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I bought some long fibered moss that was dried from home depot and i tried so hard to germinate it but then i found a venus fly trap planted in soaked sphagnum which had a few spots of green in it. After transplanting the plant i took the moss and out it on top of some carnivorous plant siol with the dome and alot of water.

heres some sphag thats been growing in this pot since last year sometime. I just keep it wet and leave it in standing water outdoors. The water level stays below the sphag at all times. Its very hot and humid here and it grows fine in my bog garden without so much moisture.

Ive been harvesting it so it doesnt look that great but when left to grow untouched it makes a nice green fluffy carpet.

jrmc114064 wrote:I bought some long fibered moss that was dried from home depot and i tried so hard to germinate it but then i found a venus fly trap planted in soaked sphagnum at the depot which had a few spots of green in it. After transplanting the plant i took the moss and out and put it on top of some carnivorous plant soil with the dome and alot of water.

Here is the small setup

jrmc
yes that will work
j

Thanks once i get it good and green again i will get a big clear tub and start propagating some other dead spore from the original source i got my last batch. Hey do you grow it under lights or how

it is better flood or water and let it dry towards a mild moist?

How does propagating it work? Do I just get some moss and plant it in water? Can I just dig up moss in my yard and will that work as well?

I grow my sphag moss in my green house, in reasonably controlled conditions, sphag moss is a cool growing plant likes lots of fresh rain water and sun , it like to grow on top of its self , so you usually need a good size lump to start with and i grown mine on weed mat on my nep benches , keeps the nep pots cooler and the pitcher love to sit in the moss and grow , it likes weak fertiliser as well use one with no urea in it and not nitrate as the nitrogen source , it likes misted and watering a lot , need high humidity as well ,bit of a art to growing it in large amounts , , if you have sphag moss bogs some where near you , go look who it grow , take reading of water TDS, PH leves , sun light , shade , rain fall in the area , get to know what it likes and do the same in your grow area , is the only way to do it correctly !
J

Whatever you do John youre doing it right. You have some of the thickest best looking sphag i've seen. I'm so jealous.

I agree!

does anyone have any patches I can use to start growing some sphag?

Is sphagnum moss under it fine?

rayneger wrote:Is sphagnum moss under it fine?

Yes, it naturally grows on top of itself.

Hi Guys!!
Can anybody sell me a small sample of live sphagnum?
Please
snapperhead51, you have great experience and information, can you sell some live sphagnum to me? I would really appreciate it!

Hi first time user here and first time getting into growing sphagnum moss.
Im just wondering if im doin anything wrong with my sphagnum moss?
Because for the past few weeks, it was blooming, and now it turned into this.
Am i doin anything wrong?
It began to like slowly going dissapear...