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Cookie jar ferns

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An easy sealed jar forest in a cookie of 3.5 L, with 3 plants and 2 mosses.

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The container

Glass

cookie, 18 cm across, 15 cm tall, 3.5 L

Note

a wide cookie jar with a glass dome lid

Lid

Sealed

Layers, bottom to top

• LECA (expanded clay), 2 cm (0.46 L)
• Substrate barrier mesh
• ABG mix, 5 cm (1.16 L)

Stones and wood

• Mountain stone, about 6 cm

Plants

• Peacock spikemoss
• Mini nerve plant
• Baby tears pilea

Moss

• Many-fruited thyme-moss, about 35% cover
• Fern moss, about 20% cover

Cleanup crew

• 60 Temperate white springtail

Water and light

Water at build

320 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

1. Pour the layers, bottom to top: LECA (expanded clay) (2 cm), Substrate barrier mesh, ABG mix (5 cm).
2. Set the hardscape: Mountain stone.
3. Plant Peacock spikemoss, Mini nerve plant, Baby tears pilea.
4. Lay the moss: Many-fruited thyme-moss over about 35% of the ground, Fern moss over about 20% of the ground.
5. Add the cleanup crew: 60 Temperate white springtail.
6. Water with 320 ml (distilled or rain).
7. Close the lid and give it 3,000 lux, 12 h a day: bright indirect window.

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