Home to Make an Open Terrarium
Here's an easy way to bring a little plant beauty indoor with an open terrarium complete with a fern, moss, a mini orchid, and a few other great plants to enjoy at home.
Yield: 1
Cost: $50
Equipment
- wooden skewer or chopsticks
- Paintbrush
- small watering bottle
Materials
- 1 large glass vessel open at the top
- gravel or small rocks
- activated charcoal pellets
- soilless mix potting soil
- plants
- moss from your yard or preserved moss
Instructions
- Pour .5 - 1 inch layer of decorative rocks or gravel at the bottom of the glass vase.
- Add a layer of charcoal pellets on top.
- Water the soil first. Then add 1.5 to 2 inches on top of the charcoal.
- Plant your terrarium plants in the soil using a wooden skewer or chopsticks to help move items around.
- Add some moss around the plants.
- Water in the plants and moss.
- Use a paintbrush to clean up the sides of the terrarium.
Notes
Make sure to water the soil in a bowl first before planting. This will get your terrarium off to a good start and will cut down on the mess of fly away dusty soil.
Depending on the plants you've used in this terrarium you will only need to water the terrarium once a month maybe less. Keep an eye on them to see if anything looks dry and use a watering bottle to pinpoint the water in the area you want to water.
Moss though it grows great outside may dry out too much in this terrarium. If you have some growing outside and want to give it a try do so. However, you could also purchase some preserved moss for decoration to add to the terrarium.
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