Comments on: made with love: found terrariums

By: charliechan420

charliechan420 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:34:26 +0000

i’d love to do this, and thanks everyone for ideas and tips. now i just got to wait it out till summer for some moss to grow…..hmm….moss should be at about +3 degrees Celsius under a foot of snow so it’s probably still living and not dead. I could go dig some up when I go winter camping. now to find a glass blowing friend to make some nifty jars.

By: Itsashirt t shirts

Itsashirt t shirts — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:22:58 +0000

Great terrariums, I will get to work immediately!

By: Jen Whynot

Jen Whynot — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:54:07 +0000

Those are so cute. I made a found terrarium but had it right side up because the plants rapidly grew much too tall. I found all the plants on a rocky beach in New brunswick. Some grass grew too so i had to take scissors to it an trim frequently.

By: Scott Smith

Scott Smith — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:18:58 +0000

Cool idea. Will have to try this with my kids!

By: Kiki

Kiki — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:59:18 +0000

alright, I will try this as soon as I can. The charcoal sounds like a good tip by the way..well only one way to find out :)
I’m slightly (no correction: heavily) addicted to this blog. I ♥ it!!!

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:27:31 +0000

I love buying or finding moss, placing it in my terrariums with my other plants and waiting to see what grows!

BIP… are you using horticultural charcoal in your terrariums to prevent mold?

By: JPolar

JPolar — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:21:48 +0000

terrariums are fun to experiment with. I remember having a science class project involving one back in middle school. I don’t remember the project being quite as cool as the pictures on here though. Can these be scaled up into something like a 5 gallon culligan jug. Now that would be cool

By: babook

babook — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:07:41 +0000

Mmmm, this great great idear ! i want to try it . cute ; )

By: BIP

BIP — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:18:57 +0000

I’ve been terrarium “farming” for about a year now – both moss and desert. The one problem that I have with the moss is that it will eventually (about a week) grow mold or begin to rot, which I assume was a problem with over watering. But then the next batch dried out. So now my last project is using Irish moss from the green house and shifting the jar. But, man, if there is any troubleshoot for white fuzzy moss growth, I could use it!

By: jenny

jenny — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:41:14 +0000

LAURA:
there must be condensation inside the jar, as this runs down and waters the soil, otherwise it would dry out!
jen