Inspired by Chia Pets ("the pottery that grows", for those of you unfamiliar with this cheesy concept: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chia_Pet), I decided to attempt to make a parody in guitar pedal form.
I've posted this idea in a couple other threads, but the idea has grown (figuratively speaking) enough to be repotted here.
Attempt number one was mostly a failure, but nonetheless a learning experience:
(http://i.imgur.com/zt7aPLtl.jpg)
I had simply attached the seeds directly to the painted enclosure, and they didn't stay moist enough to sprout, except for the ones at the bottom.
My next attempt will utilize this card substrate, following a suggestion from duck_arse:
(http://i.imgur.com/Nd8FhOal.jpg) the idea being to sprout the seeds on this first, then attach it to the pedal.
Stay tuned. :icon_razz:
Edit: By the way, the reason I linked to the Wikipedia page and not the actual Chia Pets website is because the latter is filled with truly nightmarish creations that you can't unsee. :icon_eek:
Following out of morbid intrigue :icon_eek:
Hmmmm hundreds and thousands.
I'm feeling hungry now
Quote from: EBK on January 23, 2019, 09:47:26 AM
Inspired by Chia Pets ("the pottery that grows", for those of you unfamiliar with this cheesy concept: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chia_Pet), I decided to attempt to make a parody in guitar pedal form.
I've posted this idea in a couple other threads, but the idea has grown (figuratively speaking) enough to be repotted here.
Attempt number one was mostly a failure, but nonetheless a learning experience:
(http://i.imgur.com/zt7aPLtl.jpg)
I had simply attached the seeds directly to the painted enclosure, and they didn't stay moist enough to sprout, except for the ones at the bottom.
My next attempt will utilize this card substrate, following a suggestion from duck_arse:
(http://i.imgur.com/Nd8FhOal.jpg) the idea being to sprout the seeds on this first, then attach it to the pedal.
Stay tuned. :icon_razz:
Edit: By the way, the reason I linked to the Wikipedia page and not the actual Chia Pets website is because the latter is filled with truly nightmarish creations that you can't unsee. :icon_eek:
:icon_mrgreen:
That adds a whole new meaning to "organic sounding" :D
I'm not saying this is a goofy idea...
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d7/ea/f0/d7eaf06b5dbfb4656ec7f397abc95869.jpg)
Quote from: thermionix on January 24, 2019, 04:39:02 AM
I'm not saying this is a goofy idea...
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d7/ea/f0/d7eaf06b5dbfb4656ec7f397abc95869.jpg)
Looks like Pauly Shore in Encino Man. lol.
maybe mix some mud with crazy glue, spread it all over the enclosure, then add seeds? lol
Quote from: pinkjimiphoton on January 24, 2019, 12:15:45 PM
maybe mix some mud with crazy glue, spread it all over the enclosure, then add seeds? lol
It might look ok, but it wouldn't hold enough moisture to keep the plants alive.
hahah... where there's a will, there's a way.... you'll figure it out eric!!
i went through a phase of growing mushrooms years ago. you could easily get a fungus mycelium to colonise some substrate on the enclosure, within days, but it'd run out of nutrients and water. here's a fun fact with some relevance here: some fungi will eat aluminium. no clue if they like zinc.
i wonder if it'd be possible to grow anything and dessicate it without too much visual deterioration, so you could coat it in resin. that's probably a question for the DIY jewellery crowd.
mmmmmmmmmmm...... mushrooms :icon_mrgreen:
hey E,
maybe some dried hagfish slime will hold the chia on?
:icon_mrgreen:
Quote from: pinkjimiphoton on February 06, 2019, 11:02:22 PM
hey E,
maybe some dried hagfish slime will hold the chia on?
:icon_mrgreen:
Chia seeds make their own hagfish slime. It was the marketing folks who changed the name from slimeseed to chia. :icon_razz:
Quote(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d7/ea/f0/d7eaf06b5dbfb4656ec7f397abc95869.jpg)
Chia, the natural cure for baldness.
