Gad you have just got to LOVE what you can learn online.

Reported by 60 Second Science, a company called BotaniCALLS (get it? Botani CALLS? Heh? Heh?) has figured out a way to educate sentinent photosynthesizing lifeforms to twitter at you when they need to be watered.
To wit from Botanicalls:

…
Botanicalls: The Plants Have Your Number
Botanicalls opens a new channel of communication between plants and humans, in an effort to promote successful inter-species understanding.

Botanicalls allows plants to place phone calls for human help. When a plant on the Botanicalls network needs water, it can call a person and ask for exactly what it needs. When people phone the plants, the plants orient callers to their habits and characteristics. ….MORE….

And they even provide a plan to build it!

What you need:

(1) awesome plant

(this is an ornamental pepper grown from seed)

PARTS:

(1) 2N2222A or 2N3904 transistor
(1) 100 Ohm resistor

(1) 10K Ohm resistor

(1) LED

(2) galvanized nails, preferably hot dipped

(1) small breadboard

(1) Adafruit XPort shield

(1) XPort or XPort Direct

(1) Arduino USB board

(1) 9V DC power adapter

hook up wire in assorted colors

solder

USB A to B cable

USB A to miniB cable

USB Serial FTDI adapter (optional)

Ethernet cable

EQUIPMENT:

soldering iron

helping hands

computer with ZTerm or HyperTerminal and Arduino
Twitter account…MORE….

Now if only they could come up with something that makes my kids twitter when they’re doing something they shouldn’t be doing…..

ThankYouVeryMuch!

Owlbert

ps - want some nifty houseplant goodies?

House Plant Cozies - PLASTIC CANVAS PATTERN

PLASTIC DECORATIVE HOUSE PLANT INCLUDES VASE

Cactus Succulent,Devils Backbone, BEAUTIFUL,Houseplant

Dieffenbachia ‘Compacta’ Houseplant

The Houseplant Encyclopedia,MAGGIE STUCKLEY,LARGE PRINT

{8} SILK HOUSE PLANTS POTHOS, IVY, PHILO, COLEUS 12″!

PLASTIC DECORATIVE HOUSE PLANT INCLUDES VASE