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title: Soils and layers for terrariums | Glass Jar Garden
description: Drainage, filters, soils and top dressings: how much water each holds, its pH, and how fast it rots down. 41 entries, each with the numbers the simulator...
url: https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/
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Guide

# Soils and layers
Drainage, filters, soils and top dressings: how much water each holds, its pH, and how fast it rots down.

- [ABG mix](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/abg-mix/)
- [Activated charcoal](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/activated-charcoal/)
- [Akadama](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/akadama/)
- [Aquarium gravel](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/aquarium-gravel/)
- [Aquarium sand](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/aquarium-sand/)
- [Aquasoil](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/aquasoil/)
- [Bagged potting soil](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/potting-soil/)
- [Biochar](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/biochar/)
- [Black sand](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/black-sand/)
- [Calcined clay](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/calcined-clay/)
- [Clay](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/clay/)
- [Coco coir](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/coco-coir/)
- [Coco husk chips](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/coco-husk-chips/)
- [Cork crumbs](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/cork-bits/)
- [Decomposed granite](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/decomposed-granite/)
- [Dried long-fibre sphagnum moss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/sphagnum-dried/)
- [Fine clay pebbles](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/clay-pebbles-fine/)
- [Horticultural charcoal](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/horticultural-charcoal/)
- [Horticultural sand](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/horticultural-sand/)
- [Lava rock (scoria)](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/lava-rock/)
- [Leaf litter](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/leaf-litter/)
- [LECA (expanded clay)](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/leca/)
- [Live sphagnum moss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/sphagnum-live/)
- [Magnolia leaves](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/magnolia-leaves/)
- [Oak leaf litter](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/oak-leaves/)
- [Orchid bark (fir/pine bark)](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/orchid-bark/)
- [Pea gravel](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/pea-gravel/)
- [Peat-based soilless mix](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/peat-based-mix/)
- [Perlite](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/perlite/)
- [Pine bark fines](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/pine-bark-fines/)
- [Pumice](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/pumice/)
- [Rice hulls](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/rice-hulls/)
- [River pebbles](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/river-pebbles/)
- [Sphagnum barrier layer](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/sphagnum-barrier/)
- [Sphagnum peat moss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/peat-moss/)
- [Substrate barrier mesh](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/mesh-barrier/)
- [Topsoil](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/topsoil/)
- [Tree fern fibre](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/tree-fern-fiber/)
- [Vermiculite](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/vermiculite/)
- [Worm castings](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/worm-castings/)
- [Zeolite](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/zeolite/)