Growing Like Crazy

After about 65 hours since the last post, the sprouts are continuing to grow rapidly and are about an inch tall now. Its amazing to me how quickly the cells in these sprouts are reproducing. I could leave it for half an hour and come back and probably find some difference in a couple sprouts. The soil looks moist and I have only watered it once since I started it. Since it is somewhat enclosed it the bottle, it says very humid in the bottle-- I can see the condensation on the walls of the bottle. So far, this project has been a big success with lots to observe.

Many Roots

After just 24 hours of hardly any roots and no sprouts, there are many roots and a couple sprouts. I find it fascinating how something starting off so simple can change so much in a such a short amount of time. I am assuming that in 24 hours that there will be many more sprouts.

A New Experiment

That last terrarium failed. Almost all of the flowers fell off. So I decided to start a completely different new terrarium.

I put a mixture of Organic Quinoa, Amaranth, and Millet into some soil in a glass bottle and put some water in with it.

After only one day the seeds look like they are hollowing out a little bit and I can see some tiny roots coming off of some of them. It gets so humid in the bottle that I can see the condensation on the side of the bottle; I think that it is a very good environment for the seeds to grow in. I expect that they will start to sprout up within the next couple days.

Constuction of the Terrarium

I chose an Easter Cactus to put in my terrarium. Sometimes it is called a Christmas Cactus but on the label it said Easter Cactus. Its scientific name is Rhipsalidopsis platyclada. I bought the plant from Mesquite Valley Growers for under $5. I decided to choose a Star Wars theme.

This bud bloomed within the first two days of when I bought the plant.