/diy/ - Do It Yourself

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Anonymous Tue Oct 25 17:06:43 2011 No.23322 [Reply] [Original]

I found this idea in the last /diy/ "You want to build you lose" thread. I've already got the instructions on how to hollow out a light bulb, but now I'm interested in the plant part of it. How do I create the biome and plants for in hear? Is there anything in particular I need to help it keep?

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>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 25 17:21:43 2011 No.23422 File: 99 KB, 500x369, 468568780_376095b198.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>23391 Anyone?

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>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 25 17:32:43 2011 No.23493 >How do I create the biome and plants for in hear? I'm not quite sure what you're asking...

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 25 17:32:43 2011 No.23494 File: 109 KB, 500x332, air_plants_tabletop_flickr_msk.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I'd put "air plants" in it, but that's just me...all the need is to be sprayed with water every few days

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 25 17:37:43 2011 No.23513 How do you even get a lightbulb open like that, without breaking it?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 25 17:39:43 2011 No.23525 >>23513 You just cut out the filament. The circle part on the top of the metal area.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 25 17:48:43 2011 No.23557 >>23525 But how do you do that? Do you use a knife? Scissors? A special tool?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 25 17:52:43 2011 No.23575 well to make it completely sustainable you'd have to have a method of getting water to it...not sure how work... without that its nothing more than a unique plant pot

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 25 17:53:43 2011 No.23578 >>23557 yeah just stab it with scissors and scrape it out.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 25 17:57:43 2011 No.23597 what are these called?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 25 17:57:43 2011 No.23600 >>23575 maybe a tube you can put water in and it flows into the bulb and waters the plant

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 25 18:04:43 2011 No.23637 OP. Here's something I found that you may want to look into. http://makeprojects.com/Project/Tabletop-Biosphere/329/1

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 25 18:05:43 2011 No.23639 >>23575 No, you just need to keep the water from evaporating and leaving the bulb. You can seal it off, but then you have the problem that there's no air for the plants.

Anonymous Tue Oct 25 18:09:43 2011 No.23672

>>23557
http://www.teamdroid.com/diy-hollow-out-a-light-bulb/

>>23493
Sorry, I kinda rushed through that. I don't know much about planting or any sort of gardening in general, so I was wondering how I'd get the plants in there and sustain them. Also if there's any particular plants I need.

>>23494
I'm not familiar with those, can I get them offline or from a store?

>>23637
Seems interesting from what I skimmed, thanks.

>>23575
Do you suppose I could use a pipette to just leave in the soil. Sort of like those glass things I see stick out of potted plant sometimes? Or would that provide too little water? I was wanting to hang this up in my dorm since I don't have much else in it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 25 18:10:43 2011 No.23677 >>23578 Cool, thanks!

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 25 18:11:43 2011 No.23682 Argh... High humidity equals what? MOULD! Solve this problem first, then we can talk about self sustainability...

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 25 18:15:43 2011 No.23702 >>23682 That's why you use moss. Mold can't compete with moss.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 25 18:17:43 2011 No.23725 >>23702 which moss is best moss?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 25 18:18:43 2011 No.23728 >>23682 Well... you could use mould instead of usual plants - problem solved.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 25 18:20:43 2011 No.23754 >>23702 but what if you don't want moss in your "instalation"? Using water plants (and filling bulb with water) is another solution. I can imagine a small shrimp wandering inside:3

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 25 18:23:43 2011 No.23768 Oh wow, this looks amazing! Thanks for the inspiration, OP!

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 25 20:41:43 2011 No.24579 >>23754 >>23728 >>23702 >>23682 What kind of plants/environment would you use?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 26 01:13:43 2011 No.26189 bump for an interesting project

Anonymous Wed Oct 26 01:33:43 2011 No.26285
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There's a ton of terrarium accessories from bowls, moss, charcoal, stones, on etsy.com Moss is very hardy, you can squeeze into tiny spaces and have it fluff back out and be healthy.

I just started water scaping last week with Marimo and it's pretty adorable.

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