Grow Moss

BY: NHGC

A rolling stone gathers no moss, they say, but a flower pot can. Here's how to give a pot, container, or statue an old-fashioned mossy patina.

1. With a metal brush, lightly scratch the surface of your pot. (This makes small crevices where moss will take hold.)

2. Mix up a moist paste of one quart buttermilk, one pint composted manure, and one pint pulverized wood-land moss. Brush the mixture on the pot as if you were icing a cake.

3. Place the pot outdoors in a cool, moist, shady spot, or place it on a shallow pan filled with gravel and water. Keep the pot moist by misting it or using a fine hose spray as needed. In a few weeks, the moss should grow into the crevices. If the pot smells a little odd at first, be patient. The aroma should go away as the moss spreads.

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By galtree1 Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:32 AM

Can you grow a plant in the pot after growing moss on it?

By Gardening Man Stephanio Monday, June 07, 2010 8:41 PM

Yes you can, just clean it with, what I call a three part solution, here it is. Mix one table spoon of Bleech, two tablespoons of viniger, and 1 teaspoon of dish soap, anti bacterial is the best. Pour this concockshion in a one gallone milk jug, you are not planning to ever use again, and slowly add warm water to the gallon jug. What you do next is the most important, let it sit over night with the cap on the bottle, away from where children or pets will not get to to it to drink or spill it. Take about a pint of this solution and mix it with 5 gallons of water in a 5 gallon pail, if you need more than a 5 galoon pail use a wash tub, but use the pint to 5 gallons of water as the formula. Reason for this is to many ppm of thease things on a flowerpot will kill anything you may want to grow in it. But this is the kicker I found out over the years the right ammount, the plants will actully thrive, oh yeah it will slow down the bugs that might want to climb on the side to get in to your container or pot. This solution I developed over 30 years ago when my aunt gave me a bunch of old flower pots, I had to disinfect, to grow my plants in. Yes thease were Tara Cota Pots or containers.

By ccalfee1 Friday, July 30, 2010 8:00 PM

where do you get pulverized wood-land moss?

By pprice1 Wednesday, October 06, 2010 6:21 PM

From what I can gather from my experience with moss. I have found it in the weirdest places... in lawns with open spaces, under trees.. if I am not mistaken moss likes an acid soil. If you find moss growing somewhere... pick it up and put it in your blender with a little water... hence pulverized moss.

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Current Articles \| Archives \| Search Grow Moss BY: NHGC 4 A rolling stone gathers no moss, they say, but a flower pot can. Here's how to give a pot, container, or statue an old-fashioned mossy patina. 1. With a metal brush, lightly scratch the surface of your pot. (This makes small crevices where moss will take hold.) 2. Mix up a moist paste of one quart buttermilk, one pint composted manure, and one pint pulverized wood-land moss. Brush the mixture on the pot as if you were icing a cake. 3. Place the pot outdoors in a cool, moist, shady spot, or place it on a shallow pan filled with gravel and water. Keep the pot moist by misting it or using a fine hose spray as needed. In a few weeks, the moss should grow into the crevices. If the pot smells a little odd at first, be patient. The aroma should go away as the moss spreads. Comments By galtree1 Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:32 AM Can you grow a plant in the pot after growing moss on it? By Gardening Man Stephanio Monday, June 07, 2010 8:41 PM Yes you can, just clean it with, what I call a three part solution, here it is. Mix one table spoon of Bleech, two tablespoons of viniger, and 1 teaspoon of dish soap, anti bacterial is the best. Pour this concockshion in a one gallone milk jug, you are not planning to ever use again, and slowly add warm water to the gallon jug. What you do next is the most important, let it sit over night with the cap on the bottle, away from where children or pets will not get to to it to drink or spill it. Take about a pint of this solution and mix it with 5 gallons of water in a 5 gallon pail, if you need more than a 5 galoon pail use a wash tub, but use the pint to 5 gallons of water as the formula. Reason for this is to many ppm of thease things on a flowerpot will kill anything you may want to grow in it. But this is the kicker I found out over the years the right ammount, the plants will actully thrive, oh yeah it will slow down the bugs that might want to climb on the side to get in to your container or pot. This solution I developed over 30 years ago when my aunt gave me a bunch of old flower pots, I had to disinfect, to grow my plants in. Yes thease were Tara Cota Pots or containers. By ccalfee1 Friday, July 30, 2010 8:00 PM where do you get pulverized wood-land moss? By pprice1 Wednesday, October 06, 2010 6:21 PM From what I can gather from my experience with moss. I have found it in the weirdest places... in lawns with open spaces, under trees.. if I am not mistaken moss likes an acid soil. If you find moss growing somewhere... pick it up and put it in your blender with a little water... hence pulverized moss. Post Comment Only registered users may post comments.