JACLYN: WELCOME BACK.
KEEPING PLANTS ALIVE DOESN’T HAVE TO BE DIFFICULT, IT CAN BE
A LOT OF FUN.
HERE’S WESH 2’S ALEX ALEECI WITH THIS WEEK’S THE SCIENCE OF IT.
ALEX: WELCOME TO THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER.
HERE WE HAVE LAURA.
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TODAY?
>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT UP CYCLED TERRARIUM’S USING MASON
JARS.
ALEX: WHAT IS A TERRARIUM?
>> IT IS A LITTLE PLANTED GARDEN INSIDE OF A DARK OR SOME -- JAR
OR SOME OTHER ENCLOSED SPACE.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ALL OF THE MATERIALS YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE
YOUR OWN TERRARIUM AT HOME.
WE HAVE SOME LOVELY PLANTS, GRAVEL, MOSS, ACTIVATED CHARCOAL
AND ARE JARS.
-- AND OUR JARS.
ALEX: HOW DO WE MAKE THESE?
>> TAKE YOUR JAR.
EXCELLENT.
TAKE THE LID OFF.
ALEX: JUST NORMAL JARS.
>> WE WILL PUT A LITTLE BIT OF GRAVEL IN THE BOTTOM FOR
DRAINAGE.
JUST ENOUGH TO COVER THE BASE OF YOUR JAR.
ALEX: SO YOU NEED TO COVER THE BOTTOM.
>> JUST A SINGLE LAYER.
ALEX: I PICKED THE -- I GRAB THE BIGGEST JAR -- I GRABBED THE
BIGGEST JAR.
[LAUGHTER] >> GET THE ACTIVATED CHARCOAL.
YOU CAN GET THIS FROM THE PET STORE.
THIS WILL HELP PREVENT MOLD AND FUNGUS GROWTH IN YOUR TERRARIUM.
JUST A LITTLE SPOONFUL.
ALEX: SO THE ROCKS OFFER DRAINAGE.
THIS TRIES TO KEEP THE BAD STUFF OUT.
>> EXACTLY.
NEXT WE ADD OUR SOIL.
ALEX: THIS IS NOT SOIL FROM THE BACKYARD, RIGHT?
>> POTTING SOIL.
SPILLING SOIL ALL OVER THE PLACE WARNING TO PARENTS, THIS CAN
GET PRETTY MESSY.
ALEX: AN OUTDOOR ACTIVITY, MAKING SOME TERRARIUM’S.
HOW MUCH SOIL DO YOU USUALLY PUT IN THESE?
>> WE WANT OUR TERRARIUM’S TO BE A THIRD A HEIGHT OF THE DARK, SO
ENOUGH THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO COMFORTABLY PLANT YOUR PLANTS.
ALEX: ON THE CHILD THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THE BACKYARD DOING THIS --
I AM THE CHILD THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THE BACKYARD DOING THIS.
>> NEXT WE WILL ADD OUR PLANTS.
ALEX: WHAT KIND OF PLANTS CAN YOU PUT IN THE TERRARIUM?
>> THE GARDEN STORE HAS PLANS LABELED TERRARIUM PLANTS.
ALEX: OH!
NICE.
>> YOU WILL PINCH THE POT TO LOOSEN THE ROOTS UP, TO PIT IN
YOUR HAND GENTLY LIKE THIS -- TIIT IN YOUR HAND GENTLY THIS,
THEN GENERALLY I TRY TO SLIDE IT INTO THE SIDE AND FILL IN AROUND
IT AS WELL.
YOU CAN ALSO USE THESE TO MOVE YOUR PLANT AROUND A BIT.
ALEX: YOU’RE JUST TRYING TO GET THIS IN THE DIRT.
>> AND WE WILL FILL IN DIRT AROUND IT AS WELL.
ALEX: WHAT IS THE POINT OF THE JAR?
>> THIS WILL HELP MAKE A MANY BIOSPHERE.
IDEALLY YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PUT A LID ON THIS AND HAVE A MINI
RAIN CYCLE WITHIN THE JAR.
ALEX: SO ALL THE MOISTURE STAYS IN THEIR.
--STAYS IN THERE.
NICE!
>> ADD MORE SOIL IN HERE SO YOUR PLANT IS NICE AND CRADLED.
ALEX: HOW IS MINE LOOKING?
>> ADD MORE SOIL.
WE WANT THE SOIL TO BE EVEN WITH THE TOP OF THE PLANT.
ALEX: THERE WE GO.
>> THAT LOOKS GREAT.
NOW, WE ARE GOING TO ADD SOME LOVELY FINISHING TOUCHES FROM
YOUR LOCAL GARDEN SHOP.
ALEX: THIS IS TO BEAUTIFY IT.
YOU CAN -- >> YOU CAN TAKE A LITTLE MOSS
AND PUT IT WHERE YOU WANT IT TO GO.
I AM GOING TO PUT IT ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE
. ALEX: NICE@
-- NICE!
>> THEN YOU GET TO PICK A FIGURE TO GO IN YOUR JAR.
ALEX: I HAVE TO GO WITH THE DINOSAURS.
>> THEN YOU CAN USE YOUR LITTLE TWEEZERS TO PLACE THAT WHERE YOU
WANT IT TO GO.
♪ ALEX: GET ON IN THERE!
IT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE PREHISTORIC FOREST GOING ON.
>> TINY JURASSIC PARK.
ALEX: ONCE YOU GET YOUR JAR ALL SET UP, WHAT DO YOU DO NEXT?
>> MAKE SURE THE SOIL IS MOIST.
IF YOU HAVE OVER WATERED IT, YOU WILL SEE WATER THERE.
GIVE IT A SPRITZ AND THEN PUT THE LID ON.
ALEX: YOU DO ACTIVITIES LIKE THIS IN THE SCIENCE CENTER,
RIGHT?
>> WE HAVE DONE THIS IN THE SCIENCE CENTER FOR ADULTS AND
KIDS.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR HYDROPONICS FOR KIDS WORKSHOP RUNNING RIGHT NOW.
ALEX: THANK YOU FOR WATCHING ANOTHER EPISODE OF THE SCIENCE
OF IT.
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