tropisms...can they affect you and others...

so far i've researched different effects that plants respond to other than light (tropism) and these are factors that i can put into play when i set stages for each plant and cover them not finding out the answer till they are unveiled and cast, cover each with paper so that it does not cast, but us only unveiled once the piece is cast in silver.
these are different effects that could take place on a plant:
Chemotropism, movement or growth in response to chemicals
Gravitropism (or geotropism), movement or growth in response to gravity
Hydrotropism, movement or growth in response to moisture or water
Heliotropism, movement or growth in response to sunlight
Phototropism, movement or growth in response to light
Thermotropism, movement or growth in response to temperature
Thigmotropism, movement or growth in response to touch or contact
Host tropism or cell tropism, the host range of pathogens
Ecotropism, limited host range (e.g. infects only one species or cell type)
Amphotropism, wide host range (e.g. infects many species or cell types)

websites that i've looked through and researched:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroponics
http://members.tripod.com/~busiweb/hydro/juice.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0110342/lessonplan/howtogrow.html
http://www.bghydro.com/BGH/items.asp?Cc=GS&iTpStatus=0&Tp=&Bc=&s_kwcid=hydroponic%20grow%20systems|949026497&gclid=CNHvhY7k2o4CFQMsFQodujPSBA
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0007087.html
http://www.hydroponics.com/info/scienceprojects.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_physiology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropism
questions that i asked myself when researching were:
1)what was the name of the artist that made a stage for the growth of vegetables 2)what made her think of making tomatoe rings. 3)how does light effect plants, this lead me to ask 4) what other factors could take affect on a plant other than light and stage set 5)how can i set a stage and put other things into play 6)what is hydroponic growth and 7)how do you make that happen 8)is it really what i want to do? 9)or should i set the same stage and have different factors come into play over the same plant, stag, but different growth factor (earth, sun, gravity, etc) 10)how will all of this work out and change into a series, portfolio and/or jewelry