How To Collect & Prepare Moss For Terrariums 

Me too 😊

But it does. It kills it almost every time.. mosses i can find outside foul up the terarrium and i end up with mold, bugs eating the plants or and he moss dies very quickly and turns brown before molding and i have to do the entire thing all over again

Everyone was worried 🙂 gonna try this today! Montana is finally thawed enough and I found a great spot on an old building I can harvest!

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@@whyguy006 I'm back with more experience propogating my moss! Have you tried quarantining it before adding it to terrariums?

I bet!😃

You can make some in a pot inside home

How'd it go?

@@mr.mediocregamer9653 great! I have some that's growing in a bin that's at least two inches long 😅 I lost the first batch I harvested (moss got all brown and mushy and the springtails didn't seem interested in it) so I cut it up and added it back into the substrate. But the most recent batch is lush and green; this method definitely works 👌🏾

​@@mr.mediocregamer9653some tips; using just sphagnum moss is good for substrate but if you have an actual mix made/bought, use some of that because it'll grow WAY faster. Also, don't cut it too close to the base of the mosses or it'll kind of die back and take a while to start again!

@j3rs3yjak3FIU That's awesome. It's too bad RU-vid won't let us post photos in the comments. I'm going to try to build one tomorrow.

@@mr.mediocregamer9653 I was literally wishing I could 😅 do it! Let us all know how it goes 😎

it often has chlorine in and chemicals that you won’t find in the others i think! it contains stuff that can harm the moss or the stuff put in it!

Some purified drinking water will kill plants and moss too , quickly because of some mineral they add to it. Better off using tap water. Our municipal water comes from ground wells and the only thing they do is add chloramine gas which is easy enough to remove

@@whyguy006Chloramines don’t evaporate out, they actually undergo evaporative concentration. I think you’re thinking of chlorine which will eventually gas off if left to sit out for a few days. Most tap water contains both these days and will be awful for your moss. You can probably get away with using your own well water maybe but most people can’t just use the water out of their faucets. Distilled is easy to get and free of additives.

I had the same problem, so I caught a jumping spider and placed him in the terrarium. He seems happy in his new enclosure

Get some beneficial insects, i have used nematodes for fungus gnats. Buy some eggs mix with water and then within some weeks they will hatch and eat all the eggs from the fungus gnats but not harm anything else and they are tiny so you wont see them and will disappear when there is no more to eat :-)

@@Elvervind oh I never thought of something like that! Would it still be okay since these are in isopod set ups? They usually eat the moss so I tend to need to replace it

Yes! Should be ok.

the method only submerges them for a tiny period of time. However, certain terrestrial mosses can adapt to aquatic environments and grow successfully with the right conditions 🙂

@@greenjars_thank you

@@greenjars_thank you

Im not sure about this type of moss, but you can go to any pet store and buy moss for aquariums

thank you!