Hello everyone, I was just wondering if any of you might know of a cheap (cost of postage) place for me to aquire some live spanish moss. Its for a White's Treefrog display tank, so I don't need much in that high of humidity to establish a colony of it in a few months...Thank you in advance, my e-mail address is Cheapnate@hotmail.com. If interested in trading seeds or live plants I might have somethings of interest, just ask Peace, Nathan

Yes quirkpod, you can grow Spanish moss in this area. I live in Kernersville. Many years ago (when I was a child) I stop on the way back from the beach and got a box of spanish moss (got ate up by bugs on the way home). I put some in a holly tree next to my house and it stayed in that tree a few years ( I not sure how long (I was a child and time passed slow for childen)). I think the main thing that happen to it was birds getting it and maybe other childeren takeing some. Don't know why it didn't live for trianglejohn because it is colder here. In the back of my mind I been thinking about getting truck loads and put the Spanish moss on tree in a swamp area (and set up a system to try to keep the air moist). Then the front of my mind tells me that it cost way too much. There is a lot of talk on one of these forms about growing spanish moss. I forgot which one, maybe it is the one on growing moss. I have also saw a map on the net showing place where people have saw spanish moss growing and some are at least as cold as Lewisville NC. As I said mine hung around for a few years(I almost sure) but it was not enought to look good. It would turn green after rains. I would also spry with water hose once and a while.

Thanks for the great suggestion dottie! With the amount of rain we've been having lately, there is no shortage. I collect it in plastic milk cartons (gallon size) for specific indoor plants that are more sensitive, such as my various 'ground' mosses (cap moss, rock moss, etc.) I am trying to grow 'regular' moss as much as I can in the yard. I'm even pulling the grass out of my larger moss patches. I'll never be able to fully convert our lawn completely over to moss, as we have too much sun. Yet, where it wants to grow, it's encouraged! Moss is a natural "Lightning bug Nursery" and there aren't as many as I remembered when I was younger. They are so sensitive to pollution and we may eventually loose them. I feel for those who never saw lightning bugs! It's not summer without them! When kids collect them and put them in jars, then tell their mom to "poke holes in the lid so they can breathe," that's what KILLS them! They need a humid environment, so add wet grass and keep the lid on tight, then release them in the morning! ....and I ran off on a tangent....again ;)

I have some growing but still only small. If no one else has any you are welcome to a handful, but it would take ages for it to get to any size. If no one else replies email me with your address.