Accidentally built a terrarium that rained on my desk at work

Ngl I was trying to show off my new closed terrarium setup in the breakroom at my office in Austin. I had this cool jar with a tight lid and I sealed it up real good. Then about 20 minutes later condensation started dripping down the sides like crazy and it pooled up under the jar. When I picked it up to move it a whole puddle of water spilled onto my keyboard and my coworker's notes. Boss walked in right as I was dabbing it up with napkins. I had to redo the whole drainage layer and use way less water this time. Anyone else ever overwater a closed terrarium and flood their workspace?

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lisar1424d ago

About a year ago I would have rolled my eyes at someone messing up a terrarium that badly. But then I tried to build one myself and realized that drainage is way more important than I ever thought. Your story honestly makes me feel a lot better about the times I flooded my own desk with plant water.

jade27124d ago

One of my friends tried to make a tiny desert terrarium for her desk and forgot to add any drainage layer at all. Within two weeks the sand was turning green and it smelled like a swamp somehow. She just calls it her "science experiment" now and keeps it on the high shelf away from visitors.