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plants in cases?

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descartes

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i just started volunteering at the botanical gardens where i live, and *somehow* ive gotten obsessed with the idea of putting plants in computer cases. anyone think that its a Really Bad Idea, regardless of the precautions? i was thinking maybe a narrow, hanging flower pot on the inside edge of the case? maybe a bonsai in an unused drive cage? moving the whole thing isnt really a concern, so i'm not worried about difficulty of transport.

anyone done this before? opinions?
 
that would be nice, u should use a plexiglass box or at least side panel to get the sun thru, u know cuz of photosynthesis. unless you´re trying to grow fungus ;)
 
I Though before of growing plants on top of a case, with water automatically going to them somehow. Never got far on that idea though.
 
He can always install an UV light inside the case, and add some bling to it. :p
 
grow some marijuana plants in one lol, i could see it now "Man has 50 computers running folding / farming, buts whats the real motive? growing marijuana." The heat and hiding place was a no brainer as authorities would never suspect it.
 
Plants in computer cases? Are you nuts?

I have a plant in my tarantulas tank (I have a few) but in a cpu case!? :confused: :confused: :confused: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

P.S. sorry for the flame but it had to be done
 
That actually sounds like a good idea, you should mabye get some painting done on the exterior of your case and some coolio flowers for the inside, itd look the best in an all clear case
 
the more i think about this, the more i like the idea.

put some bamboo in a really tiny little tray inside, and below the window on a nice lian-li case. they'd grow right up the side of the window :)
 
that is a bad ass idea man. For cars people use spray jets to cool the outside of the inter cooler, maybe you could do the same with spray jets for the plants that doubles as a second cooling system! Defiantly have a window in the growing pot to match your case. Good luck and if you need my help let me know m8.

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The only problem I can see is humidity and bugs (pun completely intended)
 
the nice thing about bamboo is that you can put it in a bed of tiny rocks instead of dirt, and it's good to go, and water it just a little bit every other week. kinda perfect for this application :)
 
I think probably the best way to go about it woudl be a drip irrigation system with a slow pump and reservoir. It would obviously need to be refilled on occasion, but with proper engineering I don't see the problem. Obviously, you wouldn't want the plant right next to the chipsets, btu maybe sectioning off part of a good sized case with a plexiglass box would work...

So, let me see if I can figure out how this would work...

Youd need a small plant, possibly flowering, sectioned off in front of the case window, with the chipsets behind. A modified water cooling system could provide irrigation, as long as the reservoir was kept easily accessible- so maybe something externally mounted to free up space. Some good UV backlighting woudl give a nice silouhette effect to the plant, and allow for photosynthesis, especially if the lighting was on a timer so the plant doesn't get too much. It'd be tricky, but very cool...you coudl even do a hydroponic misting irrigation system, as long as your waterproofing was perfect. Now that woudl be cool- rainforest in a case, imagine the lighting effects on that one :)
 
*gasp* I thought this was a silly idea at first glance, but painting your case like green leaves and then having some bamboo or whatnot inside would look incredible :)! I hope you can get this going, and if you do, try to post pictures :D!
 
Air ferns and parasite plants could also survive inside the case. Misting the fern could be fatal to the computer, though. ;) The parasite could be pulled out for watering.
 
I think that's a really cool idea.... and now I am going to steal it from you;) ....

The bonsai would be neat..post some pics if you do it....
 
i used to hide "plants" in my case years ago. i noticed that the air in the case caused things to dry out really fast. you might have to run some sort of humidifier to keep the plant from just shrilving up and dieing.
 
oooo... thats a really good point. and obviously, i dont think i'd like to run a humidifer inside my case :)

maybe if i watercooled everything, i could keep the heat down internally, and have a single, slow rpm fan inside to keep things circulating. that might be ok.

i'm also wondering how big a case i'd need. most of the nice cases with precut windows have the window below the pci-e slots and only an inch or two away from the side of a g80, and it would be a bummer to have tulips growing up through the side of my video card :)

maybe something like the antec p180; i could rest the pot on top of the "psu compartment". otherwise, i'd have to get a *really* narrow planter to hang on the inside...

great points, everyone! if anyone else runs with this idea before i do, post pics!

