Creating a Greenhouse with a Daiso Living Box

Recently, I bought a hygrometer called Rainbow Circle, but I wasn't satisfied with it.

It’s round and rolls around, and it's designed so that it can't just sit on the desk.

However, compared to the Xiaomi mini hygrometer, it showed somewhat decent performance, so I decided to try making a greenhouse using this hygrometer.

I bought a large plastic living box for 5,000 won from the local Daiso. 

Then, after drilling multiple holes with a hand drill, I followed the holes and cut the plastic with a knife to insert the Rainbow Circle.

Since it was made roughly by hand, the hygrometer seemed like it would fall out, so I finished it with a glue gun. 

This way, I could see the temperature and humidity inside the living box, which was nice. The plastic board on top was also transparent, allowing sunlight to pass through well. 

Sometimes, on sunny days, I would place it on the living room floor to receive sunlight. Originally, I planned to finish the greenhouse just like this.

However, the plants inside the greenhouse grew so well that the ferns had already touched the plastic lid, and I thought the epiphyte I received as a gift might not be able to grow upwards anymore.

Then my wife asked me to recycle a plastic living box yesterday.

So, I placed this on top of the existing living box greenhouse.

Then, I drilled a hole in the bottom panel of the upper living box to insert the LED socket inside, completing our home greenhouse.

I hadn’t replaced the battery for three months, so the light on the hygrometer became too dim.

I’ll need to replace the battery next time.

This morning, with sunlight, the inside temperature of the greenhouse rose to 31 degrees.

Humidity is always maintained at over 90%.

At this rate, it seems like it could thrive for about a month without watering.

If you don't have a greenhouse at home, I recommend trying to make one like this.