A weird update of sorts (ok, there is nothing not weird about this project):
Remember that previous failed attempt where the seeds at the bottom edge of the enclosure were the only ones to sprout? Well, I kept those growing for shits and giggles while I prepare for my next attempt.
(http://i.imgur.com/dFVO2Obl.jpg)
It is surprisingly lush.
:icon_eek:
here's a question - what, exactly, is chia for? is it for eating? toupees?
Quote from: duck_arse on February 07, 2019, 09:55:28 AM
here's a question - what, exactly, is chia for? is it for eating? toupees?
People eat the seeds, or make weird beverages out of them (I consider all smoothies to be weird, but there are some even weirder chia-based beverages out there). Not sure if the plants are edible. Probably.
There I go, using that word "weird" again. :icon_lol:
In the US, it was almost impossible to avoid seeing this ad in the 80s:
Quote from: EBK on February 06, 2019, 11:27:09 PM
It is surprisingly lush.
Surprisingly Lush - found my new band name 8)
ch ch cha chia!!
lol
admit it, every 'merkin reading this just sang it in their head
this, from another thread, might be applicable, Eric.
QuoteBy picking seeds that are separated in the maximum length sequence by a million years or so, we can be pretty sure the auto correlation won't be noticed.
Seems to be a lot like Watercress.
QuotePeople eat the seeds, or make weird beverages out of them (I consider all smoothies to be weird, but there are some even weirder chia-based beverages out there). Not sure if the plants are edible. Probably.
You will find out soon enough. dia-chia!
Quote from: Rob Strand on February 10, 2019, 06:39:55 PM
QuotePeople eat the seeds, or make weird beverages out of them (I consider all smoothies to be weird, but there are some even weirder chia-based beverages out there). Not sure if the plants are edible. Probably.
You will find out soon enough. dia-chia!
:icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek:
:o
:icon_mrgreen:
Quote from: Rob Strand on February 10, 2019, 06:39:55 PM
You will find out soon enough. dia-chia!
That reminds me of another joke that only Americans who watched TV in the 80s (90s?) would get (I think):
What to you call a vegetarian with diarrhea?
A Salad Shooter.
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71j2u3Ji83L._SL1500_.jpg)
I actually have two names for this pedal now: Chia Pedal and Soil-Bender (the circuit I am using is actually a soul-bender clone).
I'm redesigning my cardboard substrate so it will wrap underneath the pedal and hopefully soak up water from a tray. I'll be ready to try growing stuff again soon.
Edit: I changed my mind about redoing the substrate. I'm going to try it on this one first:
(http://i.imgur.com/YAavs1nl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/RyuuJtSl.jpg)
It's alive!
(http://i.imgur.com/CUkkyPLl.jpg)
Sort of looks like a massive horde of geoducks.
Quote from: EBK on February 21, 2019, 07:21:27 PM
It's alive!
(http://i.imgur.com/CUkkyPLl.jpg)
Sort of looks like a massive horde of geoducks.
what the hell is a geoduck? they looks like maggots to me.
Quote from: duck_arse on February 22, 2019, 08:18:13 AM
what the hell is a geoduck?
The geoduck is the world's largest (and most phallic) burrowing clam.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Jrb_20081127_Mirugai_tsukiji_tokyo_japan_001.JPG/180px-Jrb_20081127_Mirugai_tsukiji_tokyo_japan_001.JPG)
(http://res.cloudinary.com/sagacity/image/upload/c_crop,h_500,w_320,x_0,y_0/c_scale,w_640/v1396553355/4504189378_97cefb178f_ivqren.jpg)
Quote from: duck_arse on February 22, 2019, 08:18:13 AM
what the hell is a geoduck? they looks like maggots to me.
I was thinking face-hugger egg pods... :icon_eek:
It's just starting to get green.
(http://i.imgur.com/PJ0999Jl.jpg)
Maybe another day or so, then I'll attach the substrate to the pedal.
My wife reminds me that if this attempt doesn't work, we still have plenty of seeds.
