most people don't grow plants that are too challenging, it's not very rewarding if they look sick or dying. What people grow is what you find in all the garden centres and supermarkets, the reliable ones.
Vicki - some plants, both indoors and outdoors, need direct sun, dappled shade, light but no direct sun. That depends on how robust are their leaves which can range form papery thin and delicate t very thick and with a waxy coating and all forms in between. Some leaves are adapted to cope with wind burn, sunburn and so on. All part of their engineering. Colour also plays a huge part.
I can't see the point of trying to design a product to acre for bog standard supermarket and garden centre plants as they are so relatively cheap people will chuck them and replace them. The more esoteric, difficult plants are likely to be bought by people who know what they're doing and don't need helpful gadgets or by people who don't know and care little that plants have different needs.
No point investing energy on a product no-one will buy.
I suggest you find something you know about and use yourself and then think about how to improve its use or care.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Not at all. I just felt that the survey only looked into watering and drying out and light levels. It didn't take into consideration soils and feeding.
People who are growing 'challenging' plants will generally know what is required to keep them healthy at different times of year, so that is unlikely to be a profitable market. As others have said, almost every plant will require different conditions at different times so putting a number of different plants into a single container of some kind is unlikely to work either.
Vicki, (I expect you think we are really cheeky on here!) to be honest, we get servies, and people are trying to sell something, not allowed on here. Yes, instead of saying "where would you put a pot plant" it would be better to ask about positioning, BUT of course, there are thousnads of different types of plant, shrub, trees even go can gornw indoors. I have tropical stuff, Bananas,Brugmansias, they are too big to go indoors, so they are in an unheated greenhouse, (bubblewrapped in frost) Citrus, low heated greenhouse. A Sparania Africana, which can get to 10 feet. Not all heating is drying, woodburners arent particularly, the air in this country dends to be damp, and the amount of plants I have produce damp conditions.Plus we have to dry washing, I use a dehumidifier at night in the conservatory. I think we have a product which makes sure that plants dont dry out indoors in the winter, its called 02!
I think the survey is quite good and make sense for a statistics in the project report.
Those guys do not understand why you have such a survey because they did not even have a project in the university.
Why this guy publish the survey is just because he might trying to design a better product for the indoor plant. In 2000 years ago, people were always think they live in the best world, if every person just like those negative folks, then we do not even have PC for you typing these useless words.
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most people don't grow plants that are too challenging, it's not very rewarding if they look sick or dying. What people grow is what you find in all the garden centres and supermarkets, the reliable ones.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Vicki - some plants, both indoors and outdoors, need direct sun, dappled shade, light but no direct sun. That depends on how robust are their leaves which can range form papery thin and delicate t very thick and with a waxy coating and all forms in between. Some leaves are adapted to cope with wind burn, sunburn and so on. All part of their engineering. Colour also plays a huge part.
I can't see the point of trying to design a product to acre for bog standard supermarket and garden centre plants as they are so relatively cheap people will chuck them and replace them. The more esoteric, difficult plants are likely to be bought by people who know what they're doing and don't need helpful gadgets or by people who don't know and care little that plants have different needs.
No point investing energy on a product no-one will buy.
I suggest you find something you know about and use yourself and then think about how to improve its use or care.
Not at all. I just felt that the survey only looked into watering and drying out and light levels. It didn't take into consideration soils and feeding.
People who are growing 'challenging' plants will generally know what is required to keep them healthy at different times of year, so that is unlikely to be a profitable market. As others have said, almost every plant will require different conditions at different times so putting a number of different plants into a single container of some kind is unlikely to work either.
If people don't know how to grow certain plants , then why buy them in the first place ?
Secondly , why would anyone want their heating set on 'Very High' ?
vicki says
"So that a specific needs based solution can be identified." ( hideous jargon IMHO )
vicki, we don't need a solution" specific needs based" or otherwise.
Obs has pretty much nailed it . Folk don't grow stuff which is going to give them a problem.
No problem = no solution required.
Hostafan1
Damned right !!!
Vicki, (I expect you think we are really cheeky on here!) to be honest, we get servies, and people are trying to sell something, not allowed on here. Yes, instead of saying "where would you put a pot plant" it would be better to ask about positioning, BUT of course, there are thousnads of different types of plant, shrub, trees even go can gornw indoors. I have tropical stuff, Bananas,Brugmansias, they are too big to go indoors, so they are in an unheated greenhouse, (bubblewrapped in frost) Citrus, low heated greenhouse. A Sparania Africana, which can get to 10 feet. Not all heating is drying, woodburners arent particularly, the air in this country dends to be damp, and the amount of plants I have produce damp conditions.Plus we have to dry washing, I use a dehumidifier at night in the conservatory. I think we have a product which makes sure that plants dont dry out indoors in the winter, its called 02!
I think the survey is quite good and make sense for a statistics in the project report.
Those guys do not understand why you have such a survey because they did not even have a project in the university.
Why this guy publish the survey is just because he might trying to design a better product for the indoor plant. In 2000 years ago, people were always think they live in the best world, if every person just like those negative folks, then we do not even have PC for you typing these useless words.
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I dont think there WAS an indoors 2000 years ago!!!