I also have a vague recollection of experiments done decades ago where
plants growing in rotating chambers lost the effect of geotropism and grew in
"random" directions.

We did this in high school. They don't grow in random directions (if I remember
correctly). They grow sideways.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)