Recently right before the covid-19 pandemic happened that caused most of the cities and communities to be locked down and "trapped indoors", a friend of mine shared with me a new discovery of "Earth Biology" where I was very blessed to witness the very first "Terrarium Vegetation" Project that has been an on going Research and Development for a year; more-so to actually taste 2 boxes of their H.O.P.E Boxes all done by a disabled farmer and researcher from PWD (People with Disability) Smart Farmability Enterprise during my father's hospitalization month battling through prostate cancer removing procedure and his foot drop challenges.
Everything was well and dandy until there was a mealybug infestation started on the Brazilian Spinach terrarium patch where somehow the bug crawled / flew into the terrarium box via the ventilation outlets and started devouring the patch.
It was really a hard moment to watch when we usually only open the box for harvesting once a week plus watering new nutrients - overnight rice water. So when I opened the box it was a real horror.
I have spent at least 3 weekends trying to trim, reallocate the Spinach stalks to new pots far from infestation; but because I stay in a limited sunlight area these vegetables will not grow as healthy as before on that one spot the terrarium box is still located with far-red LED light enhanced phototherapy.
So I thought of an idea
In the unfortunate event of recent water contamination at where I am staying, I ended up having at least 6 1.5L bottles and I chose 2 of them to replicate the Terrarium setup with the right soil provided by PWD Smart Farmability, just in a mini version.
So instead of throwing away or sending it to recycling center which I think it might still end up at the landfill, I have extended the usability of the 1.5L water bottle a little longer with slight modifications.
So far 24 hours has passed and the mini terrarium has formed its own little water vapor environment with the sunlight exposed at the balcony at a high altitude; so let's see how the plants are coping a week later to see any dead ones or they have survived with this set up.
Here's the whole video that I have recorded and compiled and I hope that through this experiment it will also inspire you to give it a try to see if a terrarium environment would have helped your vegetation or not should you choose to have them.
How about you?
Have you ever reuse any water bottles you have before? Or just send it to the recycle bin?
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