How to Grow Moss for Your Garden
Adding moss to a garden is a beautiful way to enhance its appearance, and with this easy and inexpensive recipe, you'll enjoy growing moss as well.
- Difficulty:
- Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Handful Mosses
- One Can Beer
- Plastic Spoons
- Spatulas
- 1/2 teaspoon sugars
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Put a handful of the moss you want to grow into a blender.
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Add 1/2 tsp. sugar and one can of beer (the cheapest brand). You can substitute buttermilk for beer if you want.
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Blend just long enough to mix the ingredients and break down the moss.
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Spread the soupy mixture with a spatula over the ground or rocks where you want the moss to grow.
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Tips & Warnings
Remove as much dirt from the moss as you can before you start.
Moss grows best in shady areas.
Once you've spread the moss mixture, don't get it wet or you will wash the mixture away.
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Comments
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bricksbrave
Apr 18, 2010
moss thrives in the shade- i find this recipe to be really effective, and I just blended it with wood chips and sawdust- I threw down some plastic in the yard so nothing else can grow besides moss, put half wood, half dirt, beer and sugar on top all mixed in a paste and just transferred moss to it, pushing it down firmly on the paste. It took to it right away, and I hope it will last all summer since the front of my yard doesn't get any direct sunlight. added some large stones to have that japanese garden effect. -
nachesser
May 23, 2009
To kill grass and not the moss just spray half-strength Round Up on the grass/moss. It's a life-saver if you're trying to grow a moss lawn.
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ofmyhands
Jan 07, 2009
I have a fiberglass statue and would like to grow something on it...will moss work
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ofmyhands
Jan 07, 2009
I have a fiberglass statue and would like to grow something on it...will moss work
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kramarat
Oct 19, 2008
The commercial weed killers won't kill the moss, or you could just hand weed. I've got oak trees too and have found an excellent way to keep moss lush and spreading. The material in baby diapers holds and retains moisture and is completely non-toxic. Just buy some cheap diapers, tear them apart and spread the absorbant stuff over the ground. Gently water it in with either water or a buttermilk mixture until it melts onto the gound. I did an experiment on a small patch of moss in my yard and it works great. While the rest of the moss dries out between rains, my treated patch stays lush and green.
