All that is needed to create a green eco object is desire, as well as tools. So, for a home terrarium you will need:
- Normal light bulb. You can take a standard "Illich lamp", or a special one for lighting large rooms. She is bigger and looks more attractive. The main thing is that the lamp is transparent.
- Stone, stand or silicone pads that must be attached to the bottom of the bulb so that it is stable and does not fall.
- Tree bark, small pebbles, shells, sand for filling, drainage and decoration.
- Sifted land, moss, small plants with a root system.
- A cover in order to close the light bulb.
- Tools: scissors, tongs, pliers, tweezers, a screwdriver, a syringe with water.
1. The very first stage of creating a small terrarium is the preparation of a light bulb. Before starting all operations, spread out the newspaper and put on gloves to protect yourself from splinters. The complexity of this stage is that it is quite difficult to clean the light bulb. If you can’t do it the first time, connect a friend or brother's bulb to the cleaning. This is true if the terrarium is made by a fragile girl.
2. Using flat-nose pliers, open the top of the light bulb, remove the contents with them, take out everything that was very neat there, carefully collect the fragments so as not to get hurt.
3. Wipe the inside of the bulb with a long cotton swab.
4. Next, we begin to fill the light bulb. Take sifted earth and sand. Use the second as drainage. It is best if the amount of sand exceeds the amount of land. This is necessary in order not to create an atmosphere of decay in an enclosed space. If there was no sand, you can use only the earth, but then you need to pour it quite a bit.
5. Fill the light bulb first with sand (a little), add earth, small stones. Flatten, try to create a composition, connecting your imagination. Sand must first be washed and dried in the oven.
6. Next, run the moss into the terrarium with tweezers or a long stick, "seat" it in sand and earth.
7.Now it is the turn of the plant. Carefully plant it in the ground next to the moss, try not to damage the leaves and root.
8. Add tree bark, plastic figures or small shells to enliven the terrarium.
9. After the composition is built, water the plants with a syringe and tightly close the lid. The lid can be taken from a cone with valerian, or use nuts, pebbles in the form of gags.
10. For stability, the lamp can be placed on silicone legs, suspended or glued to a stone.
It is better to put such a terrarium in a dark place where there is no direct sunlight. It can be placed on a desk, window sill, shelf. It will be pleasing to the eye, it will be a great gift or a home mini ecosystem that lives by its own laws. A water cycle forms in the light bulb, which, evaporating in a closed space without access to air, again turns into a drop of liquid.They, in turn, nourish plants that emit carbon dioxide. Thus, life in the terrarium is developing.
