- Mon Oct 29, 2012 5:18 am
#156931
So, I am continuing from another thread where I was updating my first trial of growing sphagnum moss. It was a hijacked thread, and I just thought it would be better to start my own if I would continue the updating.
I purchased a small cutting of live sphagnum moss from FTS, placed it in a small amount of peat back in June (2012), and went blindly into growing it. I had my ups and downs, as I learned the ins and outs of sphagnum. I feel like now I have my bearings and the moss is doing excellent! Keep in mind, some of the pictures show the moss as almost dead. That is because I did not grow it right to start. FTS' cutting was in perfect conditions when I received it.
shortly after I planted (hindsight, I shouldn't have spread the moss out so much)
before I realized proper watering habits
starting to recover...
The final picture was taken today. I can really see the moss starting to take off now that it is a lot cooler. My goal is to have a sustainable amount to cut off for top-coats for my CPs, so I can stop using dead LFS (though some of my LFS with my Jaws VFT is actually starting to come back to life!)
I purchased a small cutting of live sphagnum moss from FTS, placed it in a small amount of peat back in June (2012), and went blindly into growing it. I had my ups and downs, as I learned the ins and outs of sphagnum. I feel like now I have my bearings and the moss is doing excellent! Keep in mind, some of the pictures show the moss as almost dead. That is because I did not grow it right to start. FTS' cutting was in perfect conditions when I received it.
shortly after I planted (hindsight, I shouldn't have spread the moss out so much)
before I realized proper watering habits
starting to recover...
The final picture was taken today. I can really see the moss starting to take off now that it is a lot cooler. My goal is to have a sustainable amount to cut off for top-coats for my CPs, so I can stop using dead LFS (though some of my LFS with my Jaws VFT is actually starting to come back to life!)
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