Bottle Gardens

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Remove any damaged or dying foliage and plants. These will again decay and cause problems for their neighbours. Very easy, cheap, and beautiful, you can grow moss roses in plastic bottles using the help of this video. 24. Hanging Garden With Plastic Bottles But the eco-system also uses cellular respiration to break down decaying material shed by the plant. In this part of the process, bacteria inside the soil of the bottle garden absorbs the plant's waste oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide which the growing plant can reuse. Terrariums don’t usually come with plants, so it’s up to you to create your own mini outdoor scene. Cacti and succulents are both well-suited to the micro-climate created in a bottle garden, and tropical seedlings do well in an enclosed dome with plenty of moisture and sunlight.

If you water your plants before planting and use moist compost, you won’t need to water your terrarium for a few days at least.Add a little charcoal to the growing medium. This helps to keep it “sweet” and combats some of the effects of over- watering. A way to (quite literally) breathe new life into a gorgeous glass bottle, or to reuse a common plastic product that was destined for recycling.

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Step Four - Planting Up

Hold the funnel inside the opening of your terrarium and add a fine layer of activated charcoal over the base.

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