Terrarium Substrate Bundle – Soil & Drainage Layers


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Build a healthy foundation for your terrarium with our Terrarium Substrate Bundle.

This bundle contains the same layered substrates we use in our own in-house terrariums, carefully measured and packaged by the Sprouts team so you can easily create the correct environment for your plants.

Perfect if you already have a glass vessel and need the essential drainage and soil layers to get started.

All substrates are premium quality and supplied by Soil Ninja, then portioned by us into convenient terrarium-sized bundles.

Pair this bundle with our Terrarium Decoration Bundle, plants, and glass vessels to complete your terrarium build.


What’s Included

Each bundle contains the essential terrarium layers:

Drainage Layer – Semi Hydro Mix

Separation Layer – Sand

Purifying Layer – Activated Charcoal

Soil Layer – Terrarium Soil

These layers work together to improve drainage, reduce odours and create a healthy environment for terrarium plants.

 

How to Choose the Right Size

To work out which bundle you need, simply measure the amount of substrate your terrarium will require.

  1. Pour water into your empty glass vessel up to the height you want the substrate layer to reach.

  2. Pour this water into a pint glass to measure the volume.

  3. Use the guide below to choose the closest bundle size.

 

Tip: If you’re between sizes, we recommend choosing the larger bundle so you have extra substrate rather than not enough.

(1 pint = 473ml)

 

Size Guide

Size

Volume

Suitable Vessel Size

Mini

¼ pint

up to 8cm diameter

Small

½ pint

up to 12cm diameter

Medium

1 pint

up to 15cm diameter

Large

2 pints

up to 25cm diameter

Extra Large

3 pints

up to 35cm diameter

Terrarium Substrate Bundle – Soil & Drainage Layers
From £10.00

Complete substrate kit for terrarium creation with soil and drainage layers. Customers praised the "well packaged and labelled" materials and helpful sizing information. Most found it makes "terrarium making easy." One concern: extra-large orders arrived damp with split bags, affecting sand separation.

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Melisa
Really pleased with our purchase. Well pac...

Really pleased with our purchase. Well packaged and labelled, helpful information regarding terranium size. Daughter is really pleased, terranium looks great

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Anne
Medium
An easy way to refill a terrarium

I had ordered two extra large sets of the substrate bundle. Unfortunately some of the material was very damp and the paper bags in which it was packed had split. While it was easy to separate out the gravel and compost it wasn't really feasible with the sand. That said the materials are good and have been used (I bought them for someone else) and they are happy with the result.
Also, I did not experience this problem when I previously purchased a smaller size.

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Lucinda
Delivered on time and good quality!

Delivered on time and good quality!

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Cristal
Delightfully presented, packaged and now u...

Delightfully presented, packaged and now used!

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Ailsa
Extra Large
Makes terrarium making easy

This is such a brilliant idea! Try is substrate kit comes with everything you need to create your own little world. The handy pack size calculator really helped me. It was packaged really well and delivered quickly

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