Should I keep you updated on this jar or not? For the interested people I have a patreon page: patreon.com/Homemade_ecoystems It will help me pay for Bob's funeral 🫡
I used to do something like this when I was a kid. I'd gather dirt from outside and put it in a dish on a windowsill and eagerly wait for something to happen while I watered it everyday. And this one time a little fuzzy sprout with a purple-ish stem grew, and I took a liking to this one in particular over the others. Got real determined to keep it alive and see what it grew into... Turns out it was a tomato plant! Someone had thrown some rotten tomatoes out back the year before where I had gathered the dirt, and I just happened to accidentally scoop up a seed in the dirt without knowing. Kept it alive through the winter in a closet with a light. It ended up flowering and actually growing some tomatoes the next year, so that was really cool.
This story brings me so much joy. I do this all the time and I've never had anything that surprising. Fingers crossed I get that lucky in the future, haha
I am currently in therapy over Bob. At first I was ok with his untimely death, but as time went by, thoughts of him consumed me. I just can't forget the good times we had and the brotherhood we shared. You will never be forgotten Bob. You were my everything and I was the wind beneath your wings.
I think all kids should do this with their “home” dirt. What a cool way to learn about native plants and insects that could potentially inhabit “just dirt”
I clicked on this video thinking it was going to be a “foo” style relaxing terrarium video, boy was I wrong (and I’m absolutely laughing my ass off 😂) I’m definitely subscribing
RIP Bob. I love how no nonsense this is. Im gonna get my daughter to do this as a homeschool activity and set up time lapse. We are then going to se up three more on the weekend from dirt from our local rainforrest, dirt from near our house (clay soil) and dirt from maybe the boys bathroom, Im sure that's gonna grow some scary stuff
This looks amazing! I've been doing closed terrariums for a while, and something I learned is that if you don't add a type of screen mesh between the rock and soil, the false bottom can fail. I had anaerobic bacteria kill my first jar and I have made sure to use mesh ever since. It's a lifesaver. Definitely got a new sub!
Ive done this but not intentionally. When you plant fruits, veggies, or other plants even indoors you will get weeds and bugs growing/popping out of nowhere. Not fun.
I have a jar exactly like that in the back of my kitchen cupboard. I KNEW I was saving it for something. I can't wait to get started on my little ecosystem! Great video thanks
I took some mud from a lake and put it on top of some gravel with some extra water. Almost a year later, and it still has about half a dozen species. They even survived a complete freeze! Lakes are just incredibly nutrient rich.
@@michelledoe9934 It'd probably work just fine, unless it's really snowing. The bugs and worms might be sheltering deeper underground during the cold, though. Nature kinda just works its magic, any time of the year. Personally I would totally recommend going out to the lakeside; it can be a lot harder to find plants that can stand the extreme moisture, (even moss struggles if it's not on raised ground) but the biodiversity and aquatic organisms are worth it.
As someone who's been watching SerpaDesign for some time now and have gotten into the terrarium hobby, I usually like creating my own scapes with plants put into them already and other elements like rocks, but this is definitely something I'd like to try sometime. If for no other reason, it might be a way to get some new plant species in a grow bin to use in future terrariums :D
Indeed, the plants that grow in like this will do well in terrariums otherwise they would not have grown in the jar 😁 I like to do both, sometimes I make the terrariums like you by adding plants, rocks,... and sometimes I just let nature do its thing like in this video
If you do it right, you will never need to open the jar. I made some of these once. Out of the three I made, only one survived, but I forgot to bring it when we moved. It also surprisingly survived outside in the winter.
This actually makes a lot of sense when you thing about it. As soon as wildlife starts to appear, they breathe in oxygen and out carbon dioxide. The plants breathe out oxygen and breathe carbon dioxide in. Therefore, there should be an *infinite cycle of O2 and CO2 *Unless all the bugs/oxygen-breathing creatures die, or all the plants somehow die
@@f5tornado831 I just meant being inside of a closed off area it's more intriguing to see a small scale of what the Earth's ecosystem is like, and it being closed off from any outside source of oxygen or CO2 makes it more interesting to watch
Excellent narration and commentary 👌 👏 👍 I never knew that watching dirt in a jar was so hilarious and intriguing at the same time! Well done definitely sub. 💐 for Bob R.I.P.
I used to do this when I was a child and did it with my kids over the years..we would also take a large jar with a lid and just put some pond water in it and see all the wild amazing life forms that were in there all summer long..
I want to experiment with this. Like if I added clay or clay balls to the bottom Also, this channel is severely underrated. Can't wait to see you blow up.
@@HomemadeEcosystems i also saw it, it was white, half transparent... was scrolling through the comments to see if someone already wrote it. I also startet an Ecosphere lets see how it´ll be in a few weeks.
Thanks for the tip on using a jar. Got a nice one today at a garage sale and I'm going to give this a try as soon as I find some screen material. Already have rocks and dirt.
Does it matter which season I start the jar? It's mid winter now where I'm at, and I'd like to start one, but would that mean that there won't be any insect eggs?
Yes it can work but it will take longer for plants to grow or animals to hatch. I have started a new one about 2-3weeks ago (also winter here) and so far only 3 little plants have grown
I tried doing 2 terrariums a couple of weeks ago, but both died. One of the things I was not so sure about is how much indirect light should they receive a day? (I know direct sunlight is bad for closed terrariums)
I follow the natural day and night cycle from outside. My terrariums sit on a window sill where they get natural light but no direct sunlight. I have a few with artificial lights and I put those on when I wake up and put them out when I go to sleep 😁
@@HomemadeEcosystems Then probably another thing killed my terrariums. Maybe the worms we put in, they died and might've just rot the entire terrarium. Thanks!
Props to te person who made this vid its sincere Simple straight to the point... subtil humor and not Over stimulating ...plus intersting and informative content :)
The soil should be a bit wet all the time so it depends on how often you open it etc. If you don't open it often it can go for months without adding extra water
the grass are common type of wild grass that grow in indonesia or maybe other countries with similiar dirt, and they can spawn from just dirt if the dirt has condition for them to grow. and that dirt is wet, so is not surprising for them to spawn and grow.
I have watched many of your "Dirt in a Jar" videos, and you always repeat the same things. But somehow, somehow, the funniness is different. Keep it up! I ain't getting bored any time soon.
Thats really cool! --I'm curious about the more sciency part of it-- Nevermind! You have a video explaining how life can live in such a confined ecosystem with seemingly limited resources and water+food+oxygen. cheers!
This reminds me of a planter i brought in from the porch, i guess i forgot i put seeds on top so it was a nice surprise to find sprouts growing. I don't remember what i planted so they'll have to get bigger.
