Any time I've made one the moss dies very fast. This time it seemed to finally work. Though I had to redo it cause it was originally in a 1.5 gallon jar, now in a 10 gallon. Half of the moss was from the successful little jar, the other half is freshly harvested. Im hopeful that it won't die! The trick it seemed was a grow light about a foot away and to make sure the moss had the dirt it grew on. Any tips or tricks? I have millipedes, isopods, 3 snails and spring tails In there
by Wonderful-Party7564
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There are temperate mosses, and there are tropical mosses. Temperate mosses need more care, require different humidity, moisture, lighting, airflow. Tropical ones are easier, they will survive in a lot of sealed, high humidity terrariums that people tend to build. Unless you live in a tropical area and you harvested the moss yourself, odds are you picked up a temperate species that probably has specific needs. It’s worth either replicating the climate you found it in, or identifying the species so you can provide it with it’s ideal climate. Sometimes, you get lucky, and you pick up one of the species that is called a “cosmopolitan” species, which means it grows literally every where that it won’t be out competed. Sidewalks, concrete walls, Antarctica. Those cosmopolitan species will still need to be acclimated to whatever conditions you bring them into, but they will survive once they’re established. I’ve also heard of claims of people acclimating supposed temperate species to cultivatation over periods of years. I purchased an unknown sphagnum species that was apparently regrown from dead sphagnum labeled “from south America” and it has been in cultivation for 3 plus years now to the point that it so far it has grown in any condition I put it in. Mosses are absolutely fascinating