Tiny Native Terrariums 1 YEAR Update Maintenance

Welcome back to another terrarium update! Today we take the one year look at the Tiny Native Terrariums and do a little maintenance. They were doing fairly well and are doing even better, now that we went in and freshened them up.

I have a few other updates that I need to catch up on, such at the “Ship-in-a-Bottle” terrarium. Moving forward I’m going to stick to 6 month and 1 year updates only. After that point I will do an update for every subsequent year.

As I said in the video if you are having trouble “keeping your terrarium alive” and are using native (temperate) plants, then that’s likely why. Temperate plants aren’t always a good choice for terrariums and you will likely have to play around a bit to have long term success. I recommend trying out some tropical plants or sticking to native mosses. Most mosses will acclimate quite well to the environment of a closed terrarium.

Also in regard to springtails, they are not necessarily needed for a terrarium. However, I highly recommend using them. Terrariums tend to mold whenever they are becoming established. Springtails will eat this mold and allow the terrarium to gain equilibrium easier. From this point it is still beneficial to have springtails, but they are not as necessary.

If you haven’t seen the original build video for these terrariums, check out this video.

Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?vjNnsbfslxxc
1 Month Update: https://youtu.be/MxiOSAVa128?t39s

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