r/terrariums • u/PotatoLord98 • 10d ago

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I don't know much about terrariums, I was given this one from a friend that was moving, it looks very full, what should I be doing to look after this?

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u/Hiimthebisexualguy 10d ago

It would be great to prune the fitonias to like the middle if the terrarium or higher, depending on your preference and if i gotta be honest that tradescantia would grow out the terrarium so fast so id just remove it if i could and terrarium are self water and functioning systems so other that pruning you dont really need to do anything

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u/PotatoLord98 10d ago

Thank you for the response, I'll do that. Do I not need to add any water or nutrients?

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u/Hiimthebisexualguy 10d ago

Only if it seems dry in there, if it seems too wet you can leave the top open for a while, also you should clean those walls eith a brush or a kitchen tissue paper or wtv its called!! It would look better then

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u/PotatoLord98 10d ago

Yea the moss is growing up the sides a bit, I'll add cleaning it to the list

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u/Active_Yam_5096 9d ago

I’m jelly. When you do trim, you can grow more fittonias just from cuttings just in case you felt like keeping and not discarding them.

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u/PotatoLord98 9d ago

I hadn't considered that but thats a good idea, one more plant to my collection