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title: Cloche garden: a cloche terrarium recipe | Glass Jar Garden
description: An easy sealed cloche in a cloche of 5.5 L, with 4 plants and 2 mosses. glass bell on a deep tray Every layer, plant and moss, and the jar to open in the...
url: https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/cloche-garden/
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Starter jar · easy

# Cloche garden
cloche

easy · Sealed · Cloche

An easy sealed cloche in a cloche of 5.5 L, with 4 plants and 2 mosses.

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

## The container

- Glass: Cloche, 22 cm across, 28 cm tall, 5.5 L

- Note: glass bell on a deep tray

- Lid: Sealed

## Layers, bottom to top

- [LECA (expanded clay)](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/leca/), 1.5 cm (0.57 L)
- [ABG mix](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/abg-mix/), 4 cm (1.52 L)

## Stones and wood

- [Elephant skin stone](https://glassjar.garden/guide/hardscape/elephant-skin-stone/), about 7 cm

## Plants

- 2 x [Mini nerve plant](https://glassjar.garden/guide/plants/fittonia-mini/)
- [Moon Valley pilea](https://glassjar.garden/guide/plants/pilea-involucrata-moon-valley/)
- [Krauss's spikemoss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/plants/selaginella-kraussiana/)
- [Earth star](https://glassjar.garden/guide/plants/cryptanthus-bivittatus/)

## Moss

- [Cushion moss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/moss/leucobryum-glaucum/), about 25% cover
- [Sheet moss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/moss/hypnum-cupressiforme/), about 25% cover

## Cleanup crew

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

## Water and light

- Water at build: 430 ml, distilled or rain

- Watering: lift the bell 1 h if fogged all day

- Light: 3,500 lux, 12 h a day

- Light source: bright indirect

## How to make it

- Pour the layers, bottom to top: LECA (expanded clay) (1.5 cm), ABG mix (4 cm).
- Set the hardscape: Elephant skin stone.
- Plant 2 x Mini nerve plant, Moon Valley pilea, Krauss's spikemoss, Earth star.
- Lay the moss: Cushion moss over about 25% of the ground, Sheet moss over about 25% of the ground.
- Add the cleanup crew: 80 Temperate white springtail.
- Water with 430 ml (distilled or rain).
- Close the lid and give it 3,500 lux, 12 h a day: bright indirect.

## Based on

- [terrariumtribe.com/closed-terrarium-plants](https://terrariumtribe.com/closed-terrarium-plants/)

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

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