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title: Moss jar: a moss bowl terrarium recipe | Glass Jar Garden
description: An easy sealed moss bowl in a jar of 0.9 L, with 0 plants and 3 mosses. small cork-lid jar Every layer, plant and moss, and the jar to open in the simulator.
url: https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/moss-jar/
---

Starter jar · easy

# Moss jar
moss bowl

easy · Sealed · Jar

An easy sealed moss bowl in a jar of 0.9 L, with 0 plants and 3 mosses.

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

## The container

- Glass: Jar, 10 cm across, 12 cm tall, 0.9 L

- Note: small cork-lid jar

- Lid: Sealed

## Layers, bottom to top

- [Pumice](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/pumice/), 1.5 cm (0.12 L)
- [Dried long-fibre sphagnum moss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/sphagnum-dried/), 0.5 cm (0.04 L)
- [ABG mix](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/abg-mix/), 3 cm (0.24 L)

## Stones and wood

- 3 x [River pebbles](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/river-pebbles/), about 2 cm

## Moss

- [Cushion moss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/moss/leucobryum-glaucum/), about 40% cover
- [Mood moss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/moss/dicranum-scoparium/), about 30% cover
- [Knight's plume moss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/moss/ptilium-crista-castrensis/), about 25% cover

## Cleanup crew

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

## Water and light

- Water at build: 75 ml, distilled or rain

- Watering: spray 2 to 3 times at build, then rarely

- Light: 2,000 lux, 10 h a day

- Light source: north window or weak LED

## How to make it

- Pour the layers, bottom to top: Pumice (1.5 cm), Dried long-fibre sphagnum moss (0.5 cm), ABG mix (3 cm).
- Set the hardscape: 3 x River pebbles.
- Lay the moss: Cushion moss over about 40% of the ground, Mood moss over about 30% of the ground, Knight's plume moss over about 25% of the ground.
- Add the cleanup crew: 30 Temperate white springtail.
- Water with 75 ml (distilled or rain).
- Close the lid and give it 2,000 lux, 10 h a day: north window or weak LED.

## Based on

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

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

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