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How to Grow Moss
Enjoy making beautiful moss-rock table garden of your own handiwork using moss spores. The following instructions are included in the Kyoto Moss for Bonsai & Tray Plants package. Be sure to provide your moss with plenty of light.
- Choose a table tray (like the one used for Bonsai); shallow and without a drainage hole at the bottom. Rock or rocks may be found anywhere, on the seashore or in the mountain.
- Earth for the tray may be of any variety. First, mix earth with a lot of water. Pour this muddy dirt onto the tray. In 2 or 3 minutes, water will rise to the surface.
- Sprinkle the entire bag of moss seed evenly on the surface of muddy dirt at the rate of 1-foot-square per bag. Let it stand for about one hour.
- Then from the height of 10 to 12 inches from the tray, spray water evenly over moss seed. Water pressure should be mild enough so that moss seed will not be blown away. Enough water should be sprayed, but not so much as to make moss seed run away from original position.
- Continue to spray water every day for two to three weeks. Moss will begin to sprout in one week, or sometimes in two weeks.
- Do not take the tray outside of the house for at least one month. Continue to spray water from time to time to keep the moss seed alive. The moss-rack tray, in the meantime, will add green freshness to your hobby table.
- When planting moss seed in a Bonsai, take special caution on Directions 4-5-6 noted above. Be sure to sprinkle moss seed at the rate of 1-square-foot per bag to assure growth of verdant moss.
Created: 03 Jun 2001 17:14:08 -0700
Changed: 05 May 2005 16:37:29 -0800
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Wet moss seed with clump!
Once dry moss seed is in place, you can spread it around as desired. The moss seed will clump when it is wet, and it will be difficult to spread. Be sure the moss seed is spread and in the desired position before wetting.