Moss and propagation?

[dinm]

I have a very old burned down house on my property, there all kinds of moss has grown over the decaying wood (some of it turned to compost and moss grows on it), I take the moss of the sides or wherever it grows and put it on rocks.

Moss naturally occurs around the pond on soil, it is in pretty much full shade except some small sun that it gets in the morning and dappled light later in the day. It seems really good to soften the stone and makes it a hundred times more natural, especially when in shade there is much less to grow compared to being in partsun and sun.

Is there anything special to it besides slapping it on the rocks? I guess when you take the compost or decaying wood you don't need to much, but just bare moss, anything else?

 

[IanS]

The old scout saying "Moss grows on the north side of a tree" is because that's the side in shade and mostly dampest. I don't think moss takes up any nutrients from its host (not sure if host is the right word) so just keep it damp.

 

[Hound Heaven]

There's online instructions to adhere it to rocks with buttermilk. I tried just slapping it on and the buttermilk method - the buttermilk method failed

 

[GBBUDD]

I have a very old burned down house on my property, there all kinds of moss has grown over the decaying wood (some of it turned to compost and moss grows on it), I take the moss of the sides or wherever it grows and put it on rocks.

Moss naturally occurs around the pond on soil, it is in pretty much full shade except some small sun that it gets in the morning and dappled light later in the day. It seems really good to soften the stone and makes it a hundred times more natural, especially when in shade there is much less to grow compared to being in partsun and sun.

Is there anything special to it besides slapping it on the rocks? I guess when you take the compost or decaying wood you don't need to much, but just bare moss, anything else?

Moss is very picky believe it or not. What ever light it had the amount of wind even can be an issue. Your also better off not watering it so much if you have chlorinated water. and if the moss was thriving on decaying wood that's where you should put it. I too LOVEEEEEE MOSS

 

[jgrandmont]

My experience with moss is that it's relatively easy to grow as long as it has access to enough moisture and shade. In my case, the pond is in mostly shade for the first half of the day, transitioning to sun in the afternoon. My issue in keeping moss seems to be more related to birds (mainly crows) tearing it up along the waterfall in their search for insects.

 

[GBBUDD]

i should add keep the area that feeds into the pond shallow it will give more push to the water circulation

 

[GBBUDD]

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