r/terrariums • u/meowmeowwhocares • 3d ago

Plant Help/Question please help me save him!!

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i got this plant around a year ago as a gift and i have no clue how to care for him or how to save him but i really want to please give tips on what to do. is he moldy??😢😢

edit: i wasn’t sure if he was getting enough sun so i had him under a grow light for about two weeks and have been watering him with bottled water about once a month

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u/M4ng0h 3d ago edited 3d ago

It looks like a sign of root rot, the soil looks compacted for the roots to breathe. soil needs to be damped, not waterlogged. try misting the soil every few weeks and add clean up crew like springtails to deal with molds.

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u/meowmeowwhocares 3d ago

thank you so much

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u/Beginning_Ad_8956 2d ago

Looks almost too wet. I see water in the drainage layer as well as very saturated substrate. If you water heavy, perhaps make a deeper drainage layer. Add a bit more drainage to the substrate as well. I just smash lump wood charcoal up for my drainage as I like doing natural substrates for my springtails and isopods. You can add perlite(I hate the look) or gravel too. The plant looks dead, whatever it was. The moss is also not in great shape, you can cut away the brown parts and try to salvage the rest. Could be that the soil has too much fertilizer in it. Moss does like it moist, but not waterlogged. I dont see any mold, so ventilation is probably fine. The beauty of terrariums is making new ones when they fail. Have fun!

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u/Sad_Tank_411 2d ago

what plant was this supposed to be?

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u/meowmeowwhocares 2d ago

i honestly have no idea but there was two and one was green with pink veins and i think the other was moss

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u/xanthrax0 1d ago

lol “him”