Re: Moss was: Different Species

At 10:13 PM 19.12.99 -0500, Sheila Smith/Michael D. Cook wrote:
>Hi, Arnhild.  Once the moss has been spread on the rocks or whatever (well,
>what do you spread it on?), what do you do to it to get it established?
>Then, what continuing care does it need?

Hi - as you maybe understood I am quit new to moss gardening too, not an
expert. And  I have been looking for both webinfo and books on this, but
not found anything very usefull yet. But since I sent this email yesterday
I got a private email, and she wrote:
*I also love moss.  Do you have the new moss book?  MOSS GARDENING by Gerorge
Schenk?*
... so I don't feel alone in this list as a moss gardener :) - anyone in
the list know this book?

So to what I have done:
        Since there is no place I could read about this I had to try to do it my
own way: I have tried different mosses. Some grow in very dry/sunny places
others in wet/both shadow and sun. Some of them very easily 'breaks' in
hard wind before it is established, by weeding or by cats playing or else.
        What have worked best by me I feel is one green yellow called 'feather
moss' (translated from norwegian - sorry that I have no latin name yet!) I
am in the lucky situation I have a big forrest in my farm, and I have
sampled some here amd there, and tried not to take so much any places that
it shows. I do it very careful, so not to much break.
        I have just placed them directly on the soil around/under trees/shrubs.
I think autumn is a better time to 'plant' mosses because then they don't
have to fight the whole dry warm summer when establish? Or else you will
have to give extra water if it is not raining, and I have alsway water in
my littel river. And here in my coastal climate to little rain normaly is
no problem, more the oppisite .. but anyway the other plants also need
watering, so ... then the moss will get water too.
        Be carful with fertilzing and lime. As I said I have a lot of Rhododendron
and Hosta and they like acid soil, and so do a lot of mosses.
        When first estblished moss can take more draught than grass I have read.
As soon the rain is back the moss will sproute.
        I have taken photos of this and if I get time I can try to send those of
you want to see it - but I don't have a scanner so I have go and do it
somewhere else - but that is nor problem! Just tell me, and I will send to
private email.


Arnhild - Hardangerfjord - SW coast Norway.
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