As the crystal grows the consentrate of chemical deminishes , so if you add at the same level of adp when you started the white could be because of higher consentrate. Most people who grow crystals remove the crytals and then calculate how much has evaporated and only add that amount and then re add the crystal . This might be the reason why it is white as the consentrate is higher at that point

Hi Julie I just love the crystal tutorials and I'm looking forward to seeing how far you can take it with growing them and I hope that if you get tired of doing them you will come up with different ways of incorporating them into your work . I hope you keep doing them for a while as there's not much around that gives so much information as you do . Keep up the good work you clever girl.

Julie, I just love watching you. You are delightful as everyone states, but I like how you are not embarrassed to share the learning curve with all of us, no matter what project you are doing. Thank you for sharing. 😊

I like the way both of them have grown Julie, they are beautiful. I am really enjoying the Crystal growing series ❤

Love your videos. So glad I'm not the only one who jumps around from craft to craft. Like you I get bored.

I enjoy your videos so much, not just for your creations but because you sound so happy, bubbly and excited. It's infectious. God bless.

Don’t be hard on yourself. As you said, we’re learning together and we appreciate you. 🙂

I love that you go your own way on your channel. Pound pavement. We're here for you. ❤

I think you mean acid rather than acidic. Alum is technically not an acid. However, alum solutions are slightly acidic due to the aluminium ions being able to create an acidic pH environment. What is a bit confusing is that ADP solutions are also acidic. Presumably, adding alum to ADP shifts the equilibrium by adjusting the pH slightly to allow the crystallization of a different compound, perhaps diammonium hydrogen phosphate?

More videos with growing crystals please! Hello from Mexico

I too am enjoying the crystals. I look forward to your videos all the time, hopefully daily. And I don't want to illicit any boos...but I do miss the resin videos. I'm sorry, but I do. A few sprinkled in between would be awesome!

I am definitely enjoying the crystal videos, love science and had no idea how to even go about starting to do this. Thank you so very much for sharing everything. God blessed julie , you have a great day

Definitely love the crystal growing videos Julie, it is so awesome to see scientific stuff❤

Love seeing crystals grow. I did a little scrolling forward cuz I recognized the beginning as a repost. But hit perfectly where you explained that and moved on! No more scrolling from there lol. I'm starting to feel like I need to try my childhood hobby out again. Attempting crystals from random things instant coffee... Sugar... Salt... Etc. since I know a little more from watching your recent videos.❤ Love how you got the longer crystals this time

Topping up the solution would change the new growth because it is not as old as the first solution… maybe?🤔 Just a theory but what an awesome job and results

I'm loving all your crystal making videos 💎🤩💖

This is so Awesome Julie 🎉 I am enjoying the crystal growing videos. ❤❤🎉🎉

Thanks love your channel 👍❤️🙏 Ann from Cairns 🇦🇺

Goodness! What a sea urchin that one's grown into. Very impressive piece.

Awesome , I can't wait to try this. I did a couple of things with Borax, but this is so much better. I love the fact that you are willing to do the testing for all of us in your beautiful studio. Thank you for all that you do. Give your fur babies a hug from me, I think that I will have some Shih Tzu puppies in a couple of months, I can't wait

Wow. Very cool. I’ll have grandsons again in April for a week. They’ll love this project. Very cool indeed. As always ❤❤❤ your tutorials. Have been blah with tons of medical tests. Hopefully almost done. 🥰

And just for the record, I quite liked the white tips; it makes them stand out a bit!

I think your explanation of the impurities is pretty much why the tips went white. Now we need to figure out how to make it holographic ha ha. Wouldn’t it look great? I’d love to see a huge one. Much bigger container left for perhaps a month or so. Can’t wait for the next instalment. 🇦🇺❤️

Great job, Julie! Can't wait to see what you come up with next.

Wow, you did it. Amazing results. Beautiful ❤

That is so cool!

Oh Wow! That turned out amazing.Julie! I love this. 💗 Congratulations!.😍 💃💃💃

Congrats! Beautiful!❤

THIS IS AWESOME CHICA! Very , very well done YAAAAAY!❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊!!!! BEAUTIFUL 😍!!!!!!❤❤❤❤

This is amazing! Can’t wait to see you use these once you perfect in like a geode piece! So exciting ❤

Really pretty shape. Thanks for sharing this tutorial ❤

Absolutely amazing

Very cool!

Julie,this was interesting. Loved the video😊

Loved this tutorial, at last someone who properly explains how to do it. Thanks so much xxx

I love the crystals they are very interesting I never had much luck with growing them

I can really see this on a small painting! It would make it really different. These are so much more beautiful than I anticipated! Great job!!!

I just love watching you grow these crystals & I gotta admit , Julie your excitement is quite contagious! Love it! Very beautiful! Wonder how they would look with color? ❤

Omg, I think you have done fabulous job, it's beautiful , much love, S Wales, UK

O wow just beautiful ❤

Very pretty!

Very cool!❤❤🎉

Hola que lindos cristales haces con piedra alumbre gracias ❤

Oh, this is just *GORGEOUS,* Julie! ❤😍 Do it again! Maybe a deeper and bigger container, and...purple colorant? Ooooh, that'd be amazing! 💕😊

Your nails look fabulous!!

