Light Bulb Terrarium - Construction Time Lapse

I know there's no plant actually in it... i didn't have time... But the construction part is done, which is the important part.

This was based on a Lifehacker.com post about recycling a dead light bulb.

Written summary posted on: www.tcnj.edu/~moy5
Finished Product: http://www.tcnj.edu/~moy5/Images/LBTHDR.jpg

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• time
• lapse
• light
• bulb
• terrarium
• recycle
• project

[hoodstarx1]

can i use a red painted light bulb?

[krayvis]

@hoodstarx1 as long as it's the glass that's tinted to a color. in white lightbulbs, there's a fine talcum powder-ish stuff that diffuses the light. a transparent, but colored glass bulb should work fine i think.

[hoodstarx1]

@krayvis seems like you know your terrariums would a single pinto bean grow in a lightbulb?

[krayvis]

@hoodstarx1 If you did it like a "real terrarium" (completely enclosed in the bulb) probably not. Only grass or something would likely fit in the bulb and stay in it. If you used the bulb more like a pot, and let the plant grow out of it, then your possibilities increase. Just remember, the bigger the plant, the faster it slurps up water. A light bulb sized pot will have to be watered more frequently than others.

[americanroute66]

What is the song?

[krayvis]

@americanroute66 Hey There Delilah by Plain White T's

[TechnicallyNotGuilty]

i do believe i have that ruler you use :O

[hoodstarx1]

@krayvis well the big terrarium i have is the same size as yours i believe and in that one i have this moss i got from outside and it also has two small plants in it both plants live in low light and damp conditions and they are growing fine but i also put holes in the top is that bad? and also the bean is in a smaller bulb like a bulb for a freezer and it also has a top with holes in it i keep both watered.

[americanroute66]

@americanroute66  Thanks man, Have a nice day.

[Einstine1984]

Thanks man!

it was EXACTLY what I was looking for.

nicely done.