(http://i.imgur.com/5ta9XO6l.jpg)
I think it is funny that this ridiculous endeavor is the first pedal project of mine that she has enthusiastically supported. :icon_lol:
Quote from: EBK on February 24, 2019, 11:44:11 AM
It's just starting to get green.
(http://i.imgur.com/PJ0999Jl.jpg)
Maybe another day or so, then I'll attach the substrate to the pedal.
My wife reminds me that if this attempt doesn't work, we still have plenty of seeds.
(http://i.imgur.com/5ta9XO6l.jpg)
I think it is funny that this ridiculous endeavor is the first pedal project of mine that she has enthusiastically supported. :icon_lol:
Feed them to the big hamster!!!
(https://i.postimg.cc/9D4pPRJz/e53045394a5bfb971184fd9d60b82de2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/9D4pPRJz)
Quote from: italianguy63 on February 24, 2019, 11:58:07 AM
(https://i.postimg.cc/9D4pPRJz/e53045394a5bfb971184fd9d60b82de2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/9D4pPRJz)
The look on that guinea pig's face says, "But, I thought we were friends!"
So, it occurred to me that I had better put this together before it became too difficult to install the knobs.
(http://i.imgur.com/iCepdSDl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/BTf0opWl.jpg)
I'm hoping the water doesn't destroy the pots or stomp switch. We'll find out later.
Update:
So far, the water hasn't harmed anything. Yes, I chose a green LED:
(http://i.imgur.com/57fBRuGm.jpg)I'll record a formal demo video once the sprouts have grown more and I can fully declare success. :icon_wink:
I've just sat here staring at this thing for a good few minutes, wondering what to make of it? Apart from a nice salad, that is... :icon_rolleyes: :icon_wink:
You're totally insane, Eric. This should be a warning to anyone thinking of joining this forum: this is what it can do to you!! :o :icon_twisted: ;D
Next up, we have a tube screamer built into a bread roll...
Quote from: bluebunny on February 25, 2019, 02:56:30 AM
Next up, we have a tube screamer built into a bread roll...
How about a Big Muffin Pi? :icon_lol:
it looks more disturbing every time.
Quote from: duck_arse on February 25, 2019, 08:01:58 AM
it looks more disturbing every time.
Agreed, but now it is alive and beyond my control. It demands that I keep watering it and giving it sunlight.
:icon_eek:
Quote from: duck_arse on February 25, 2019, 08:01:58 AM
it looks more disturbing every time.
I was going to ask why I'm feeling queasy.
Quote from: EBK on February 25, 2019, 02:46:04 PM
Quote from: Kevin Mitchell on February 25, 2019, 02:09:40 PM
Quote from: duck_arse on February 25, 2019, 08:01:58 AM
it looks more disturbing every time.
I was going to ask why I'm feeling queasy.
Related to Trypophobia, maybe?
Wtf, man. Don't google that lol. You'll find images of people photoshoping lotus pods. :icon_redface: :icon_redface:
Don't google it guys. It means fear of holes. Just don't google it.
Quote from: Kevin Mitchell on February 25, 2019, 03:52:10 PM
Don't google it guys. It means fear of holes. Just don't google it.
Too late! :icon_eek:
Quote from: Kevin Mitchell on February 25, 2019, 03:58:15 PM
Quote from: bluebunny on February 25, 2019, 03:54:53 PM
Quote from: Kevin Mitchell on February 25, 2019, 03:52:10 PM
Don't google it guys. It means fear of holes. Just don't google it.
Too late! :icon_eek:
IT WAS A SETUP I TELL YA
Under no circumstances whatsoever should you watch any videos about mango worms. Seriously, don't do it! You've been warned. :icon_eek:!
QuoteAgreed, but now it is alive and beyond my control. It demands that I keep watering it and giving it sunlight.
(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/littleshop/images/1/1e/Audrey_Jr.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20151023020834)
...... Eric tends his pedals .....
For better or worse, here is the present state of things:
(http://i.imgur.com/rxevntVl.jpg)
The leaves still haven't opened up. My brother suggests more sun.
