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terrarium magic
2015-06-05 08:17So back in September, when I was making tie-dyes, I also got a terrarium kit from Michael's (the store). I don't remember when I got around to deploying it; memory says November, logic says I should have waited until after my six week Chile trip. Anyway, probably late January at the latest. In setting it up, I found that getting the plastic dome on was a huge pain, and I realized that no way was I going to be taking it on and off to water the thing. So I figured the seeds would sprout then die and I'd throw it away.
Photo taken this morning:
As you can see, it is vigorously alive, with no water added by me since then. As you maybe can't see at that resolution, there's a lot of water on the inside of the dome. I'm not sure if it's been recycling the water via trapping most of it, or if it's been self-watering like redwood trees -- there's holes on the top, so water vapor could enter, turn into dew on the inside of the dome, then fall in. Maybe both; when I later looked up terrariums, airtight Mason jars seem to be a thing.
Of the four seed groups planted, the rainbow plant and the "pink polka-dot" (look white polka dots to me) have clearly taken over. There's a little sprout near the "tropical umbrella plant" stake. At first I thought the moon flower hadn't joined us at all, but on closer examination I think it did, though it's hard to make out from the mass of the main two. No flowers, but leaves that match that stake and nothing else.
Photo taken this morning:
As you can see, it is vigorously alive, with no water added by me since then. As you maybe can't see at that resolution, there's a lot of water on the inside of the dome. I'm not sure if it's been recycling the water via trapping most of it, or if it's been self-watering like redwood trees -- there's holes on the top, so water vapor could enter, turn into dew on the inside of the dome, then fall in. Maybe both; when I later looked up terrariums, airtight Mason jars seem to be a thing.
Of the four seed groups planted, the rainbow plant and the "pink polka-dot" (look white polka dots to me) have clearly taken over. There's a little sprout near the "tropical umbrella plant" stake. At first I thought the moon flower hadn't joined us at all, but on closer examination I think it did, though it's hard to make out from the mass of the main two. No flowers, but leaves that match that stake and nothing else.