How to Grow Moss Indoors
Grow moss indoors by creating a favorable environment that includes partial sunlight and lots of moisture. Mosses are non-vascular, primitive plants that have a simple stem and root structure. Mosses are great indoor plants because of their adaptability in a variety of sunlight and temperature environments. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Potting container
- Aquarium rocks
- Activated carbon
- Potting soil
- Moss spores
- Water and spray bottle
Instructions
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Select a container. Mosses are unique because of their ultra-shallow root system. Moss containers can be as shallow as 2 to 3 inches to provide an adequate soil depth for rooting, watering and nutrient retention.
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Place a shallow bed of aquarium rocks at the bottom of the container. This will allow for additional water at the bottom of the container, essential to keeping a moist topsoil environment.
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Add a thin layer of aquarium-quality activated carbon. Activated carbon acts as a natural water filter and provides an additional area for water to collect at the bottom of the container.
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Sprinkle clean potting soil over the activated carbon. The potting soil should remain just below the rim of the container.
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Add a liberal amount of moss spores evenly over the top of the soil.
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Add and maintain a water level approximately up to the activated carbon of the container. Use a spray bottle to mist the top of the soil to keep the moss spores moist.
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Place the moss container in a room with partial sunlight. Moss does not need direct sunlight, but like all photosynthesizing plants, moss does need some indirect sunlight to survive.
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Continue to water and mist the moss container. Allow two to four weeks for the moss spores to sprout.
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