Careful, too much sun and the heat that is absorbed by the enclosure may be like that of a rock buried in the soil that then burns the roots of grass and makes it brown. Or, so I have heard.
Quote from: bloxstompboxes on February 28, 2019, 05:56:31 PM
Careful, too much sun and the heat that is absorbed by the enclosure may be like that of a rock buried in the soil that then burns the roots of grass and makes it brown. Or, so I have heard.
Very low risk of that here (Virginia, USA) this time of year. However, the cooler temperature by the window and the length of day may be slowing things down. Maybe I should seek out a recreational herbologist to grow this in their therapeutic garden. :icon_lol:
Well, there are some signs of hope here:
(http://i.imgur.com/fklAdIjl.jpg)
Here is a quick update:(http://i.imgur.com/c373tKNl.jpg)
Looking much better on the input side of the pedal than on the output side.
The maximum extent of the foliage in each direction puts this about at 125B size now.
(http://i.imgur.com/BBqekjIl.jpg)
Although I wish this would grow more evenly and symmetrically, there is a certain organic flow to it, almost like seeing a pedal abandoned in a forest, slowly being consumed by nature. :icon_razz:
Also, makes me vaguely think that I made a Chia Pet version of this:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41Ru4%2B%2B4E8L.jpg)
Quote from: EBK on March 04, 2019, 01:49:16 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/BBqekjIl.jpg)
...there is a certain organic flow to it, almost like seeing a pedal abandoned in a forest, slowly being consumed by nature. :icon_razz:
That's exactly what it made me think of. I know it's a little cold there, but any chance you could get a picture of it outside in the woods or something? I feel like that would be cool 8)
Related question: how long do chia plants generally live?
Quote from: vigilante397 on March 04, 2019, 03:48:04 PM
I know it's a little cold there, but any chance you could get a picture of it outside in the woods or something? I feel like that would be cool 8)
Hmm..
Maybe.
Quote
Related question: how long do chia plants generally live?
Very good question. A mature chia plant in good soil will grow to be 5-6 feet tall, and it probably takes a while to get there. As a sprout attached to pottery (or to a guitar pedal), I have no idea. The Internet has failed to answer this question for me within a minute, so I gave up searching. :icon_wink:
Quote from: EBK on March 04, 2019, 04:06:35 PM
The Internet has failed to answer this question for me within a minute, so I gave up searching. :icon_wink:
You might as well switch the damn thing off. It clearly serves no purpose whatsoever... :icon_rolleyes:
more disturbing still. I seem to recall there used to be a thing called a solar powered pot plant rotator. they only seem to do hanging plants now, and as you know, 1 minute is the limit of usefulness of searches.
Grandpa's record player.
Multiple mirrors.
Half the states allow growing marijuana, and the other half don't catch all growers, which means there is a BIG market in attic-growing supplies. Fans, smell-filters, pumps, and LIGHTS. These shops will know how to grow an "herb" 5 feet tall, quickly, with "full all-around flavor".
Quote from: PRR on March 05, 2019, 03:37:21 PM
Grandpa's record player.
Multiple mirrors.
Half the states allow growing marijuana, and the other half don't catch all growers, which means there is a BIG market in attic-growing supplies. Fans, smell-filters, pumps, and LIGHTS. These shops will know how to grow an "herb" 5 feet tall, quickly, with "full all-around flavor".
I'm gonna let someone else grow
that pedal. :icon_razz:
Here is what mine is looking like today:
(http://i.imgur.com/QcIccy2l.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/wekR0mGl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/2wRhCAKl.jpg)
Battling a little bit of mold. The solution seems to be more water (counterintuitive) and more light (more intuitive, perhaps).
