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title: Bulb garden: a hanging bulb terrarium recipe
description: A medium sealed hanging bulb in a bulb of 2.4 L, with 2 plants and 1 moss. a hanging glass bulb with a cork Every layer, plant and moss, and the jar to open...
url: https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/bulb-garden/
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Starter jar · medium

# Bulb garden
hanging bulb

medium · Sealed · Bulb

A medium sealed hanging bulb in a bulb of 2.4 L, with 2 plants and 1 moss.

[Open this jar in the simulator](https://glassjar.garden/?starter=bulb_garden)

## The container

- Glass: Bulb, 16 cm across, 20 cm tall, 2.4 L

- Note: a hanging glass bulb with a cork

- Lid: Sealed

## Layers, bottom to top

- [LECA (expanded clay)](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/leca/), 1.5 cm (0.23 L)
- [ABG mix](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/abg-mix/), 4 cm (0.62 L)

## Stones and wood

- [Pagoda stone](https://glassjar.garden/guide/hardscape/pagoda-stone/), about 4 cm

## Plants

- [Mini nerve plant](https://glassjar.garden/guide/plants/fittonia-mini/)
- [Baby's tears](https://glassjar.garden/guide/plants/soleirolia-soleirolii/)

## Moss

- [Sheet moss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/moss/hypnum-cupressiforme/), about 40% cover

## Cleanup crew

- 30 [Temperate white springtail](https://glassjar.garden/guide/critters/folsomia-candida/)

## Water and light

- Water at build: 180 ml, distilled or rain

- Watering: mist only when no morning condensation

- Light: 3,000 lux, 12 h a day

- Light source: bright indirect window

## How to make it

- Pour the layers, bottom to top: LECA (expanded clay) (1.5 cm), ABG mix (4 cm).
- Set the hardscape: Pagoda stone.
- Plant Mini nerve plant, Baby's tears.
- Lay the moss: Sheet moss over about 40% of the ground.
- Add the cleanup crew: 30 Temperate white springtail.
- Water with 180 ml (distilled or rain).
- Close the lid and give it 3,000 lux, 12 h a day: bright indirect window.

[Open this jar in the simulator](https://glassjar.garden/?starter=bulb_garden)

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