Moss can be lifted and moved by scooping, scraping or raking, and the right technique depends on the type of moss. Acrocarpous mosses is best lifted after rainfall with the scooping technique. Pleurocarpous mosses can be collected by scooping, scraping, or raking. First, where is the moss coming from? These techniques are for moving moss […]
When to water moss depends if it is recently transplanted or already established. It also depends if it is an Acrocarpous moss or a Pleurocarpous moss. Below is a guide with instructions on when and how to water mosses. Watering new moss. Daily for the first weeks, then let it dry a little between waterings. […]
Do not want to wait two years? Laid sheets of live moss read as finished ground the day they go down. A moss milkshake is the slower, cheaper route and knits into a stable colony in four to six months. Pleurocarps like sheet and carpet moss fill in fastest; acrocarps like cushion and mood moss […]
A shaded lot where grass keeps failing is the classic case for moss. This one used fern moss as the ground cover, boulders for structure and Japanese maples for height, on ground the owners had already spent years fighting. See more gardens we have designed · talk it through with a moss specialist Sometimes the […]
Taking moss off the list of weeds to spray. That was the point of the episode and it is still the point here. Moss needs no mowing, no fertilizer, no herbicide and no irrigation once it is established, which is why it holds ground where a lawn keeps failing. Moss Was Never a Weed See […]
Moss around stone, gravel and water. It is the surface that makes a rock feature read as settled rather than new, and it needs no soil: cut to fit, pressed onto compacted ground, and it holds by contact. See moss for rock, stone and water features One of my favorite movies is Love Affair from […]
Converting a shaded lawn? Letting airborne spores do the work takes 12 to 24 months. A moss milkshake puts the species you want where you want it and knits into a stable colony in four to six months. Laid sheets read as finished ground the day they go down. See live moss for lawns · […]
Should you wish to make a home for them. Faeries sleep on beds of moss and will not settle anywhere without it. We sell the beds, by the square foot, cut the week you order. What you do about the furniture is between you and them. See live moss by the square foot · moss […]
Readers Question A mixed moss lawn outlasts a single species. Each one waxes and wanes at a different time of year, so something is always thriving. Fern moss with carpet moss is the blend that has held up best for us, and both are sold by the square foot with the rate falling steeply as […]
Readers Question Amy’s lawn took several years to fill in. That is what happens when moss arrives on its own or from a milkshake. Laid sheets read as finished ground the day they go down, which is the difference between waiting and having. Either way the answer to pests is the same: no chemicals, because […]