Re: Moss?
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Moss?
- From: C* P* L*
- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 16:43:03 -0500 (CDT)
> Does anyone know of a mail order place that SELLS moss? I have a sunny
> dry spot that I would love to grow moss in, but can't find any. Is
> sunny and dry too much to ask of a moss?
Moss prefers shade and moisture. If you have it, you can use the
information from a posting that I made in 1998. I've included a copy
drawn from the archives at
http://www.mallorn.com/lists/perennials/
http://www.mallorn.com/lists/perennials/search.cgi
> What else would you grow (low and spreading) over a rock covered bank,
> full sun, too far from the hose to water regularly?
Oooh, all kinds of stuff. Mother-of-thyme, soapwort, snow-in-summer,
candytuft, dianthus, various wormwoods, alyssum (as a self-sowing
annual), veronicas... That's it off the top of my head.
Chris
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There was something about this on the alpine-l mailing list back in August
of 1997. To feed existing moss, someone mixed buttermilk with equal parts
of water and sprayed it directly onto the stands.
To start the moss off (paraphrased from the aforementioned threads on
alpine-l):
Mix a 1" square pad of moss with 1/2 cup buttermilk and 1/2 cup
water, then paint onto a presoaked rock or trough. Keep shaded and
moist.
There may be problems with raccoons initially, so the rocks may have
to be covered with chicken wire until the buttermilk is gone.
Chris
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