How to Propagate Your Own Moss 

Hey everyone and happy father's day to all the dads out there (pet dads count too)! Anyways here is the long awaited and highly requested moss care video. You guys have been asking me about this for about 9 months and it may have been the most requested video yet. This whole process is really quite simple and relatively cheap. Especially if you harvest the moss yourself. There's no need to over think it. If there are any looming questions, be sure to let me know! Also it's easier for me to address your comments if you start your own thread. By the way, I think I neglected to thank you all for 50k subs! It really means a lot and I appreciate your support. Thanks for watching and don't forget I'm on Instagram as well @serpadesign

I think I've found someone who loves moss just as much as I do. Nothing more aesthetic than damp moss with rocks, water and soil.

Moss is a very underrated plant

The fact that a video about propagating moss has 1.9 million views gives me faith in humanity.

Don't understand why people are getting rid of moss on roofs and patios, they are damn sexy and easy on the eyes. I believe moss keeps the shingles locked together. Thank you for this video

Bob Moss.

As I live in the desolate wasteland called Nevada, a trip to Oregon was a chance to collect lots of samples of moss. I collected 10 distinct species, 3 of which bloomed like flowers when exposed to water.

Love your videos. I have been building terrariums now for 45 years. The best one I have is a 4 foot by 4 foot terrarium that is 12 feet high. It is in the center of my house and goes to the ceiling and has a channelled skylight at the top. This one I allowed to grow not by transplanting but by seeding. I used mostly worm castings and the soil was heavily infused with fern spores and kyoto moss spores. Through out the years mushrooms come and go and patches of moss expand and retreat. I only have to open it about once a year to adjust the humidity and to give it a new infusion of fresh air.

"moss is everywhere" me: *confused desert noises*

I remember back in 2009 I was lucky enough to go to a very rural part of Scotland. no idea where we went but during some tripa small group of us broke away and got of track. after a good 3 hours of climbing and cutting through dense vegetation we ended up in a very silent, open area of woodland. the ground was so soft and lush, the moss must have been a good 7/8 inches deep and really moist. I can't describe the silence, I guess the trees and soft ground had a dampening effect. when we got out of the woods the literal first thing that greeted us were two fighter jets, after the lack of noise their scream was so artificial. like hyper loud, and we were so high up they seemed really low. they were going to fast to even make out what fighters they were

I love moss! I'd love to visit the temperate rainforest on the east coast of America one day. I've heard there are huge turrets of moss there! Another great video x

Isnt it so wonderful to find a big patch of beautiful moss and just push on it gently with your hand? You might be surprised but here in Alaska we have some of the most incredible moss i've ever seen! I'll never forget my first time going into the dense forest around here; I was in awe of how much ground was absolutely coated in thick moss. It was approximately seven inches deep, with several layers of packed, black leaves and below that, unknown depths of the most vibrant loam. There's a lot of that 'spikey star' moss like in your video, but also mosses with deep red hues, some with bright orange stem things on them, and some that somewhat resembled miniature succulent plants. Thanks for this video

Cleaning the moss. Such an important tip. I scavenged moss from sidewalks and I was kinda annoyed how much debris like BROKEN GLASS was under all that moss.

“From the woods behind my house.” Well aren’t you lucky.

My grandson and I made a moss terrarium today. Your Videos inspired us to collect mosses and make our very own terrarium. It looks great, thanks for the tips. Even bought some Springtails.

So I started Mossing about a month ago and I’m an opportunist Maas man just like you sir thank you for the video it has helped me out a lot I am a recovering mental health patient and green thumb mean has changed my life

I like lichens too, they look lovely in terrariums growing on stones.

Dude, a year ago, I NEVER would’ve thought that I’d be watching videos about moss, terrariums, etc. But I’m really glad your channel is the one I found

Your tutorial on this was spot on. Straight to the point easy and very informative. I really appreciate that. You didn’t start off the video telling us a long story about why are you like Moss or bunch of stories about you and moss growing up. Also, I like that you didn’t spend 30 seconds asking people to follow like subscribe, etc. I am subscribing to you because you are amazing. Again, thank you

A random earthworm: Yess, I finally deep cleaned my whole house! :) At 2:17 Earthworm: WTFF?? ! The roof!!

