How do I grow moss between pavers?
kosh
17 years ago
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Comments (11)Sure, if you've got moss naturally occurring somewhere in your yard, dig it out and transplant it between all those cracks. It just seems that the blender slurry would give you a lot of product to work with. Sacrificing a half can of beer or the minute of your life to wash out the blender afterwards doesn't seem like much - especially if the technique works. I have not tried this myself as I have moss between the bricks on my patio with no effort on my part. Cue up the laughter - Stewart recommended creeping thyme as an alternative to moss between pavers....See MoreGrow plants between patio pavers
Comments (6)I had to throw my two cents in here too as I have a stone patio and love to grow things in between the cracks. The stones are in a base of sand and then I added potting soil on top of that. Kind of messy to start, but after it gets packed in and watered you can grow just about anything. My favorites are creeping thyme, alssysum and moss. You'd be surprised how little soil is required to get these things to grow. I've also found, that since it is bordered by flower beds, that every seed that falls from the beds onto the patio grows. It's kind of like a hothouse since the rocks get warmer faster than the soil. I have petunias, nicotiana, cosmos, marigold and cleomes coming up all summer long, and the really nice part is that since their root systems are so small you can water them and pull them up and transplant them. Good luck and enjoy!...See MoreHow wet do you keep the peat moss when growing carnivorous plants
Comments (10)I do it 2 ways- I have the bottom of one of those 'seedling trays' you see all over the place in the spring. I've some pygmy drosera & a bunch of baby sarracenia in there, all in 4" tall pots. (those standard 4" tall, 4" square plastic 'nursery pots') I'll put about 1/2" of (rain not sink) water in there & refill it when the level drops to the point where the bottom of the tray is moist. Then I've a hanging pot- It's one of those ones from Rite Aid with the "thingy" (girlfriend's word) in the bottom so there's a water reservoir there under the media. About 1/2 inch up from the thingy I drilled a few 1/8" holes 'round the perimeter of the pot. Filled it with media & at first I had a little 1/2" piece of PVC pipe I could pour water through down to the reservoir. That got plugged somehow so I took it out. Anyway, I wait until the peat is still moist but starts to pull away from the side of the pot a little- 1/8" or so. Then I gently pour in the water letting it flood across the peat. The bottom fills, excess runs out the holes & it's good for another week in the summer, perhaps a month in the winter. The hanger has pygmies & flytraps & a nepenthes- I just scattered a bunch of byblis seeds in there. Outside I've a pedestal pot- Picture the hanging one sitting on a post. Pretty much the same deal except without the thingy in the bottom. Holes are about 5" down from the top leaving about 2" in the bottom for the water. That's where my adult sarracenia & a few flytraps live.. Plus a little voodoo lily- I've no idea how that got in there nor how it hasn't rotted away yet. So that's how I do it. The plants get to "reach down" to the water without being waterlogged. Seems to work....See MoreThyme, irish moss, sand or sun tolerant moss between pavers
Comments (2)Depends on how sunny it is, how fast the underlying material drains and how frequently you need/wish to water. Both Irish and Scotch mosses like rich soil and plenty of water. Thyme likes it hot, lean and on the dry side. I am not very familiar with sun tolerant mosses although I'd suspect they'd be both hard to find and moisture lovers. Weeds will grow up through anything - you just need to be prepared to weed from time to time to keep things tidy. If using only the permeable sand then much easier to use some sort of herbicide to keep weeds in check....See Moretriciae
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