I planted this (my first) terrarium about three months ago. I scrounged a lot from the woods behind our house. The piece of wood at the right rear was part of an old, rotting, fallen tree. The rest of the wood is all a single branch I found on the ground. I trimmed it up and jammed it into the substrate.
And now it's growing leaves!
Do you suppose it's pulling moisture and nutrients out of the substrate through it's amputated base? Or is this just the life energy that was already stored in the wood?
I'm wondering if this is a one-time-only final gasp or if it's really going to try to live in my terrarium long term.
by leecallen
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Yeah that will happen. Nature is surprisingly resilient.
Looks like an oak which is almost impossible to root via cuttings. Will likely die back
Life uh finds a way
It could make a sick bonsai tbh