I grow plants on my windowsill facing south. It works pretty good for plants that need sun.
The invention I'm thinking of is like a turntable to turn the plant daily so that it grows more centrally and evenly.
It shouldn't be hard to turn a plant 1/4 of a turn every day using a battery.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.Can I do it myself somehow?
Quote from: Camper6 on 13.03.2026, 13:11I grow plants on my windowsill facing south. It works pretty good for plants that need sun.
The invention I'm thinking of is like a turntable to turn the plant daily so that it grows more centrally and evenly.
It shouldn't be hard to turn a plant 1/4 of a turn every day using a battery.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.Can I do it myself somehow?
How about getting a lazy susan and adding a solar powered motor to it.
That would work with a timer.
Has become a bit of an addiction :whistle
Planted another bunch of seeds a couple of weeks ago, I just turn them all every morning
till they are ready to go out in about a month.
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Quote from: Camper6 on Today at 00:51That would work with a timer.
Not sure if you can get them in Canada but I found these on Amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09CM1RJHY/?coliid=I27BIKBF8P69AV&colid=3OS67YDSP9WR9&psc=1&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D4LZJ37X/?coliid=I2DILU7PEWQR2Z&colid=3OS67YDSP9WR9&psc=1&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it
The motor says 3 RPM so it's very slow and the solar panel should drive it OK. There are different lazy susans around but most of them are under C$36 the motor and solar panel are C$38, so pretty cheap...that's if you can get them there
Quote from: Lee on Today at 01:12Has become a bit of an addiction :whistle
Planted another bunch of seeds a couple of weeks ago, I just turn them all every morning
till they are ready to go out in about a month.
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They're looking good Lee. I've never been any good with plants :no
I also use cuttings to propagate plants.
The latest is a Prayer Plant (Maranta)
I'll post a picture later.
Camper, I did have another thought while I was out today. How about the workings of a wind up clock and a lazy susan. If you can get the mechanism and lazy susan to fixed to a base of some sort and then use the hour hand shaft with a strong rubber band or similar to rotate the lazy susan, 'batteries not included' :)
