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Someone told me my false bottom was trapping too much moisture and rotting roots, so I switched to a thin mesh layer instead.
I had been using a thick gravel false bottom for over a year, and after a friend pointed out that my moss was staying wet for weeks at a time, I swapped to just a piece of plastic mesh resting on a single layer of perlite, and now my terrarium dries out like it should, has anyone else had issues with gravel holding too much water?
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simontorres5d ago
@elizabeth_gonzalez yeah the gravel might have drainage holes at the bottom but the water just sits in the gaps between the rocks. i had the same issue with big pebbles. switched to a mesh screen over a thin perlite layer myself and everything drains way faster. the key is keeping that false bottom thin so air can move through it.
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