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Mason jar moss
moss jar
easySealedmason
An easy sealed moss jar in a mason of 1.5 L, with 0 plants and 3 mosses.
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The container
- Glass
- mason, 12 cm across, 15 cm tall, 1.5 L
- Note
- a pint mason jar with its metal lid
- Lid
- Sealed
Layers, bottom to top
Stones and wood
- Frodo stone, about 5 cm
Moss
- Smaller white-moss, about 35% cover
- Common apple-moss, about 35% cover
- Sheet moss, about 20% cover
Cleanup crew
Water and light
- Water at build
- 100 ml, distilled or rain
- Watering
- mist only when no morning condensation
- Light
- 2,500 lux, 10 h a day
- Light source
- north window
How to make it
- Pour the layers, bottom to top: Pumice (1.5 cm), ABG mix (3.5 cm).
- Set the hardscape: Frodo stone.
- Lay the moss: Smaller white-moss over about 35% of the ground, Common apple-moss over about 35% of the ground, Sheet moss over about 20% of the ground.
- Add the cleanup crew: 40 Temperate white springtail.
- Water with 100 ml (distilled or rain).
- Close the lid and give it 2,500 lux, 10 h a day: north window.