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Nikson wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2023 9:45 pm Should I have a deeper layer of LFSM underneath? What have you guys experienced when growing moss?
I accidentally had it dry out once and some of the moss turned white, like dried LFSM you get from the store, so it doesn't look as good as it used to.


So I was of the understanding that you need a layer of peat, then dry LFSM and then live moss clippings. I do it this way and it works great. Now, I find this to be a little odd but will explain. The first time I started to grow moss I did not have any of the type of food traylike was in the youtube video I was following. The only thing I had was my 12 pod plastic seedling trays with the clear plastic top and the little dial thing with holes on top. I figured what the hell, it can't hurt and would not be a huge loss init does not work.
Well, the pic is of what I ended up with. I think this is roughly 3 months old. What makes it so odd is thatdoing it the same way ising a food service tray, roughly 5"x10" after 1.5 months an it is barely growing. Not sure why it did so much better in one container than the other but I just set up another seed pod and will be doing several more as I am going to need a bunch of live moss for all the plants I have purchased.

Nikson wrote:I moved my moss to a larger tray with no drainage, just put a layer of dried LFSM on the bottom and then placed the live moss I had on top of it, then watered it with RO water.

I'm not sure if this is the right way to go about it, or if it'd be better to get a tray with drainage holes and bottom water with a tray that way? Should I have a deeper layer of LFSM underneath? What have you guys experienced when growing moss?

I accidentally had it dry out once and some of the moss turned white, like dried LFSM you get from the store, so it doesn't look as good as it used to.

Intheswamp wrote:Grow some filiformis in the moss while it’s growing…they’ll gladly take care of the gnats for you!

Intheswamp wrote:Btw, fififormis *loves* to have its leaf cuttings stuck down into live sphagnum moss. I broke a leaf on a Florida Giant x Tracyi this past summer so I cut it in 1 to 1-1/2" pieces and stuck them end-first down into the sphagnum. Here is a shot of them later on. I'm kind of running an experiment on them...they're still in the sphagnum moss on the deck and will be stay there. I'm hoping this spring to see them rise from the shallow container of moss. We'll see.

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ETA: We've already had a couple of sub-freezing nights and the sundews are down and out for the winter.