Fittonia Care Guide

Fittonia plants, also known as Nerve Plants, are perfect terrariums plants!

Their beautiful, veiny leaves come in a variety of colors and patterns, like pink, green orange and red.

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GROWING IN TERRARIUMS:

Most people when they think about terrariums, they think about Fittionias. They thrive off of high humidity, and if it is humid enough in the terrarium, it can trigger roots to grow above ground, super cool!

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FLOWERS:

Fittonia grow long flower stalks with tens of little flowers on them, It takes the plant a lot of energy but it is a sign of a happy plant and is a nice bonus.

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WATERING:

These plants do best with moist soil, but are fine with drying out between waterings too, i water mine once a week and they grow super fast! I fertilise once a month, and no fertilizer in the winter months.

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LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:

If you don´t give them enough light or the terrarium is in a dark corner, the Fittonia will get super long and leggy internodes, extremely small leaves and no vibrant colors, so i recommend putting it in bright, indirect light, and make sure your terrarium doesn´t get direct light, otherwise it will heat up really quickly and act as a magnifiying glass possibly starting a fire.

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PROPAGATION:

Take a stem cutting with a few nodes, pluck the lower leaves off and put it in moist soil and it´ll root in no time. You can also propagate in water, and put it in soil after.

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MEDIUMS:

Use a soil mix with perlite and leca for drainage.

In terrariums, a layer of small rocks or pebbles can help with drainage.