Really wanted to use this whiskey bottle for a terrarium and after hours of hard work, sweating and even crying the result is… merely okay. I used long tweezers, a flexible straw, chopsticks. For cleaning the glass I used a cloth and magnets. Whenever I added something new or tried to clean up, it would destroy what I just had put carefully in place. Hardscape would come loose, cuttings and fern roots would constantly come out of the earth again, earth got stuck on the asparagus fern.
Anyone knows the cheat codes to make working with narrow openings easier and the results better?
by silent_reader2022
3 Comments
That’s everyone’s experience, including mine. But it turns out ok anyway!
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If the build didn’t drive you to the edge of insanity, was it even worth it? Experience helps but for me the process doesn’t get much easier, the end results do get better. A metal coat hanger that you can bend into shape helps. The rest of the tools you already seem to have. Cleaning the roots of the plants as good as possible before putting them in will help prevent the others from getting the dirty. Start wilt small plants/items and work your way up. That will help prevent plants from getting in the way. I usually poke a hole in the soil, drag the plant with the roots towards the hole, push in roots in, use a thin stick with cork or something else with a flat bottom to compact the soil. I either use another thin stick or the stick of the stomper itself to keep the plant up right while compacting. For some plants the process is though and they will go limp. Then i leave a temporary support stick or rock to keep the plant from falling over. After a few days you can remove the support.
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Use a skewer with a cork on the end to help compress the soil etc