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title: Moss bottle: a bottle of moss terrarium recipe
description: An easy sealed bottle of moss in a bottle of 2.2 L, with 1 plant and 3 mosses. a corked glass bottle; built with long tweezers Every layer, plant and moss,...
url: https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/moss-bottle/
---

Starter jar · easy

# Moss bottle
bottle of moss

easy · Sealed · Bottle

An easy sealed bottle of moss in a bottle of 2.2 L, with 1 plant and 3 mosses.

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

## The container

- Glass: Bottle, 14 cm across, 24 cm tall, 2.2 L

- Note: a corked glass bottle; built with long tweezers

- Lid: Sealed

## Layers, bottom to top

- [Aquarium gravel](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/aquarium-gravel/), 1.5 cm (0.17 L)
- [ABG mix](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/abg-mix/), 3 cm (0.35 L)

## Plants

- [Baby tears pilea](https://glassjar.garden/guide/plants/pilea-depressa/)

## Moss

- [Common feather-moss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/moss/kindbergia-praelonga/), about 35% cover
- [Fox-tail feather-moss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/moss/thamnobryum-alopecurum/), about 25% cover
- [Common smoothcap](https://glassjar.garden/guide/moss/atrichum-undulatum/), about 15% cover

## Cleanup crew

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

## Water and light

- Water at build: 105 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: Aquarium gravel (1.5 cm), ABG mix (3 cm).
- Plant Baby tears pilea.
- Lay the moss: Common feather-moss over about 35% of the ground, Fox-tail feather-moss over about 25% of the ground, Common smoothcap over about 15% of the ground.
- Add the cleanup crew: 30 Temperate white springtail.
- Water with 105 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=moss_bottle)

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