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title: Carnivore bog: a bog terrarium recipe | Glass Jar Garden
description: A medium sealed bog in a glass box of 15.6 L, with 2 plants and 1 moss. Every layer, plant and moss, and the jar to open in the simulator.
url: https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/carnivore-bog/
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Starter jar · medium

# Carnivore bog
bog

medium · Sealed · Glass box

A medium sealed bog in a glass box of 15.6 L, with 2 plants and 1 moss.

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

## The container

- Glass: Glass box, 25 x 25 cm, 25 cm tall, 15.6 L

- Lid: Sealed

## Layers, bottom to top

- A mix of 50% [Sphagnum peat moss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/peat-moss/), 50% [Horticultural sand](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/horticultural-sand/), 8 cm (5 L)
- [Horticultural sand](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/horticultural-sand/), 1 cm (0.62 L)

## Stones and wood

- [Spider wood](https://glassjar.garden/guide/hardscape/spider-wood/), about 12 cm

## Plants

- 3 x [Cape sundew](https://glassjar.garden/guide/plants/drosera-capensis/)
- 2 x [Grass-leaved bladderwort](https://glassjar.garden/guide/plants/utricularia-graminifolia/)

## Moss

- [Blunt-leaved bogmoss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/moss/sphagnum-palustre/), about 20% cover

## Water and light

- Water at build: 2700 ml, distilled or rain only

- Watering: loosely covered (glass with a gap, here vented four hours a day); top up with distilled water weekly to keep the tray wet

- Light: 15,000 lux, 12 h a day

- Light source: strong LED

## How to make it

- Pour the layers, bottom to top: a mix of 50% sphagnum peat moss, 50% horticultural sand (8 cm), Horticultural sand (1 cm).
- Set the hardscape: Spider wood.
- Plant 3 x Cape sundew, 2 x Grass-leaved bladderwort.
- Lay the moss: Blunt-leaved bogmoss over about 20% of the ground.
- Water with 2700 ml (distilled or rain only).
- Close the lid and give it 15,000 lux, 12 h a day: strong LED.

## Based on

- builds shared on r/terrariums

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

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