contaminated life

condom sprouter research

Ok so this week, continuing with the used condom sprouters, I’ve been doing some research on the components of human semen, required nutrients for plant growth, homunculi, and potential plants to be grown.
Semen = sperm + seminal plasma. Seminal plasma (the slippery component allowing for relatively easy swimming for the sperm) contains compounds which combat the hostile (acidic) environment of the female reproductive tract, such as putrescine, spermine, spermidine, and cadaverine.
Putrescine and cadaverine originate in putrefying and rotting flesh (protein hydrolysis) and, quite literally, are the smell of death. They are both poisonous to the human body so they are flushed out quickly such as in urine and semen giving them their distinct odour. They can also be released through breath and vaginal secretions.
So these literally toxic wastes which are expelled through the medium of semen are also essential in the forging of a healthy environment for the catalyst of embryonic development. Perhaps there’s potential in that idea.
See the breakdown of semen in ‘comments’.
Have began a brief foray into the research of hydroponics; there are some ‘DIY’ hydroponic solution recipes, however they are only really practical if you own, say, a science lab (not many people I know have molybdic acid at 85% strength readily available). So more research to do here…
My research into homunculi was vastly more successful once I spelt it correctly (thanks Michael)…
There are many facets to ideas relating to homunculi, such as those of the ‘Spermists”, as Boo suggested, which is the belief that sperm was infect a little man which, once placed into a woman’s womb, would grow to be, well, a big man.
I quite liked the homunculi relating to the discipline of alchemy. This alchemist Paracelsus claimed to have created a mini human using a recipe of bones, semen, skin fragments, and hair, then buried in the ground surrounded by horse manure for 40 days after which a mini-man would sprout. So here’s a link between horticulture and creation of humans…
So I’ve been considering if the type of plants I choose to grow is important…
Some alchemist theories relating to homunculi involve the mandrake plant. The theory goes that the mandrake grew in the place when hanged men ejaculated during there last spasms of life. Some hilarious processes ensue such as the plant had to be picked before dawn on a Friday morning by a black dog, then fed with milk, honey and blood, whereupon it would grow into a homunculus.
So perhaps a mandrake plant would be appropriate?
In the Hebrew bible, the Mandrake helps barren women conceive. There are also many references throughout history (including Shakespeare & Harry Potter) to the deafening screaming of Mandrakes when they are pulled from the ground.
At this stage all this research is rather unhinged, yet I think all this information will inform my final manual. I need to do some DIYification…