austin

spint3 said:
i used to hide "plants" in my case years ago. i noticed that the air in the case caused things to dry out really fast. you might have to run some sort of humidifier to keep the plant from just shrilving up and dieing.
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plants can conducrt electrcity, - plants are often moist inside

so moisture / condensation or a leaf touching the wrong thing and POOOOF
 
I don't think you could do a bonsai inside the case. There are indoor bonsai that will do better in lower light, but you would still have to have some sort of UV light in there. Forget about any outdoor bonsai like juniper etc. As far as dryness and heat, you could try a succulent bonsai like a mini-jade, but even that may be too big for the confines of a case. You could try one of those mini-cacti from home depot etc. That may be the best compromise.
 
If you're serious about doing this...

Make sure the plant isn't exposed to any large amounts of UV light. Anything more than a single 4" UV CCFL will hinder it's growth potential (might not be a bad idea, keeping it small, yknow?). It'll enjoy wavelengths in the red and blue spectra (so, blue CCFL's are great for them!) or, of course, white.

To keep it healthy I'd install a single 1/2" fillport which has a tube on it, the tube buries roughly 1/2" into the soil ... Alternatively you could use one of these Troph Blumat Jr.s to leech water from a reservoir at roughly the same height as the ceramic cone.

Or, of course, you could have some bamboo shoots actually do something in your case... Maybe rig them up to hold a fan or something :)

Most slow-growing plants don't like heats over 25c though, so lots of ventilation is required.
 
I'd so an artificial plant. Real plants tend to 'breathe' which means they can give off a lot of moisture. Plus they can harbor insects if you're not careful or even fungus.

You don't want to wake up one morning to find a bunch of dew all over your case :)
 
I was thinking about this, and I honestly think it can be done. What I would do is cover the motherboard in a non-conductive solution (gel, solid glue of some sort). I'm not sure where you would acquire such stuff, but I'm sure something like that exists.

Next, I would get the tallest case I could find where the mother board and the components are mounted no where near the bottom of the case. The bottom of the case can be modded into a "pan." Where you could put soil and maybe even a timed watering system.

I would definitely give it a try and some more research, hope you go through with it :)

If you get any ideas PM me so I do not lose track of this project!
 
Another idea would be to build a plexi glass case and kind of divide the case down the middle, so water, humidity, and the computers heat will not effect the plant. Some heat will be transferred, but you could always add fans in the plants "side" of the case.
 
descartes said:
the nice thing about bamboo is that you can put it in a bed of tiny rocks instead of dirt, and it's good to go, and water it just a little bit every other week. kinda perfect for this application :)
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If you mean the "lucky bamboo" that you find in malls and such, its not actually bamboo.
The nice thing is that they grow very well with indirect lighting and can survive in a wide range of temperatures. The downside is that they need alot of water...and that has its own problems, with the heat of the computer, its going to evaporate like crazy.
Over several months, they can grow quite tall, but like all plants, they will occupy a large area.

The average house plant is tall or wide, and dont really occupy a case very well. The concerns of plants shorting out the computer, probably not an issue until the plant begins to die.
that and leaves/vines in fans

What you need is a small plant that will take UV well, require little water, and survive in heat.
Conveniently, places like Walmart and other department stores sell assorted cactus, some as small as your thumb, others the size of your fist, etc.
 
I think this idea is hilariously insane! Well if it works +1 point of respect to you. I don't think chopped leaves in your cpu fan is very good for other components though. :rolleyes: Maybe start out with a cactus. :p
 
make a fake case with your old obsolete stuff, put lots of bling lights inside.
the nazpublicans will confiscate that one

They are not very smart, they believe that all the humans in the entire planet are inbred from one guy and a woman made from one of his body parts.
 
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Start with plants that naturally grow in Hi heat/ Lo humidity environments.

Try some cacti (cactuses) or aloe vera.

Google [SIZE=-1]succulents[/SIZE].
 
Double pot a succulent that doesn't need much light- mount the outer pot to the case somewhere, and just use sand, a little loam, and gravel on the inside.

I had a bunch of CAM and C3 plants in my office last year, which got too cold for them- wish I would have thought to use the computer to keep them warm. :)
 
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