{"product_id":"marimo-moss-ball-jar","title":"Marimo Moss Ball in Glass Jar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA very old, very slow, very round little plant — set up in a glass jar and ready to sit on your desk.\u003c\/strong\u003e Marimo (\u003cem\u003eAegagropila linnaei\u003c\/em\u003e) are living balls of freshwater algae. They need no soil, no fertiliser and no fuss: cool water, soft light, and a water change every week or two. That's genuinely the whole job.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach marimo comes in a clear glass jar with a glass lid and a layer of pebbles, with our marimo care card tucked in the box. Unwrap it, top up the water and it's done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eQuick facts\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIncludes:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 live marimo, glass jar with lid, blue glass pebbles, printed care card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpecies:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eAegagropila linnaei\u003c\/em\u003e — cultivated stock, hand-shaped\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Low to moderate, indirect. Keep out of direct sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWater:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tap water is fine. Change every 1–2 weeks, more often in summer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTemperature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Happiest below 25°C\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFeeding:\u003c\/strong\u003e None. They photosynthesise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 5 mm a year. In no hurry at all\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLifespan:\u003c\/strong\u003e Well cared for, many decades\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy people love them\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlmost no work.\u003c\/strong\u003e For people who love plants but forget to water them — this one lives in the water.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMade for small spaces.\u003c\/strong\u003e A desk, a bathroom shelf, a bedside table, a dorm room. Anywhere out of direct sun.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA living gift that lasts.\u003c\/strong\u003e Not flowers that are gone in a week. Something that will still be quietly rolling along years from now.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe story they tell at Lake Akan\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWild marimo grow in only a handful of cold, clear lakes, most famously Lake Akan in Hokkaido, where the lake's slow currents turn them for years until they grow round on their own. Ours are cultivated and hand-shaped — wild marimo are protected — but they come with the same story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSenato was the daughter of a chief. Manibe was a young man with no rank, no land, and nothing anyone in the village thought worth counting. They met at the water's edge one summer, and after that they kept meeting there. Her father found out, as fathers do, and he forbade it. So they chose the lake instead — walked down to it together one evening, and neither of them came back.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt is said their two spirits sank slowly through the cold green water, came to rest on the lake bed, and began to grow — round, and soft, and in no hurry whatsoever. The first marimo. They are still down there, turning gently in the current, side by side in the dark, refusing after all these years to be parted.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCare in four lines\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCool, fresh water.\u003c\/strong\u003e Swap the water every week or two. On a brutal Brisbane day, an hour in the fridge does them no harm at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLight — less is more.\u003c\/strong\u003e A softly lit shelf or a bench back from the window. Direct sun is the one real danger: it overheats them and bleaches them brown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoll us, squeeze us.\u003c\/strong\u003e At each water change, roll your marimo gently between clean hands under water, give it a soft squeeze like a sponge to push out any grit, and set it back down a different way up so every side gets some light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf something looks off.\u003c\/strong\u003e The full care card in the box covers it — or send us a photo and we'll help.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFAQ\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's not perfectly round. Is that normal?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes. Every marimo is a little different, and slightly lumpy ones are completely healthy. 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