I got succulents in a terrarium glass pot, I love the set up but I know this isn’t ideal. How can I care for them in this setup? Or is it just best to move them once spooky season is over?
by gggggfskkk
I got succulents in a terrarium glass pot, I love the set up but I know this isn’t ideal. How can I care for them in this setup? Or is it just best to move them once spooky season is over?
by gggggfskkk
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Terrariums, even those with drainage holes in the bottom, are not recommended for beginners. Being that succulents largely originate from arid desert environments, the damp humidity of a terrarium is almost the polar opposite of what a succulent wants. Sunburn from light refraction from the glass is also a risk. Great care must be taken to prevent plant failure in this environment, even more so for plants to thrive in it. For more Succulent care, have a read through of the [Beginner Basics Wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/succulents/wiki/beginner-basics), and the [FAQ](https://www.reddit.com/r/succulents/wiki/FAQ).
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It looks like you have a haworthi(a)(opsis)? And some kind of air plant (Tillandsia sp.) honestly, without the soil, the air plant might be ok in there with proper care and no lid! Check out r /airplants for more about them. As for the other plant, I wouldn’t suggest keeping it in there as it would help trap moisture which is not helpful for succulents. It would be happier long-term in a pot just slightly larger than the root ball of that plant, and in soil with plenty of grit, as haworthias(-opsis?) prefer an even higher grit than most succulents do. I like perlite for my guys.
I saw these at Trader Joe’s and thought, “There they go again. Setting folks up for plant failure.” Take everything out and report according to each plant’s needs.
Just take them out immediately. None of those plants need the conditions you would ever consider using an enclosure like that for (to keep humidity and moisture high)
the air plant will probably be okay with the lid off and no watering
They will not live in this.
I was still tempted to buy and not water, then repot in November and keep the decor bits separately.
It’s too bad that they sell these things. They are setting up their uneducated customers for failure. They might as well be giving them dead plants. Does anybody ever call them on it? I know these stores all get their plants from an outside source, who obviously know better. So, in a sense, the store is being ripped off too. They are the ones who are going to get the complaints. I shop online bcuz of physical problems, but i’ve been really disappointed too. 😎
Until yesterday. Seriously though and asap your best bet is to get them out and into gritty soil in their own properly sized pots, terracotta’s my favorite, and acclimated to their preferred light conditions.
They’ll be fine for awhile in there without watering them. The air plant you can soak in a dish and then put back in the terrarium.
These do not accommodate succulents! Completely wrong environment. Please replant each one in a terra cotta type pot with good drainage and appropriate soil
Haha, I got one of those too (Trader Joe’s is my greatest vice). I repotted the succulent in a little terracotta pot, but I liked the vibe of the little scene in the terrarium, so I ended up emptying the jar and gluing an old plastic nursery pot with the rim cut down inside. Then I refilled the jar and rebuilt the little scene around the outside of the plastic pot, and just popped the succ into the empty pot in the middle.
I’m hoping the plastic pot will let the succ stay more or less isolated from any moisture that accumulates in the outer soil, and then I can just pop it out to water and let it drain. Plus, the pot sits higher in the jar, so hopefully that will help with humidity levels, and I have a lot of little pots that are the same size so I can also rotate who gets to live in the graveyard.
Ok, but that’s actually a cool terrarium!
One of these is an air plant. I’d leave the succulent for now. Don’t water it bc the soil seems wet enough.
Looks likea hawarthia and air plaint
So if you take the lid off and get the air plant up out of the damp soil, you can leave it for a little while. It is cute. If you take out the soil and move the haworthia(?) and add some gravel or something to decorate the bottom then the air plant could live there… Without the lid. They need misted every few days or soaked in water about once a week and then left to drain on a cloth or paper towel (with his spiky side down so there’s no water trapped in between the leaves to cause rot) before returning him to the display I would also not mist him inside that display. But they just sit in their environment. Don’t “plant” them. Maybe you could buy him a friend to add more to the display. There all kinds of interesting air plants that would look great with that one.