So very very cool ❤❤

Very cool! It looks like a sea urchin 🤣. Maybe my son will try this with the kiddos. They’ve done rock candy and it turned out great. Thanks Julie 👏👍😊

It's beautiful! It's had a French Manicure on it's tips!

Amazing. ❤❤

this is really cool

I recall watching at least one video you made while this was sitting by doing its thing!

Or even your spray varnish, just carefully tape off or shower cap the tips till dry.

Wow what a beautiful crystal. It will be interesting to see what can he done with it.

In USA, we call then coolers and also ice chests.

Love it

Maybe you have like a thrift store kind of thing near you? Here in the Netherlands they always have lots of glass items, and that doesn’t cost much. ❤ thanks for sharing this video, love your enthusiasm always

very cool

Cool.❤❤❤

Miss Julie this video is awesome I absolutely loved it. I could never do it I do not have the patience I think. But I very much enjoyed watching you, very pretty . I see what you're saying about the white on the tips but it's still very beautiful.❤

Wow❤❤❤

Cute, porcupine crystals ❤. I remember growing a salt crystal when I was at school. I'm sure it had to be suspended on a hair strand in the solution while it was growing.

wow crystal sea urchin :D 👌

Perhaps you could try adding colors to your solution and see what happens. This so fun to watch.❤

Take my breath 😮❤🥰🤩👍

Looks like a waterlily

It’s a girl!!! So beautiful absolutely amazing!

I love it!❤the first one is lovely too! Could you make a mould with the chunky crystal or would it disintegrate? These experiments are fascinating! ☺️

So coo

Julie, maybe you should try leaving the solution in the measuring cup as it cools down so when you pour it to put your seeds in there won't be crystals on the bottom already? That way any crystal growing will be attached to your seed and not on the already growing stuff on the bottom.

Hi love your art videos hey are easy to follow and you are funny as well so it makes for easy watching & learning . Have you thought of hanging strands of cotton on a pencil laid across your glass lip , I wonder if crysta,s would grow on your piece,s of cotton ??? UK 🇬🇧 . xxxxxxx .

This is my first Crystal creation video. And it looks like magic! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

I love how both of them came out. Can you give us the measurements for the ingredients or where to find them? Thank you for doing these experiments.

Awww.. I love your crystals... fascinating to watch.. can colours be added? ❤😊

In the states, a lot of seafood shops have those boxes

i found out that you get different crystals depending on the container you use...pretty neat you should try

They are beautiful! One suggestion I have is to wear disposable gloves.🤞

I think it is beautiful...you are too harsh on yourself...for just beginning, I think you are doing great....

That is sooooooo cool. I didn't realize that they were so delicate. Do they eventually get harder? xoxooxoxxoox

How are your fingers and nails doing after working with those components?

Julie, you can make distilled water by boiling the water for five minutes then cover while cooling. ❤Laura

Wow 😮 You should film the growth while ur not there then put it on a time lapse so we can see it growing x

These are so pretty! Do they strengthen after a bit or do they stay fragile? Just wondering if they could be used to make silicone molds for resin!

You said earlier the top of the water was cloudy, if you top it of it will push cloudiness down into the water changing the quality of crystal growth

Would be cool to see a time lapse of this growing

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THAT IS SO SO COOL!! Have tons of alum, will need to find this. Would you find it at a nursery? I did see 1 brand in Amazon

Maybe adding a top up you could sneak in some colour to add effects vs white

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Awesome! I've done borax crystals before, but always wondered if there was a way to make them bigger like this... Is there any way to make them stronger so they can be added to resin or molded?

Good Day! Your Channel is really great, i love it. I have a question. Where can i buy these Svarovski Crystals? Thanks in advance. Nice greetings from Germany.

I love the little experiments you have been doing! You're probably right about impurities causing cloudiness. The slower the crystals grow and less disturbance will create clearer crystals as well. Put them in a place that doesn't experience much vibration and has a stable temperature. Using distilled water will make things a bit better. You can also get rid of impurities by recrystallizing. So you let it crystallize, crush up the crystals, and dissolve them again. The more you do this, the fewer impurities there will be. Impurities will be left behind in the solution each time. Make sure to use distilled water for the best results, though.

Deja vu....

In the UK we'd call an. Eski a 'cool box'

Maybe I'm just cheap but why not use recycled glass jars? like jam jars with wide mouths. Also, when I'm baking bread, to keep stuff warm while it rises you can place a towel over the jar. There's also insulated fabric if you want a slow cooling. That came out really nice. I bet if you tinted your top up solution with a pink, it would of been gorgeous... unless it would leave a pink dusty film over everything, but it looks like it would only color the tips and give you a 2 tone effect? don't know.

Have you tried Borax I've seen area people use t for growing crystals on plastic sculls and added food colours they were amazing . UK 🇬🇧 . xxxxxxx

Cute

Could you put the bowl on the heat mat for a short time or would it be too hot?

Would whirring the ADP in a coffee grinder or processor to a powder help with the dissolving?

The curiosity in me wonders if you bunch some together in new solution if they will grow a taller crystal and more sturdy at the base if they are together in new water/adp?

Can you try putting your setup into a casserole or something which will preserve the temperature for longer.