Hi Tyson, yes we are still working on this, though its been slow. There are a few different groups very interested in having something like this. I can post some of the basic requirements we came up with for the system soon and you can see what aspect you might like to take on!

Hi Rik! Sounds great! I can’t wait to see the video. What was the media probe sensing??

Roots (=plants) need a beneficial bacterial/fungal environment for healthy growth – using this charred earth tactic will kill off said environment time and again. And then, just as in conventional agriculture, all sorts of unwanted thing will get to your weakened plants. Remember, you aren’t working in some sterile Space Shuttle environment; you have to [...]

If that’s any help to you: I couldn’t get these two species to grow, either. Why don’t you try the following: Stop using the peroxide, reduce the humic acid to the absolute minimum, and put in salads, (or peppers/tomatoes/nasturtiums) – if normal salads don’t grow, you can still change things in your system; I think [...]

Growing two in one pot is actually not such a good idea, unless it’s peas or beans.
The plant nearer to the window doesn’t have to bolt because it’s getting the lion’s share of the available light -
in March, that is, which is why there aren’t any flowers developing very quickly.

Hey great! I’m going to post some photos of what I’ve been working on. I think for the interface, it would be nice to make something multiplatform (I use an Apple myself). I started to build an interface using Processing (http://processing.org) which I can post up sometime soon. Definitely HTML/JS would be great for the [...]