Succulents in a Lightbulb! 💡🌿😍 | Succulents in a Lightbulb! 💡🌿😍 Watch Full Version Here - https://youtu.be/Dr2MlLoG7gg | By Garden Answer | I Alright, the planting is done. I think it turned out really cute. I'm actually thankful in a way that the top broke off because getting all of that stuff through this tiny little hole. I mean, I've done it before with a smaller hole than that but it can be really difficult and where it broke, it's not sharp at all like I was careful to not hit it one because I didn't want to break it further but I also didn't want to cut myself but yeah, it's not sharp. So, I'm thankful that it happened the way it did. Uh I used a bunch of cuttings. So, there's hawarthia in the center kind of as our centerpiece plant. They're the really strappy looking ones that are, I don't know. They have a very strong structure. Uh green with the white speckles on the side. You can see the white ghost plants in there which have kind of a furryness to em. There's some pork and beans see them in there which have a little red tips. There's one right up here. There's a couple of crasilla, three of those actually and then some cactus cuttings that I made a couple of weeks ago. So, the cut end has had a chance to heal. Uh but they haven't started form roots yet and all of these except for the cactus were fresh cuttings today so I'm not going to even touch this thing with water for the next week 10 days or so so that those cuttings have a chance to dry which they will still do in this container now if I lift this up a bit you can see the layers I think it turned out really pretty you can see at the bottom the little layer of white which are the hydro stones I did have some let me show you what they look like I've talked to you about them before I started experimenting maybe two, three years ago, I used these in a terrarium which I still have as the bottom layer and they're made out of recycled glass and they hold on to oxygen and release it. Um so, instead of you know, having gravel at the bottom which just the water goes down there and it just pools. This helps kind of dry it up. I mean, my my terrariums that I've made with these since I discovered that this even existed have thrived and done really well. So, that's my bottom layer and then, I kind of did a faux layer of stones. Well, no, I did a moss layer next So, moss layer which is just around the edges. It doesn't go down to the bottom. So, the planting reservoir is only hydrostones and cactus mix. That's it that this stuff is planted in but around the edge, I did that kind of fake layer of moss and then a fake layer of black stones and then a fake layer of kind of the tan-colored stones. So, those are just kind of built up around the sides kind of holding my soil in the middle and that helps just like everything grows really well through that. We don't have a bunch of waterpooling and things like that. However, we're going to be very careful with watering anyway with something like this that doesn't drain. As far as how long I expect to get out of an arrangement like this. Typically, about a year, maybe even longer like the terrarium I did with the hydrostones, my first one has been in its container for over two years at least and it's still doing really well. Succulents and cactus kind of scents when they're being planted close together and they just don't overcrowd. They don't tend to quickly anyway. Eventually, they will start to grow and need some elbow room but to typically a year's time is about perfect and at that point I might need to pop a couple out to afford more room for the others but if you think about it you're putting a fresh cutting down in soil it needs time to dry first and then I'll introduce a tiny bit of water and then it takes a couple months for them to start forming roots and then after that it takes them a few months in order to have enough roots to even think about starting to grow and then because they're planted so close together they just don't so they're really versatile I guess plants in that way and that you can just like and low maintenance because they just don't take off super fast. So, perfect for this kind of an arrangement. Also, it's great because the ending after we glued on, we'll still have an opening so we shouldn't be dealing with much condensation at all especially because we're not dealing with plants that want a lot of water. If we had ferns and things like that which those kinds of terriums are beautiful but you usually deal with water build up on the inside. I do want to go over before we do the last two steps which is fixing this to our rock and gluing the top back on. I just want to show you some of the tools I used today. So, of course, the hydro stones and then moss rocks and cactus mix but I used this right here. It's a little itty-bitty shovel from Garden Supply. I don't know what it's called but I think you can order it on their website still. I actually use this a lot when I'm working with my seedlings and seed trays because it's so tiny. It fits down in the cells. So, if I've got multiple seedlings in there, I can dig one out really easily without disrupting the other one but that was handy. I did have to tape it to the end of this lump screwdriver at one point when I wanted to get all the stuff at the very end because I couldn't reach that far. I used a couple pairs of needle nose pliers just to like this one went imperfect. See this? And then I could drop things kind of in the place I wanted them to be. I used wooden skewers. These are just for like shish kebabs. Kitchen skewers. And I taped a Kleenex to the end. So I could do some cleaning in the end. And you can use this kind of thing if condensation forms as well. You can just pop something in there and kind of wipe it down and then of course, I use my Falco Snips as well. I think that's it for tools. So, the last two things I need to do is put the light bulb on the stone with a little bit of silicone and glue my top back on. I might have to use a little bit. I've got this painter's tape which isn't like super sticky. So, I might put a couple of pieces around the top just to make sure it holds together until it's firmly dry. So, let's do that. Oop. Oh my. Oh my. Oh my. Oh my. Oh my. Oh my. Why does it keep coming out? I don't know what to do with it. We don't one does not need that much silicone. My word. Okay that's probably enough right there. Don't you think? Okay now what do I do with this? Is it still coming the house? Yes. Well here. Put it in the garbage can. Okay. Okay. I'm going to put it on there. I'm not sure if the side facing me is kind of the front or if the side facing you is kind of the front. I don't think it really matters but that's what it looks like from my angle. Oh, I'm so excited about it. Okay, now this part, I almost wonder if I should wait til the silicones dry. Maybe not. Let's give it a shot. I'm going to apply it to this side. Get a couple pieces of tape ready just in case. We'll just sit here for the next little bit oh I'm so glad we decided to keep going with this project as far as how I'm going to water this I think I'm going to have to use a turkey baster something that's got a longer more narrow spout or tip because typically I water with a large syringe like this arrangements that are kind of finicky and need a little bit more water control but there's no getting this big syringe down in there so I'm going to have to figure out something different but I'll probably like I said I'll wait what a week to two or so to water it let those cut ends dry and then I will probably give it water every three weeks or so maybe every four weeks it depends on the time of year but I will just dribble in enough water to get the root system of the plants moist moistened you can see to the bottom you don't want water pulling at the bottom so if you see that starting to happen don't keep watering let it dry out that's the biggest worry with something like this that doesn't drain I've had pretty good luck with terrariums and and things like that that don't drain but you just have to be very very careful I'm very mindful of your watering. This will want bright light but you want to be careful with a a glass den arrangement that you're not putting it in too much sun because that can act as kind of I mean it intensifies the light and can burn your plants. So, a spot that gets a lots of bright light but not direct sun is probably going to be the best sort of situation for this. I think we're going to be good. I might pop just like a hand towel or something underneath this just kind of rest there in case this part falls off. I'm not the it's going to. I think that turned out just so incredible. I'm so excited about it and that's pretty much it you guys for this project. What a fun thing to do today and hopefully, hopefully, as I clean up more cupboards, I'll find more cool stuff scrolled away that I forgot that I had and I hope that it was helpful just hearing the care tips because I mean whether or not you're planting in a light bulb or some other enclosed container, it's the same. Um so anyway, thank you guys so much for watching and we will see you in the next video. Bye.
Garden Answer - Succulents in a Lightbulb! 💡🌿😍
