How does a plant die gross you ask, well let me tell you:
- First the leaves start turning brown instead of green
- Next instead of clear beads of water on the glass there are brown beads of water
- And lastly when you open the cloche to see what's wrong you are met with a smell I can only describe as an assult on your nose.
Sorry about all that yuck, now moving on to the pretty:
I replaced the fern with a yellow pot and some nice, albeit fake, grass.
luv it! and you dont want real wheat grass it brings big humengous horse flies! seriously my SS had to grow it for a science project from school and we had a gazillion flies. i thot maybe at first it was just people leaving the door open but after they kept multiplying i went searching and found that they congregated at the wheat grass. i made him take it outside - thank goodness he was done with his school project!
ReplyDeleteJust darling:)
ReplyDeleteI just added something similar to our front hall table, using a cork trivet, hurricane (upside down) and white pot from Ikea. Plop in a succulent...instant pretty!!
ReplyDeleteI think any plant would die under there because there is no fresh air. The plastic one will definitely live much longer!
ReplyDeleteI have a glass cloche hiding away in a closet because I could never come up with anything creative to put under there. I like this idea!! And I kill EVERY single plant I have ever bought so fake is best for me too!
ReplyDeleteI have a glass cloche on my staircase. I tried to keep a plant under it and it died, too, and I think "my honest answer" is right - plants need carbon dioxide to develop well and perform photosynhtesis which keeps them alive. I lifted the glass cloche every once in a while (at least once every day), but obviously not enough to save them. ;) Now I keep empty goose eggs under the cloche.
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I've wanted a little bell shaped cloche like that forever! What a lucky girl that your mom let you take it. Super cute Mr. Max in the previous post too. There IS something about taking the kibble to the rug that seems to make it taste better...at least one of my dog babies thinks so as well.
ReplyDeleteI love the fake plants at IKEA and that they are called "fejka" which means "to fake" in Swedish. Call 'em what they are. love it.
ReplyDeleteLooks great! I think though all living things need oxygen....that's why your plant died...plastic lives much longer under glass.
ReplyDeleteLesley
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For plants to thrive in a terrarium there must be a hole for air to circulate through.
ReplyDeleteI think the artificial plant looks real and it looks great in the cloche and the yellow pot.
That touch of yellow is beautiful in the room.
Lovely job!
Oh.. I should have added that cloches can be used if you simply place tiny somethings between the lid and the bottom to hold it up a tiny bit so air can circulate. I once used little rubber stoppers and they worked fine.
ReplyDeleteCan Max get any cuter?????
Its a pretty yellow pot!
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