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title: Mason jar moss: a moss jar terrarium recipe
description: An easy sealed moss jar in a mason of 1.5 L, with 0 plants and 3 mosses. a pint mason jar with its metal lid Every layer, plant and moss, and the jar to open...
url: https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/mason-moss/
---

Starter jar · easy

# Mason jar moss
moss jar

easy · Sealed · mason

An easy sealed moss jar in a mason of 1.5 L, with 0 plants and 3 mosses.

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

## 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

- [Pumice](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/pumice/), 1.5 cm (0.15 L)
- [ABG mix](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/abg-mix/), 3.5 cm (0.34 L)

## Stones and wood

- [Frodo stone](https://glassjar.garden/guide/hardscape/frodo-stone/), about 5 cm

## Moss

- [Smaller white-moss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/moss/leucobryum-juniperoideum/), about 35% cover
- [Common apple-moss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/moss/bartramia-pomiformis/), about 35% cover
- [Sheet moss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/moss/hypnum-cupressiforme/), about 20% cover

## Cleanup crew

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

## 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.

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

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