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- So easy to settle moss in the garden - tips for a green bed
- This is how moss becomes native to the bed - tips on location and planting
- Greening stone with moss milk - that's how it works
- Tips
Moss is an important part of Japanese gardens
So easy to settle moss in the garden - tips for a green bed
Moss transforms your garden everywhere into a green refuge, where other plant species refuse persistently. Immediately dull, low-light niches radiate an inviting, fragrant-green naturalness. We will gladly explain to you tried and tested methods for settling moss in the bed.
This is how moss becomes native to the bed - tips on location and planting
In the stylish Japanese Garden, mosses are just as much a part of design as they are in any creative ornamental garden. A prime example of a sturdy, magnificent garden moss is Widertonmoss (Polytrichum commune). Fountain lilies (Marchantia polymorpha), broom moss (Dicranum scoparium) or weismoos (Leucobryum glaucum) are also decorative, but do not tolerate drought and sunshine. How to settle the mosses correctly:
Quickly manages the settlement of finished preferred moss from the garden center. Of the handy moss patches in the 13 cm pot are already 5 pieces to green a square meter of bedding. It is important to note that immediately after planting, the moss is constantly kept slightly moist, so that it can easily establish itself.
Greening stone with moss milk - that's how it works
Since moss thrives without roots, it is ideally suited for the imaginative greening of stones, tubs or walls. You will need 2 cups of buttermilk, 2 cups of water and 1 large piece of moss. Mix the ingredients in the blender until the mixture has the consistency of a milk shake. Spray the stony base or apply the moss milk with a brush.
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In the terrarium or in an orchid showcase, forest moss is a decorative substrate that also makes a valuable contribution to the moist, warm microclimate. The specialist retailer offers practical moss tiles that unfurl in water within 15 minutes. After spreading a 4-8 cm thick layer of foliage compost on the terrarium floor, you can easily plant the forest moss on it without committing forest ruffians to protected moss species.