Sphagnum sources

[Peter/Chang’s/Nebari/]

The only place I can source “decent” moss is from random retailers on Etsy.

Last time I bought some it was more commercial as it came in a product bag etc.

This time I just purchased 1kg and a nice little big of extremely verdant dry moss showed up. I’m rehydrating it currently.

Does rehydrating completely dry moss make everything hunky dory and given enough time it will even start to grow again?

Thank you.

 

[Glaucus]

The dry stuff is dead. I went through about 3kg of it sowing seeds. And when it is yellowish brown, it never grows. There might have been a tiny bit of growth. But all the true green stuff I ever get is either algae, random different types of mosses and liverworts, other non-moss weeds that are in my potting mix underneath, or the actual seedlings.

You need to specifically find a place that sells live sphagnum moss. Because all the other stuff is dried and compressed.

 

[Peter/Chang’s/Nebari/]

The dry stuff is dead. I went through about 3kg of it sowing seeds. And when it is yellowish brown, it never grows. There might have been a tiny bit of growth. But all the true green stuff I ever get is either algae, random different types of mosses and liverworts, other non-moss weeds that are in my potting mix underneath, or the actual seedlings.

You need to specifically find a place that sells live sphagnum moss. Because all the other stuff is dried and compressed.

That is unfortunate. This stuff looks really nice.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Sphagnum moss found in new zealand can revive from dried.
European and US sphagnum don't recover.

If you can get new zealand sphagnum, get a decent sized container, poor in some black peat (no nutrients added) and throw the moss on top, fill it with water to just below the moss.
Put it in a sunny place and you can harvest about a bucketload each year per two square feet of container.
Make sure to protect it from birds though. They will rip it to shreds.

 

[Peter/Chang’s/Nebari/]

That is what this moss w

Sphagnum moss found in new zealand can revive from dried.
European and US sphagnum don't recover.

If you can get new zealand sphagnum, get a decent sized container, poor in some black peat (no nutrients added) and throw the moss on top, fill it with water to just below the moss.
Put it in a sunny place and you can harvest about a bucketload each year per two square feet of container.
Make sure to protect it from birds though. They will rip it to shreds.

That is what this moss was represented as.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Then it will probably revive. If it gets water and light and a bunch of time.
If you spread it out, it should have more surface area that can come back alive. Something to do with light.

 

[Shibui]

I've also had dry sphagnum grow after rehydration. Maybe it depends what treatment it has had to meet import restrictions?
I've also been trying to use alternatives to sphagnum and peat wherever possible. Sphagnum is quite slow growing and many beds have been overharvested for commercial use.

 

[Peter/Chang’s/Nebari/]

I’m really happy with this acquisition. It’s been sitting in the bowl with water and although it’s getting a bit pondish smelling I think it’s great.

Real sphagnum, I’m not sure but I think it’ll get the job done.