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By Nocturne
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I’m about to throw them away. If anyone volunteers to get “contaminated” just shoot me a SASE. Image
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By steve booth
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Burn the witches, and spray the ashes with weed killer to make sure.
You may have gathered, I hate, loathe and detest the stuff.
Steve
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By Intheswamp
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I heard that star moss, to a pot of CPs, is something similar to what the mange is to animals' hair, so I'll pass. :mrgreen:
By Gary
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I've tried to grow star moss in a decorative pot for months with no luck. It's just a tiny little clump, about a square inch, in the center of the pot that refuses to spread.
So, how do I go about getting some moss from you to add to the deco pot?
Many thanks!
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By Nocturne
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The moss is tough and will spread with higher moisture. They will root about 1 inch into soil which prove troublesome for younglings but hasn’t kill any plants. We will use the seed bank method. I pm you my address and you send me a SASE.
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By Gary
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Sounds good, I'll look for the PM. Btw, I'm trying to grow the moss in a peat/Perlite mix. Given that this moss has roots, should I be using Miracle-gro or other fertilized mix? Thanks very much!
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By steve booth
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In my experience it doesn't need fertilising, in my bogs its 4" high, deeply rooted and spreading like the plague. I dread to think what a rich soil mix wold do for it.
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Steve
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By Nocturne
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roarke wrote:
Nocturne wrote: Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:47 pm I’m about to throw them away. If anyone volunteers to get “contaminated” just shoot me a SASE. Image
"shoot me" was out of place, until i read "a SASE".
Always willing to share lol
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By sans
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is this easy to grow? because i like moss but i had the same experience as gary.
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By Intheswamp
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I brought a small plug back home with me one day, but something about it seemed..."off". So, I stuck it in a little pot and isolated it from my other plants. I did not know what it was at the time, but knew it had roots so it was a vascular plant...not really kin to sphagnum moss. A little later I ID'd it. It was doomed to the searing south Alabama sun and unceremoniously buried in the big green can. Here's a few shots I took of it in the wild. Well, I *think* it was star moss...it certainly had a root system, was dry(ish) with a woody-like stem. Looked cool, though...but, I didn't want to invite the monster into the room. ;)
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By Nocturne
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Damn they look like pine seedlings at first glance…would not keep those for sure lol could be a giant form of star moss? The ones I have originated from florae and red leaf, in my environment they grow into a soft 2-3 in thick carpet and does not appear to have a clear upper hand against the sphagnum at this moment. Image
By Gary
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I took a screenshot and checked it on PlantNet. I think we're looking at Northern Fir Moss in the pic that Steve linked.
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