David Lattimer planted his glass garden in 1960, the last time he watered it in 1972 before closing it tightly in his quest for "experiment." The one he planted is an American plant called Spidoret, grown in a 10-gallon container from only materials recycled from the air, water, and nutrients, and the specialists in the cultivation of plants were really impressed by this and cited this as an example to illustrate the ability of plants to adapt and how this idea pioneered.

As the picture shows, retired American David Latimer carrying his garden planted 53 years ago and has not been watered since 1972 - despite this remains a prosperous park in its closed environment.

When you look at this blooming mass of plants, you will think that David Latimer is a genius in this field, but even so, his garden - now 53 years old - did not require him to care for it.

How does this park grow?





Glass gardens work because their enclosed space creates a completely isolated ecosystem in which plants live through photosynthesis and recycling of nutrients, so light remains the only external contributor because it extends the plants with the energy needed to make their own food to continue growing. These papers absorb light through proteins called chlorophyll, proteins that impart the green color to the plant. Some of the light energy is stored in the form of adenosine triphosphate ATP, a molecule that stores energy. Electrons in the water absorbed from the soil by the roots, then the electrons become free to be used in the chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide into carbohydrates so oxygen free.





The process of photovoltaic construction is the opposite of what we call cellular respiration that occurs in other living organisms, including humans. In cellular respiration, energy-containing carbohydrates interact with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and water, thus releasing chemical energy, but the ecosystem also uses cellular respiration To eliminate the decaying substances that plants dispose of. In this part, bacteria absorb the plant's oxygen residues into the garden's soil and release the carbon dioxide that developing plants can use.





At night, when there is no light from the sun to move the photosynthesis wheel, the plants use photosynthesis to survive by destroying the stored food. Because the glass garden is in a closed ecosystem, this means that its water cycle is also Is a self-contained cycle, as the water taken by the plants from the container through the roots, is released again into the air through transpiration, and this water, in turn, intensified to start the cycle again.