Growing two patches of moss is actually a bit like a relationship, the two patches will adapt to each other and finally form a beautiful result, in a healthy relationship thats exactly the same.

Finally! A video that addressed all my moss questions and concerns. Very thorough and succinct. I cannot tell you how very happy this makes me. Thank you a ton!

In the desert moss is an extremely exotic plant, and you say you can pick it anywhere haha. The first time I had moss was when some of it grew up spontaneously on comercial pot soil I bought and got stored in a jar. I was amazed by it.

2019 June 1. Just came back from the Smokey mountains. Outside my cabin were lots of samples. I'm excited to propagate and am searching for cool bottles and such. Thanks for your video. I was inspired last week when I first saw it and my fascination is growing faster than Moss. Lol.

man your storage container looks better than my terrarium

I typically find pillow moss growing on solid rocks, maybe it just doesn’t like to grow on anything else. Thank you so much for all the info you provide on your channel, it’s helped me so much :)

man i just accidentally clicked one of your videos then boom! now i watched most of your videos about terrarium. it got me hooked and im planning on making my first terrarium tomorrow. wish me luck! i just hope survives. have a nice day!

I enjoyed watching your video for propagating moss. I would like to create a terrarium, though the weather is getting colder and more snow is coming, so It won't be so easy to collect, just wondering what types of moss grown in my backyard. Love your videos

One of the most underrated channels out there. I always love watching your videos. They're high-quality, informative, and easy to follow. Thanks for sharing your passion with us!

This was super helpful! You've inspired me to start my own terrarium!

I live in Arizona and Moss is an exotic plant. The handfuls you're picking up cost 10-15 dollars each at the pet store.

I just started gathering moss originally for a terrarium and then to top dress my outdoor container plants. I was trying to figure out how to have it readily available for projects and just because I just love all plants. This vlog has been so incredibly informative. Thanks

Thank you for mentioning the sustainability aspect.

who else saw the worm a 2:18

Thank you for making and sharing your video! You did a great job telling us and showing us each step about propagating moss! I have looked through MANY RU-vid videos and found yours to be MOST helpful!!! 😊

Always great info. I love moss, since an early age of playing in heavily moss areas. I just made a moss terrarium in a clear glass vintage tea pot. Thanks for the inspiration!

Hey SerpaDesign! I am so happy that I have discovered your channel! I watched some of your terrarium builds like three times in a row each, haha! You truly have a gift! I have always wanted to create a terrarium, but I guess I built it up in my mind as something incredibly difficult. After learning so much in one to two videos, I immediately felt empowered to give it a go! I had some big vintage mason and bell jars in my closet that were given to me by my grandma that were the perfect thing to use! Thank you so much for making your passion and expertise so accessible :) I know you've heard it before, but seriously. These videos are so entertaining (and educational!) That being said, I had a calidium that apparently overwintered and came back! I thought I had lost it so I planted something else in the pot. Unfortunately I do not have the scientific name. I believe when I purchased it last summer it was simply sold as "pink caladium.' I was wondering if you would have any guidance on whether or not it could be used successfully in an enclosure (like a gallonish sized bell jar). It's rather small right now (and precious), but when I was reading about them I know that some get quite large. Have you ever had success with this species of plant?

Got inspired by this and made my own moss container today! Harvested some pillow moss and a moss I couldn't identify. This is my first time doing anything like this, I hope they grow!

Glad I found your spot here.. I used to be into mosses as would use them either with or in conjunction with my Bonsai. Into the Victorian era they used to collect Moss and show them off in special built walls with display doors.

Thanks to your videos I was able to identify a few different mosses from our hike. Thread moss, star moss, hair cap, American tree moss and baby tooth moss.

Wow so lucky to have so much beautiful moss growing around you, Its much too dry here, the only moss I've ever seen locally is little tiny specks on the side of our tree if it gets super wet, doesnt happen often :(

Helps a lot, I just got a little bit of moss from a trip to the forest (there isn't any in the desert) so this video came at a good time

I've been meaning to start propagating moss and I've been watching a lot of moss videos and this is the best one! Very clear explanations and instructions! I've collected some moss today and Im going to start today using this method. hope it works!

