Re: Make your own moss
- Subject: Re: [SG] Make your own moss
- From: M* T*
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 02:30:57 -0400
I've read the buttermilk recipe before...never tried it, but have
moved countless yards of moss from gravel drive to where I wanted it
to grow...only to have it die on me. Finally acquired Schenk's moss
gardening book and learned that mosses have fairly specific
requirements...you can't get a moss from really damp gravel in part
shade to grow on fairly dry clay in full shade, just as Sue's list
says.
Schenk said the buttermilk recipe didn't work??? He also pointed out
that moss spore is in the air everywhere and if the conditions are
suitable for it, it will grow.
Claire...you do sound sort of over mossed. Have you thought of
opening a moss nursery? :-)
Personally, I love moss, except for the species that loves to inhabit
seed pots...I just pull that one out...have tried growing it
somewhere in the ground and had no luck with that. Every once in a
while, I find a lovely fat clump of it. I try to save them. I have
had (so far) luck moving a lump of clay covered in a beautiful moss
to another location where I could enjoy it. It does not seem to
realize it was moved...yet.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Sue Mills <SMRDH@AOL.COM>
>
> This is the recipe that Bob Solberg gave out at his class at Hosta
college
> this year. Bob also recommended a video by David Benner "Made in
the Shade" I
> thoroughly enjoyed his class. I will have to take some pictures of
our moss
> covered paths for you to see.
>
> FYI
> Grows in winter
> your soil should be more acidic (PH of 6-5.5)
> prep rocks by using vinegar
> moss that grows on the ground does not grow on trees/rocks
> moss that grows on the trees does not grow on the ground/
rocks
> moss that grows on rocks...............
> can you use egg whites on rocks to help make the recipe
stick
> you can use cheese cloth to help keep the recipe in place
> keep it weeded (leaves...)
>
>
> Recipe for moss:
> 2 CUPS MOSS
> 1 QT. BUTTERMILK
> 1 T KARO SYRUP
>
> Have fun, I'd like to hear how it goes for you.
>
> Sue
