Recipe to start moss
- Carol Wallace
- StCatherine
- Cottage_Garden
- biogardener
- StCatherine
- Carol Wallace
- StCatherine
- joyselin
- Asta2500
- Marge_Talt
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» Carol Wallace - Re: Re: Please post
In response to message posted by Cottage_Garden:The trick once you've applied the moss mixture is to keep the area damp. I had luck when I took plastic wrap and secured it to the area where I had poured the moss mixture with rocks to retain the moisture (and of course making sure to keep watering the area.)
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» StCatherine - Re: Re: Re: Please post
In response to message posted by CarolWallace:Thanks for the info.
I'm going to copy and save it. I haven't laid my nice brick sidewalk yet. Yet another project that I haven't gotten to. : )
-- posted by StCatherine
» Cottage_Garden - Re: Re: Re: Re: Please post
In response to message posted by StCatherine:Brick with moss on it can be slippery -- just an aside.
-- posted by Cottage_Garden
» biogardener - dry moss
Most people I know don't want moss in their gardens. They would rather just get rid of it. They may, however, like to dry it to use in their dry floral arrangements. I figured that is what you want to do with it.-- posted by biogardener
» StCatherine - Re: dry moss
In response to message posted by biogardener:I actually want it to grow between bricks in a future sidewalk. I just like the look. And I found some moss growing in my backyard today. All I need is about three more weeks off from school to complete all my yard projects. Besides my new brick sidewalk, I really need to clean out some flower beds, trim the wisteria and transplant some flowers. And plant grass where my grass was ruined by sewer line replacement.
-- posted by StCatherine
» Carol Wallace - Re: Re: dry moss
In response to message posted by StCatherine:Kathy, you know you can also transplant the moss if you find some growing where you don't particularly want it. Just lift it, take it to where you really want it, scuff off the ground a bit and water in well. I also treat moss transplants to a bit of stale beer on occasion - it likes that acid.
A brick sidewalk does sound lovely. But as Narbara said, it can get slippery. Is it in full sun? Because moss doesn't thrive well in sun. There are other low-growing ground covers that may work as well for you.
-- posted by Carol Wallace
» StCatherine - Re: Re: Re: dry moss
In response to message posted by CarolWallace:The area doesn't get much direct sun. Its shaded by either our house or a large oak most of the day.
-- posted by StCatherine
» Asta2500 - Re: Moss Recipe
In response to message posted by joyselin:I love the way moss looks growing between the brick in my walk, and I want to add more to a new area I just had put in. It's pretty shaded so I think it will work. I chose a traditional old looking brick beacuse I want it all to look like it has been there forever.
-- posted by Asta2500
» Marge_Talt - Re: dry moss
In response to message posted by StCatherine:Well, FWIW, if you just keep your brick walk wet, you will have moss in a year or so. The spore is all around and when it finds a suitable spot, it grows. I agree with Barbara, tho', if you want to try transplanting it, you need to take it from almost identical conditions to those where you want it or it will just die.
I can't tell you the hours I've spent carefully lifting and moving moss from my gravel drive to a spot in the shade of a border where I wanted it....never worked at all:-( Then I got Schenk's Moss book and found out that mosses are very specific as far as where they will grow....there are many species of moss and each has fairly ridgid requirements.
I love moss and encourage it whenever I find a nice patch, but I've given up trying to transplant it to different locations from where it put itself.
-- posted by Marge_Talt
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