I've been waiting for this Litill Ltd. Terrarium Website to go live: http://www.litill.com/digur1.html

Very cool terrariums, but I can create my own... that is if I knew what they're using for the soil.

Does anyone have any ideas? Ground up Perlite?

Sincerely,
Jeff

Terrariums aren't suitable containers for most/all cactus and other succulent plants. Have you asked this question on another forum (say a Terrarium forum)?

C&S soil mixes are many and varied, but one thing they should have is excellent drainage. Ground-up pertlite can be one component, although I'm not sure why you'd want to grind it up - it's usually ready to use as it is. Some folks also use peat, some folks detest it, some folks use lots of soil, some use little...you see where I'm going here? It's really dependent on your cultural conditions and what you're growing.

For more information on C&S soil, you can do a search at this site (using 'soil') and get lots of information. I don't know where you'd go for terrarium information, but there must be a WWW place for terrarium folk, maybe on our own GardenWeb.

I should have been more specific... the containers I use are very low and wide, the plants are only a few inches from the mouth, which is as large as the container. I know how important air flow and avoiding moisture is to cacti and succulents.

I've been very successful with my own soil mixes, but love the clean white they're using on the Litill Site... that's why I mentioned ground perlite... whatever they're using is pure white... the site just went up, so I don't know how successful the terrariums or mix will be. I'm assuming (and hoping for the sake of the plants) that they've tested the soil. Check out the site. Really looks like ground up Perlite.

I did leave a message in the terrarium forum and will definitely check out C&S.

Thank you SO MUCH!!

Jeff

And white... that white soil is going to discolor, green, brown, whatever.

I think my mix is a nice color. Nice mix of soil and sand.