Comments on: Moss-age in a bottle

By: Grow Moss Grow – Easy “green” DIY Home Project « FLUID FORMS

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:55:08 +0000

[...] Vino shows us a rather simple but yet funny and “vivid” DIY project on the wine talk that goes down easy blog – the moss landscape in a [...]

By: Easy Home DIY Project: Green Landscape in a Bottle Idea | dornob

Easy Home DIY Project: Green Landscape in a Bottle Idea | dornob — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:01:47 +0000

[...] does not take a rocket scientist to see that the process used here by Dr. Vino is fairly straightforward: gather a few kinds of moss, clean out the wine bottle, shove in the moss [...]

By: kokain

kokain — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:49:56 +0000

One thing that happened to me was quite interesting. After a couple of months in the bottle, my Chlorophytum was SO big that I had to plant it out somewhere.
I took the cork out, went to the kichen to grab some tools… it took me about 30 minutes. WHen I came back plant was already dying- getting greyish-bluish, finally looked liked like a letucce after conatact with something hot.

Plants in the bottles are so fragile that it’s necessary to look for slow growing species to avoid touching them, opening bottles etc for as long as it’s possible.

By: Dr. Vino

Dr. Vino — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:13:11 +0000

Dave – Thanks, will try it and hope not to lose the cotton swab in there!

Kokain- wow, 25 liter wine bottle–nice! One thing is not to have too much water in the terrarium. Many terrarium plants die because of too much water. So you can take the cork out to let some water evaporate and then seal it up when it is in balance to maintain the ecosystem.

Cheers,

Tyler

By: kokain

kokain — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:52:20 +0000

hi
i have a small garden in 25 litre wine bottle. there are some water loving greens and moss.

a few years ago i was planting good old Chlorophytum in normal wine bottles, as gifts. Chlorophytum is growing like crazy, especially in a good maintained bottle.

But the whole idea is to PUT A CORK and seal the bottle after the environment will stabilize. You can tell that it is the right time, when during the day drops of vaporizing water will stop gathering on the glass inside, showing that there is not too much water. Biology of the plant tells that at night plant is taking the O2 and giving out CO2. During the day plant is taking CO2 and gives the O2 out. So, the perfect sustainable circle begins.

Good luck!

By: Frumhacks

Frumhacks — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:39:16 +0000

http://frumhacks.blogspot.com/2009/03/more-purim-recycling.html

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:23:46 +0000

You actually want the condensation. It’s one of the signs that the terrarium is working as an ecosystem. As for the schmutz, a long, damp cotton swab will go along way towards cleaning it off.

By: Tuesday afternoon link serving [17th Mar '09] | Abhijat Saraswat

Tuesday afternoon link serving [17th Mar '09] | Abhijat Saraswat — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:51:30 +0000

[...] Moss-age in a bottle: Before you throw away another wine bottle you may wish to have a look at this simple and fun project. It allows you to turn a empty wine bottle in to a terrarium for instant greenery! [via lifehacker] [...]

By: Turn a Wine Bottle into a Terrarium

Turn a Wine Bottle into a Terrarium — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:51:56 +0000

[...] Moss-age In A Bottle [via SlashFood] [...]

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:45:52 +0000

Well, seems I need to go finish that bottle of Riesling so I can make a terrarium. Also, there will always be some condensation inside the bottle, so while cleaning the schmaltz might be a good idea, don’t worry too much about the water. You might try one of the pipe cleaners with the big tuft on the end. that way you can bend it as you need it.

By: Dr. Vino

Dr. Vino — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:22:30 +0000

Glad so many people are interested in this! Byron, that’s an interesting idea to grow the moss inside the bottle. While I haven’t actually grown moss via that method, I’ve read that it can take a while so patience may be in order. Also, moss does tend to prefer shade so you may not want to place the terrarium in the sun for prolonged periods. It also makes it great greenery for offices with little sunlight! I have watered it once in six months FYI.

Johnson – sorry for the small photos. But it turned out well. The only thing I would do differently is to put the soil in the bottle on its side rather than standing up since it was hard to remove the dirt from the top side of the bottle once it was laying flat.

By: johnson

johnson — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:02:36 +0000

great idea, I really wish there where some bigger photos. It’s pretty hard to say how this turned from these pics.

By: Byron

Byron — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:54:56 +0000

If i remember right, try doing it by taking a little moss, and a little yogurt or buttermilk, and a fair helping of potting soil, giving it a healthy mashing together (or sacrifice a blender to it) and that will quickly give you a mat of moss. Google it and you can find tons of resources….but I’m going to be doing this soon.

By: Plants In A Bottle | Bill's Box

Plants In A Bottle | Bill's Box — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:35:13 +0000

[...] Terrarium in a Bottle [...]

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:14:54 +0000

What a great project … and great for white decor! Thanks for sharing! Cheers!