Your a legend bro...im from Australia and love watching your vids

Thank you for listing the moss names along with the images. I've been waiting forever for someone to illustrate it that way.

Love your videos man. I got out and more active this summer because of the idea of bottle terrariums. I have 2 that are MI "natives" and one big jar with moss in it. They all smell beautiful! Thanks again man!

I have done something similar for my dart frog tanks. When I am doing a rinse. I make a 5% bleach solution. 1 part bleach, 20 parts water. I soak the moss for 15 seconds or so, then dip the moss in a fresh batch of water with dechlorinator in it. There is enough extra dechlorinator to remove any residual bleach. The short bleach bath doesn't really hurt the moss, and it kills potential bacteria and fungi that may be hiding in there. Adding springtails is great for taking care of any molds that can grow from a constantly wet environment.

i love how efficient, concise and consistent your videos are! rly helpful!!!

Woah, I really enjoyed this video! Thanks! Can't wait to make my own moss sometime to transplant to some terrariums!

It's funny how something I would have never considered interesting before is now fascinating to me. Thanks Serpa! Love your videos.

Just wanted to thank you for touching on ethical collection of moss in all your moss videos. I've been watching quite a few videos on this topic and so many take just pillage ... thank you! 😊

Thank you, SerpaDesign 🌱 I’m creating an outdoor area for the downed moss bits I find after wind storms! Just found a large piece of pillow moss off of a chestnut tree, it’s BEAUTIFUL

Thank you for an informative video. I believe, many of viewers enjoy the videos like this, so keep doing great job and inspiring us! :)

Definitely useful info, and I'll be coming back to it. I'm propagating mosses for bonsai surface dressing. Also, it's just beautiful stuff. As yet, I have NO IDEA what types of mosses I have, but there's like 5 different varieties. One of which is even remaining green on top of my juniper outdoors in freezing weather -- it's frozen pretty solid right now actually.Thanks. :D

I made a small pillow moss one just two of them right next to each other with a small rock in two of the corners its square. It used to be a candle melted out the leftover wax in it clean it up. Its doing great its grown over the rocks now love it! You give me great ideas thanks keep doing what you do have a great one be well!

I cant believe I've found people who get moss when they go out because they love it as much as I do too! It's so neat and beautiful like natures carpet. 🥰😍

Moss is awesome. Thanks for the video!

I used to go to daycare as a kid. Outside we would gather moss and make our own "islands"

SUCH a helpful video: perfect amount of info for people trying to learn w/o a bunch of extra info or just extra babbling on, lol! Thank you!

Thank you very much for the instructional video. I'm just getting into growing my own moss and your video answered several of my questions, Thanks again!

I love your videos and finally I'm trying to do one of them. Hope it works, eventhough I picked everything from my garden, so it may contain some bacteria or mold, I don't know

Man....i learned the hard way,,,moss and mold are 2 different things...

This is awesome. Thank you. I totally dig moss for many reasons, but beauty and the advantages it gives to life on earth are 2 of my main reasons. This is a great tutorial.❤

Can you do a video where you explain the science behind some of things you do in you videos? Like how exactly does activated carbon and charcoal keep water clean? Also, what exactly are the springtails doing? They eat some chemicals in the dirt, and poop out other chemicals, but which chemicals are they and why is it beneficial? Also, I know plants need certain chemicals to grow, maybe an episode dedicated to the ratios of all the good fertilizing chemicals in your substrate would be cool.

Picking up moss is ilegal in some countries, Spain for example. I dont know the reason but watch out when you pick it!

Been doing terrariums for a couples months now and you're videos are very instructive! Thanks from Switzerland! 😁

I love love love this demo. I just found me some gold moth on clearance at Lowe's and I'm so excited about Reviving them and getting them to help you place so I can create my own terrarium. thanks so much for this video

Just started my life long journey with Bonsai as a hobby and I'm looking into all kinds of other smaller hobbies that go with it. Moss is definitely one of them. I think it would be amazing to have moss kept and grown like this. I live in Washington, there's no shortage of moss but still think it would be great to grow my own moss and put it with my trees. It would also be amazing to give my trees and moss that sort of personal attention and relationship between each other.

This is very informative video thanks for sharing.

