Re: Regrowing sphagnum moss

From: Ken Cusson (kenc@salinas.net)
Date: Mon Sep 15 1997 - 09:00:16 PDT


Date: Mon, 15 Sep 97 16:00:16 -0000
From: Ken Cusson <kenc@salinas.net>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg3553$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Regrowing sphagnum moss

El-Barto, Thank you for your E-Mail! Your question was:

> I used to have a pot of overgrown VFT (remember?), I repotted it
>into three pots with the largest plant in one pot, a bunch of medium
>ones in another and all the other itsy bitsy ones in an ice cream tub.
> I now use 100% peat moss and I wonder if it is possible to regrow a
>carpet of live sphagnum on top. If possible, what do I need and how long
>long would it take?
>
The peat will eventually grow a top layer of moss, in most cases, in a
few months IF it isn't disturbed during that period of time, you use pure
water and it doesn't sunburned. Unfortunately, it will take some time (1
year or so) for the "moss" to look like something recognizeable ...
however, after 3 years of letting the top layer grow naturally on a few
pots, it has never gotten to the point of looking like Sphagnum moss ...

KenC

Ken Cusson
kenc@salinas.net
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