I Turned a Plastic Box into a Living Moss Ecosystem! 🌿 — Transcript

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1. 0:00[music]
2. 0:07[music]
3. 0:09>> This is just a simple plastic container
4. 0:12and it will be home for moss garden and
5. 0:15I will collect the mosses with the help
6. 0:18of this blade and in this video I will
7. 0:20show you how to turn this ordinary box
8. 0:23into a beautiful self-sustaining moss
9. 0:26ecosystem using just only sand and
10. 0:28naturally collected moss. So let's watch
11. 0:31till end. Since it's the monsoon season,
12. 0:34the old bricks here have become a
13. 0:36perfect habitat for moss. Uh the
14. 0:39constant moisture, cool temperatures,
15. 0:40and shade create ideal conditions for
16. 0:42moss to thrive naturally here in these
17. 0:44conditions.
18. 0:46Um this bright green cushion-like moss
19. 0:49is most likely an acrocarpus moss,
20. 0:51possibly from the genera Bryum,
21. 0:54Dicranella, or Barbula. Uh identifying
22. 0:56the exact species is impossible because
23. 0:58there are so many uh similar-looking
24. 1:00identical mosses.
25. 1:02Uh to collect the entire moss without
26. 1:04damaging it,
27. 1:05I'm using a sharp razor blade instead of
28. 1:09pulling it off.
29. 1:10So I have to cut it and I'm gently just
30. 1:13sliding the blade underneath the moss
31. 1:14cushion and this helps lift the entire
32. 1:17mat along with a thin layer of the
33. 1:21material
34. 1:22it's attached to like this. Look.
35. 1:25This cluster of moss mosses and along
36. 1:28with this
37. 1:30the soil attached to it.
38. 1:33See.
39. 1:35This part.
40. 1:37It's the moss I was talking about
41. 1:40and I have to collect
42. 1:42more like this.
43. 1:44See.
44. 1:45Uh
45. 1:46let me focus it.
46. 1:49Now see this.
47. 1:51This is the moss I was talking about.
48. 1:54It's really looking good like a
49. 1:55beautiful mountain with forest. And I
50. 1:58have to collect more like this one by
51. 2:00one. So, let me slide again.
52. 2:03>> [music]
53. 2:14>> And I have collected this amount of
54. 2:16healthy moss. And this is all I will
55. 2:19need to start this project. Uh instead
56. 2:22of disturbing it any further, I will
57. 2:23leave it undisturbed so it can recover
58. 2:27from the uh transplanting process.
59. 2:30Uh moss doesn't have true roots.
60. 2:33See,
61. 2:34uh like most of the plants. Instead, uh
62. 2:37it uses tiny hair-like structures called
63. 2:40uh rhizoids.
64. 2:42You know, which mainly help it anchor to
65. 2:44the surface rather than absorb
66. 2:47nutrients.
67. 2:48And over the next few weeks, the moss
68. 2:51will slowly attach itself to the sand
69. 2:53and the soil, uh the natural soil which
70. 2:56I have collected along with the mosses.
71. 2:58And begin new root, new shoots. And
72. 3:01uh as as long as the environment stays
73. 3:03cool, humid, and shaded, it will
74. 3:05continue to spread naturally and it will
75. 3:08look cool. Now, look at the mosses. It
76. 3:11is really looking good. And I will have
77. 3:13to keep the soil constantly
78. 3:16uh
79. 3:16moist with clean water to make it
80. 3:19perfect for growth. And with patience
81. 3:21and minimal disturbance, this small
82. 3:23collection can gradually develop into a
83. 3:26dense, self-sustaining green carpet.
84. 3:28>> Found that old journal, [music]
85. 3:30Shubham's diary's faded ink bleeds
86. 3:33through the lines. A younger me I barely
87. 3:35[music]
88. 3:36recognize. These pages hold forgotten
89. 3:38chapters, a ghost in my own timeline.
90. 3:41[singing]
91. 3:44>> [music]
92. 3:45[singing]
93. 3:46>> you're still here right between the ink
94. 3:49[music] and tears, lost inside the
95. 3:51yellowed years.