So this is going to be the last update to this project. I want it to morph into something new. My friends are dying and I have not been able to help them. The people I have spoken to believe its the sudden chilly weather in San Diego. This is several day late I know finals are looming and I have not been able to get to posting.
There is still something poetic in this it is kind of a perfect life cycle beginning to end. The ups and downs growth death and rebirth.
After doing some further research on the Cycles project i realized that I needed to thin the plants in the jars so that they could thrive. However over the last several weeks I have grow attached to my little plants and really do not want to just pull them up by their roots and throw them out. So I decided to attempt to transplant them.
I already had the small metal vessels that i had previously not been able to grow herbs in, I was not nearly devoted as I am now to the growth. So I took some of the same soil that is in the terrarium, I placed a few stones in the bottom of the planters to provide for drainage and filled them up. I used chopsticks to try and gently remove the young plants from the jar and then I Planted them in their new homes.
Some of the small plants did not seem to do well and were fairly lifeless after ward I am concerned that i overly damaged them even though I was very careful in moving them. I guess I will see how it goes over the next little bit. I am going to have to thin the jar further eventually so If these little ones do not make it I will get another chance.
Cycles is becoming an expanding project and I am quite enjoying where it is taking me. There are several side projects that are springing out of this one. I soon plan to plant some tulip bulbs in a planter. I once bought a live plant and then neglected it but I am curious to see if i could get this to spring back to life.
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