Ok, i have thought of some crazy idea. I am not going to create a muddy water for my lotus. Through surveying the world (the internet), i stumbled about a magical invention! The crystal soil! Tada!

crystal soils

These crystal soil can absorb water and keep the plant moisted. The crystal soil is rather cheap. They cost SGD$2 per pack and i bought a total of 8 packs (50% for my colleague). Well, i suppose it came in different quality because my “red” crystal soil went de-color after i added water to them. The color came off! So maybe those more expensive crystal soil can retain their color… Buy at your own risk!

As you can see, my lotus already growing its leaves out of the tank. The crystal soil also did a good work to hold the seeds in place and i suppose it will keep the mosquito away.

crystal soils growing out of control

Then the next day, mum said “Your cannon balls seem to be out of control, they are growing out of the tank!”

They (the crystal soils) really can drink water and grow! They are growing out of my tank!  The packet instruction did says “… add 1000ml to the crystal…”. Need to make sure i don’t add to much water to them now.

-to be continue-

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