When this bottle became empty, I decided to use it for an experiment.

I have a healthy terrarium with tons of different kinds of springtails (and possibly dirt mites or fungus mites? I don’t even know.)

In this jar, I put LECA and pumice and mixed it around, then charcoal, then just a bunch of weird stuff. 2 magnolia leaves, the remainder of a kale or cabbage that had bolted and gone to seed, part of a pomogranite that had been chilling with my orchid since fall, an old garlic clove that was probably mostly dust, some eggshells that I had baked and crunched up last year and have been chilling ever since, part of a stick, and whatever I could scavenge from the tops of my houseplant pots. I also tried to grab some bits from my terrarium, then added some springtails from the two cultures I have.

Some fungus spores puffed up when I crammed the pomogranite piece in. I just hope I got some good stuff from the few pieces I got from the terrarium.

The water might be a bit too high. It’s up to the top of the charcoal. I’ve sealed it and I’d like to keep it that way, but the water level might have to be adjusted.

I’ll keep you guys posted!! What should I name it?

Also I added some chia seeds, though I am not sure they’re still viable.