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    Mini Garden PDF

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    A terrarium is a miniature enclosed garden made in a glass container. It can be made with succulents that need little water in an open container, or with ferns and mosses that like humidity in a closed container. To make a terrarium, layer rocks, charcoal, and potting soil in the container and plant different miniature plants. A terrarium acts like a greenhouse, trapping heat from sunlight with its glass walls to warm the plants, similar to how Earth's atmosphere warms the planet's surface.

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    A terrarium is a miniature enclosed garden made in a glass container. It can be made with succulents that need little water in an open container, or with ferns and mosses that like humidity in a closed container. To make a terrarium, layer rocks, charcoal, and potting soil in the container and plant different miniature plants. A terrarium acts like a greenhouse, trapping heat from sunlight with its glass walls to warm the plants, similar to how Earth's atmosphere warms the planet's surface.

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    A terrarium is a miniature enclosed garden made in a glass container. It can be made with succulents that need little water in an open container, or with ferns and mosses that like humidity in a closed container. To make a terrarium, layer rocks, charcoal, and potting soil in the container and plant different miniature plants. A terrarium acts like a greenhouse, trapping heat from sunlight with its glass walls to warm the plants, similar to how Earth's atmosphere warms the planet's surface.

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    A terrarium is a miniature enclosed garden made in a glass container. It can be made with succulents that need little water in an open container, or with ferns and mosses that like humidity in a closed container. To make a terrarium, layer rocks, charcoal, and potting soil in the container and plant different miniature plants. A terrarium acts like a greenhouse, trapping heat from sunlight with its glass walls to warm the plants, similar to how Earth's atmosphere warms the planet's surface.

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    Make a terrarium mini-garden

    A terrarium is like an aquarium, but for plants instead of fish. It is made in


    just about any glass container. It is planted to look like a miniature garden
    or forest enclosed in its own little world.

    You can easily make a beautiful terrarium yourself.

    First, you want all the plants to thrive in the same kind of environment. For
    example, you could plant all succulents (including cactus), because they need
    very little water. Or you could plant all ferns, because they like it moist.
    You could put moss with the ferns, because moss likes it moist too. If you
    put a fern with a cactus, one or the other might not do well (the fern if it
    gets too dry, the cactus if it gets too wet).

    You can use an open container or a closed container. An open container is


    best for succulents and cacti. They like lots of air. A closed container (with
    a lid) might be best for ferns, ivies, and begonias. They like it humid. But if
    you see a lot of water condensing on the lid, remove it for a while, then
    replace it.
     

    For any terrarium, you need:

    • Clear glass container. For example, aquarium of any size, goldfish bowl,
    cookie jar, pickle jar, vase with a broad bottom, brandy snifter, or
    even a shallow dish with a glass bowl turned upside-down over it.
    • Rocks (around marble sized, depending on the size of container)
    • Activated charcoal to filter the water and help prevent growth of
    fungi
    • Potting Soil (sterilized)
    • Small plants of different colors, shapes, & textures. Try to get
    miniature plants that aren’t going to grow too big for the container.

    Optional:

    • Moss
    • Decorative rocks or pebbles, or both
    • Fun décor, like tiny pine cones, shells, ceramic animals, or a garden
    gnome.

    For more information and to find this activity online go to NASA’s Climate Kids website: http://climatekids.nasa.gov/birds.
    Find more fun activities at http://climatekids.nasa.gov/make.

    www.nasa.gov  
             
    Make sure your glass container is clean and shiny. The layers of rock and soil
    are part of the beauty of your terrarium.

    Instructions:

    1. Start with a layer of


    rocks, about one inch or
    so, at the bottom of your
    container. These will help
    the soil drainage, so the
    roots of your plants won’t
    get water-logged.
    2. Add a 1/2-inch-thick
    layer of charcoal.
    3. Fill the container up to
    half-full with potting soil.
    4. Plant your plants. When
    you remove them from their little pots, carefully tease the roots apart
    and remove some of the old soil so they will fit nicely in the terrarium.
    Arrange them to look nice. Leave some space for them to breathe and
    grow. Pat down the soil so they don’t get uprooted easily.
    5. Add decorative pebbles, rocks, pine cones, or whatever to make your
    terrarium look like a little garden world.
    6. Water the plants, but not too much.
    7. Place in indirect light.

    Holding warmth, just like Earth's atmosphere

    A terrarium has its own mini-climate. The container has just a small
    opening or sometimes even a lid to completely enclose the container.
    That makes a terrarium like a greenhouse. Sunlight enters through
    the glass and warms the air, soil and plants the same way that
    sunlight coming through the atmosphere warms Earth’s surface. The
    glass holds in some of the warmth, just as Earth’s atmosphere does.
     

    For more information and to find this activity online go to NASA’s Climate Kids website: http://climatekids.nasa.gov/birds.
    Find more fun activities at http://climatekids.nasa.gov/make.

    www.nasa.gov  

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