant on a chess board,that should do it. |
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This is kind of baked in the sense that that there are all kinds of little things to put into planted pots. I have Buddhas, toy cars, glass animals, pet-rocks, etc...all in my house plants.
They also sell stuff for outside plants, like whirly-gigs, insects and birds with wind-powered wings, etc. |
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The difference between plant toys and mere plant
decoration, now that I think a bit more, would be
whether or not the plant gets to interact with the
thing somehow... |
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I wonder whether you could cultivate bonsai trees in such a way that their roots would very slowly destroy a small scale model of Isengard. |
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I have a number of baubles and fetishes in my grow
room (including a little ceramic Buddha). I'm a meta-
superstitious person, so when something
seems to help my plants I incorporate it into my little
rituals. |
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For instance, I had a plant that produced a particularly
large yield for its size, and when I was dumping out the soil
after harvest I found an object entwined in its roots: a
cockerel's claw, no doubt from the bone meal I blend into
my medium. I drilled a hole in it and braided a little thong
out of stem fibers. Now I dip it into the medium of each
pot as I transplant seedlings and then hang it over my
plants where they can 'see' it. I don't know if it serves any
purpose other than amusing me, but it's not doing any
harm. |
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My plants also have their own mp3 player. |
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Definition: Tree - A tree is a thing that grows by the road side for fifty years, until one twilight it jumps out, grabs a car and mangles it. Usually a car with a drunk driver. |
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Given this fact we have all observed, I believe toy deprived plants have been trying to obtain toys for many years, we just have not been awake enough to notice. |
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//My plants also have their own mp3 player.// |
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Ah, but do they get to make their own playlists ? |
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[smendler] Please explain how the plants would interact with the toys. You could have a venus fly trap with a toy fly that circles on a wire and the plant could try to catch it? But most plants kind of just sit around in the sun. |
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// do they get to make their own playlists ? // |
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In a way; if I come in and they look wilted or stressed for
no apparent reason,
whatever they've been listening to for the last couple of
hours gets pulled from the que. |
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