When we all get wiped out by some apocalyptic virus and nature takes over (as she is wont to do), then all our pedals will look like this. :icon_eek:
Quote from: bluebunny on March 08, 2019, 05:02:46 AM
When we all get wiped out by some apocalyptic virus and nature takes over (as she is wont to do), then all our pedals will look like this. :icon_eek:
My entire family is suffering from influenza this week. Of course, my wife is the only one with the actual virus. The rest of us are suffering because of my poor parenting skills. :icon_razz:
Quote from: EBK on March 08, 2019, 06:15:59 AM
The rest of us are suffering because of my poor parenting skills. :icon_razz:
At least you have some fresh greens to feed the kids. ;)
My wife has suggested that it is time to wrap up this attempt so that I can keep the circuit safe for another attempt later in the Spring when things get warmer and drier and I can apply everything I learned from this go. I think I largely agree. I'm going to try to record a video demo first. For now, I'll add this:
(http://i.imgur.com/DwYcBBw.jpg)
Thanks for all your work! I showed this thread to my wife last night, and she replied "Huh, I guess your pedals aren't that weird."
Quote from: vigilante397 on March 10, 2019, 01:25:48 PM
Thanks for all your work! I showed this thread to my wife last night, and she replied "Huh, I guess your pedals aren't that weird."
My goal was to expand the world of possibilities, not to expand the world of practicality. I think I've succeeded. :icon_cool:
My wife has so far shown interest in only two pedals I have built: this one and my cherry wood theremin fuzz (the weirdness of that one is not entirely my fault!). She has encouraged me every step of the way in this insane pedal project, even watering it a couple times and rotating it in the window. As I said, she is encouraging a third attempt at this, so I am 90% sure I will eventually post another pic of a cardboard substrate with unsprouted (or very recently sprouted) chia seeds attached to it.
One thing I am certain that will change in the next attempt is the LED. I think this looks bad.
(http://i.imgur.com/cUgS3ZFm.jpg)
I'm thinking yellow would be better, and I don't care for how the stomp switch is partly lit up too. Some sort of bezel, perhaps....
QuoteOne thing I am certain that will change in the next attempt is the LED. I think this looks bad.
It's like one of those time travel movies where someone finds a pedal all covered in vines. All you need is an angry insect among the foliage to fend off intruders.
(https://i.postimg.cc/2b6y9T82/chia-car-1-thumb.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/2b6y9T82)
Is that car made in Korea? It shows what happens when you misspell things ;D
(https://www.gotaclassaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Kia-Logo-small.jpg)
it was just disturbing in the stills - it's positively frightening in that animation.
any chance you can come and look at the turf at the Sydney Cricket Ground?
Quote from: EBK on March 10, 2019, 09:32:45 PM
My goal was to expand the world of possibilities, not to expand the world of practicality. I think I've succeeded. :icon_cool:
Agreed 8)
Quote from: bluebunny on March 08, 2019, 05:02:46 AM
When we all get wiped out by some apocalyptic virus and nature takes over (as she is wont to do), then all our pedals will look like this. :icon_eek:
:icon_eek:
I was looking through my old threads and noticed this oddly prescient comment. Marc, is there anything else you need to warn us about? :icon_razz:
Don't forget to water your pedals 8)
Was thinking about this project/thread the other day!
I missed the growing window this year for another go at this project, which I still consider a work in progress. I was distracted by Marc's prophesied apocalyptic virus. :icon_lol: If we survive, I'll grow more chia someday.
Quote from: EBK on November 17, 2020, 03:30:28 PM
I was looking through my old threads and noticed this oddly prescient comment. Marc, is there anything else you need to warn us about?
It wasn't me. If you have any further questions, please direct them to my lawyer. ::)
Quote from: bluebunny on March 08, 2019, 05:02:46 AM
When we all get wiped out by some apocalyptic virus and nature takes over (as she is wont to do), then all our pedals will look like this. :icon_eek:
Actually, that's a little spooky. If only my precognition worked even half as well with the lottery numbers... :icon_rolleyes:
wow, this is so cool!!!
i can't believe i never seen this thread before (as far as i can remember).
i'd like to try a mushroom pedal, yes, the psycho ones.
cheers, Iain
someone should just cover the pedal with soil, no plants, for the perfect dirt sound... :icon_mrgreen:
ok, ok I'm making my way to the door...
(and sorry if joke's been done in this thread already... :icon_lol:)