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A friend suggested this idea of growing beans in a CD case, and I loved it immediately! Think of it as the world’s skinniest terrarium. My experiment is to see how long the plant can grow in this narrow environment. So far, so good, with wet potting mix soil, 3 seeds and a fat clear CD case. Check back as I will update the growth process. This would make a fun “living diagram” and students could use a paint pen to label the parts of the plant when it’s grown, before they transplant it into something larger. The plan is to share this project with children in Haiti (I travel next week with Project Hope Art) so they can learn to add this nutritional food to their diet.
15 comments:
What a great idea.
Thanks for sharing.
What a fantastic idea! I'm pinning it to do later.
wonderful!!!!!!
What a great idea!!!
LG Kerstin
Love this!
This is brilliant! We did this years ago with plastic cups and paper towels -- but the CD case is even better!
This is brilliant! We did this years ago with plastic cups and paper towels -- but the CD case is even better!
I have also seen this done with the clear baseball card protector pages. I want to see how you label the parts. That sounds cool!
Great idea, love this!
Love it!
A (maybe) stupid question: how do you water the plants?
I'd love to know of any updates. I'm planning this project for next week and I hope it works out!
thanks.
I too, would love to know of any updates.
And how DO you keep it watered?
Thanks!
Thanks for asking about updates. The plant did grow a little bit more, but then stopped. I suspect it was because I bought the seeds at a drug store, and fear that they were old or something. Watering was done by holding the case flat and just carefully opening the cover and pouring a bit of water on it.
I plan to try this again when I have a chance.
This is wonderful. I remember using plastic cups as a kid, but the CD case is too nifty. It'd be fun to make a disk of songs about gardening to give it all as a gift. Thanks for the inspiration!
I love this idea! I might see if it works with peas.
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