Make a stunning carnivorous plant terrarium to suit your style.
Having greenery around the house can completely change the vibe and feel of your home. It somehow makes rooms feel more homey and put together. Not to mention the fact that there are great health benefits to having more plants in your house.
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Glass terrariums are becoming ever more popular with people wanting to add greenery to their homes, mainly due to the fact they need little to no looking after. So, if you’re looking to add plants to your home, maybe look in to creating your own little oasis with some terrarium plants dotted about your home. With these simple steps, you’ll be able to make your own terrarium kit to get you started.
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What Are Carnivorous Plants?
Carnivorous plants ca be found all across the world – except for in Antarctica. Just as a carnivorous person or animal eats meat, or other animals, carnivorous plants do the same.
Examples of carnivorous plants include…
- Monkey cups (Nepenthes)
- Sundew (Drosera)
- Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
- Butterworts (Pinguicula)
- Bladderworts (Utricularia)
How To Feed Carnivorous Plants In Terrariums
Of course carnivorous plant terrariums are a little different than normal terrariums as they do require you to feed them – just as you would feed an animal.
Live Mealworms – Drop these directly into the plant’s trap when it comes to feeding. Just make sure you keep them refrigerated between feeds to prolong the life.
Live Crickets – Great for terrariums that don’t have water pooling at the bottom. Perfect for venus flytraps. However, do keep in mind these crickets will make a noise until they’ve been consumed.
Wingless Fruit Flies – You can either grow your own fruit flies, or buy them ready to go. Just be careful they don’t infest your home!
Dried Insects – Great if you don’t like the idea of feeding your plants live insects!
Your Terrarium Kit
- Find a waterproof container you love to create your terrarium.
- Depending on the type of plants you go for, order some white stones meant for the bottom of a fish tank, and some indoor soil.
- Buy yourself some cute succulents, or carnivorous plants for your terrarium. Just make sure they will fit into your terrarium container of choice.
- Get planting your terrarium plants in positions you like. If it helps, place them in your container first before planting to get the positions right.
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Your Terrarium Kit
Now you’ve got everything you need for your terrarium kit. The next thing to do is to plan out where each terrarium plant to be positioned around the house.
Once you know where in the house they can go, you can begin to make a plan of which succulent is going in which glass terrarium. All of mine needed a little lifting up to make the fit better. So, I put a small layer of the stones across the bottom of the glass terrarium. I then sat the pot on top of the stones and kinda wiggled it in to give it a good base. Getting the stones to hide the pots. Yes, I left the plants in their pots as it keeps their shape. Plus, it made them much easier to handle.
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Sew Your Carnivorous Plants
Once I had the plant in the glass terrarium, I then started slowing adding the stones one corner at a time. I found if you do one corner and then go to the opposite corner, the plant is much more likely to stay in the place you want it but make sure you keep checking it’s positioning as you go as once the stones are in it’s really hard to then more the plant around.
Positioning Your Terrarium
When I was happy with the positioning of the plant and the stones were covering the plant pot, I tipped a few stones into my hand and carefully added more around the leaves to make sure the pots were completely hidden and the stones were up to the top off the glass. Gently press the stones down into the glass around the plant and check you’re happy with it.
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Watering Your Terrarium
As these plants don’t really like that much water, I took the finished Terrariums to the sink and put around 4 drops of water from the tap directly over the centre of the plant to give it a little drink. Make sure none of the water goes into the bottom of the glass at this point as other wise it could end up getting smelly and stagnant and you don’t want that!
I then repeated this process with the others and here is the finished product…it really is as simple as that and I think they look fab…and this was my first attempt so it will only get better from here, I hope!
What would you plant your carnivorous plant terrarium in?
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