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title: Cholla wood in a terrarium | Glass Jar Garden
description: Cholla wood: The hollow skeleton of a cactus, riddled with holes. In the jar it has holds water 20 % by volume, pore space 45 % by volume, weight 700 g/L.
url: https://glassjar.garden/guide/hardscape/cholla/
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Stones and wood

# Cholla wood

The hollow skeleton of a cactus, riddled with holes.

## What the simulation uses

- Holds water: 20 % by volume (Water it keeps after draining; the rest runs down to the drainage.)

- Pore space: 45 % by volume (Room for air and water between grains; low means roots suffocate when wet.)

- Weight: 700 g/L (How heavy a litre is.)

- pH: 5.5 to 7 pH (How acid it keeps the soil.)

## Description
The hollow skeleton of a cactus, riddled with holes. Springtails and isopods like to shelter inside it.

Also called cholla skeleton.

Estimated, where sources were thin: look authored for the app; physical values estimated.

[Grow it in a jar](https://glassjar.garden/?guide=hardscape/cholla)

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