Thank you for this! I will be doing this for my science club here in England! Can't wait!

I love listening to you. Your voice is very calming. Thank you

I went to old graveyards, dug up the moss, and planted an entire backyard with the moss which has gotten lush and carpet-y over the years.

Serpa: "Just keep your eyes peeled, and you'll notice it just about anywhere" *Me looking around the high deserts of new mexico* wat

Started raining here and after 3 months i FINALLY have some moss! I live in a very dry area in Brazilian Northeast and it is rare to find it. I came running to your channel cause I knewww you had moss videos! 😍

I have always loved moss , and didnt know how to get started. You gave me the nudge to get started!

I keep moss in with my baby seedlings to prevent mold(they are inhabited by little critters that munch on the mold). I also keep my ferns in with lots of moss for the same reason -- works as great as it looks 😄

Nice presentation! very professional!

Thanks for the video. I just ordered a bag of different mosses off the internet and I’m new to terrariums. I think I’ll have more moss sent than needed, so this was helpful to save the rest for a future project.

Man I didn’t think I would enjoy a video about moss so much but I really did! This is delightful!

I use outside tree moss, sanitized, for my fish aquariums, works very well & the fish love nibbling on it.

at 2:18 theres a cute little wormy c:

I made a moss terrarium with a couple different types of moss and put about 10 woodlouse in with some bark and rotted wood/leaves. It’s such a nice little terrarium and I can’t wait until the moss grows even more.

You sir have inspired me so much thank you I just collected moss and I want to set up a propagation box for them and soon start making terreriums

this is a great video thank u for all the information!!!!

Very enjoyable!!!

I love your natural moss! I'm lucky to have at least 4 types of moss growing near my apartment building, I plan to collect and propagate some soon.

First video of yours I've seen and super glad I found this! Great info thank you!

MMMMOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS my favored plant out of all plants!

Thank you for being solely responsible for my new addiction to moss and terrAriums!!!

I was taking some dried dead moss from trees on a recent trip to Alaska for D&D terrain (looks pretty realistic when it's literal dead plants) when I got an idea to take live moss. At first I was going to let it dry out, but after visiting 49th state brewing in Anchorage and seeing a massive moss wall, I decided I wanted to make one of my own. I didn't take very much so I will need to grow some more before putting it into a Picture frame, thanks for the in depth video, I will be following your Living Moss Picture Frame more or less as well! Keep growing.

Thanks! Did not know this was so easy to do. I live in the desert of southern Colorado, but there are still mosses among the sage, and of course many types in the surrounding sub-alpine foothills. Thanks! & CheerZ!

Heya! I’m working on my first terrarium and I have a few questions. I have a small green house on my patio, could I keep the moss in there instead of under an LED (i don’t have much space in my apartment)? Could I add the microflora after I put the moss in the terrarium, or is it better if I put it in the moss while it’s propagating? Loved the video! Thanks!

You are my dream man!!!!! Seriously though....

Great Video!!! I love mosses and theres a lot of different types in the woods behind my house and on nearby nature trails so it should be pretty easy to start out! I'm probably going to use smaller containers so I can have one type of moss per tupperware.

i love mosses how they spread and carpet their environment. i think moss looks great grown with small rocks and mini models of wildlife placed here and there. i love its heavy green lushness..

Can you do a guide for Aquarium Moss growth and where to find the right moss for it? Thanks!

Excellent!

Wow! You made this video 5 years ago & unfortunately I am late to the party lol I just came across this video bc I'm a "poor" horticulturalist & well ..u have quite the southern hospitality & I thank u very much. U made this video by using just about everything from materials already "on hand" or pretty close to it & that means a lot. Call me weird idc but yea U gained my vote. & right at the part were u mentioned sterilizing the dirt, if u get it from outside...lol thank u so much for creating my kind of content. I'm so glad I came across this video & ur page.( I hope ur still doing this chanel regular, 5 years, if not I'll really be upset 😭) lol thank u again!

I chose to look at moss because I've been living in a semi-desert environment in Mexico for some years, and I miss it like an old friend. When I think of England I think of the forest where the moss grows in abundance: such vivid greens; so thick and lavish; so soft and inviting; so comfortable and accommodating.

2:17 there is a worm right under the moss XD