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    What will happen if I add alum to the chemical garden?
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    Aluminium potassium sulfate would react to form white colored crystals.
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    What is the use in this project?
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    It is interesting in a bunch of ways. One is how inorganic matter can "grow and develop" just like live organisms, so maybe this is one way to explain the origin of life. Also, some areas of nanotechnology use this.
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    How long will this garden last, and which of the above mentioned salts are environment friendly?
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    The garden starts slowly, and it can last for more than a week, depending on the amount of solution and the amount of salts. If you want to wash your chemical garden down the drain, avoid copper sulfate and copper chloride, cobalt chloride and nickel nitrate.
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    How long does it take to make a chemical garden?
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    Several days to a week or more.
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    Could I take the plants out of the solution? Would they survive?
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    It would be quite difficult to do this, as the chemical plants are not very rigid. They may break immediately once out of the solution.
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