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
SerpaDesign i was the one who talked to you about the AFTs this is my new channel my gmail is rainforestreptiles@gmail.com i have a video about them up go ahead and check it out if you want to
SerpaDesign Can you make a universal guide to propagating lichen? I have a little bit of lichen and I want to use it in my terrarium, but I do not know how to grow it.
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
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.
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.
@Teexaman Do you realize you have at least a hundred species of moss in Nevada? We even have a hundred species that grow in the 120oF to freezing Mojave Desert catalogued in Joshua Tree National Park. Nevada has such diverse ecosystems, from scorching deserts to alpine arctic habitats. Lots of kinds of mosses there if you look.
I live in the desolate wasteland of Western Australia. So hot your shoes will melt on the road in summer. I want to try and use moss to vibe my Japanese garden. Wish me luck in doing that.
@@cactuswren9771 Ive lived in Nevada for 10+ years and havent seen moss anywhere, not even the wetlands :( I was wondering if you had some tips or tricks or any places to look specifically for moss out here? Thank you!
Yeah like I live in Arizona in the Sonoran desert so whenever people say "you can find moss everywhere!" It's like dude no it gets to over 120 degrees in the summer and only rains like three times a year lol
@@waves4699 check somewhere shady near a streambed during the monsoons! The moss where I live goes dormant over the summer because it gets 118° and doesn't rain. It only starts greening up when it starts raining again during the fall. Dormant moss will look a little like cryptobiotic soil, but with a green-brown tinge and will typically be on stone or wood instead of soil.
@@triviamasquer thanks for the tip! I'll look next monsoon season, sadly this one was disappointing. Where I live we only got two small storms and it never officially started
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
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
Moss can separate the shingles, letting in moisture and dirt, and buildup can degrade asphalt shingles, shortening their life span. It is very attractive short term, but can be very expensive long term.
Sometimes when I’m washing dishes, a magpie will hop on to the roof outside my kitchen window to flip over the pillow moss and search for bugs. So I’m pretty fond of roof moss.
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
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
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!
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. 🥰😍
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
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.
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 :)
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!
i have gone through a decent amount of cork bark for my vivariums and aquariums and i have to say, i MUCH prefer pieces with lichens on them. it’s so much more visually pleasing than a plain piece of wood.
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 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
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.
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.
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
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.
@Chileno haha. I had my moss in a jar for years, my pet moss. It died when I didn't notice the interior of the jar got too dry, and it was summer so it dried too quickly :(
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.
Yeah saw that too, but it isn't a worm. It can be seen sitting on the piece of moss he grabs. Its a beetle or something. Then as he grabs the moss it coincidentally falls into some hole that was there and it crawls further in.
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 bought some aquatic plants online and this was the recommended method of cleaning the plants before use. soak in a 1:20 bleach:water mixture for 2 minutes, then in water triple-dosed with dechlorinator for 10 minutes. seemed to work well!
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! 😊
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 didn't realize just how much I miss my childhood house in the woods until you mentioned exploring the woods behind your house :( I've been living in the city now for about 12 years and I really miss it.
There are more places on earth that people never go than those they inhabit. If every human alive went out and picked a tub full of moss it wouldn't make a dent.
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've collected a bit from the north side of ASU campus. There used to be some that grew in the cooler months around some trees in the dirt. Cheers from a fellow person in Arizona!
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..
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.
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?
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.
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
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 TH-cam videos and found yours to be MOST helpful!!! 😊
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 :(
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!
It’s illegal in Italy too. they are protected species, 1) they are important for their micro ecosystem. 2) in the past their collection without rules has led them towards extinction.
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.
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!
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.❤
You took an entire backyards worth of moss? What is that, 200 square feet?That’s incredibly irresponsible and unethical and destructive to the ecosystem.
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!
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! 😍
this video inspired me, watched it and the next day despite living in a desert i somehow managed to find a small patch of moss in a hole somewhat near a water source, i cant wait to see how itll look soon
I livi en Norway and in my back yard there's a pretty big fores full of moss everywhere :3 . I am Norwegian but I've lived the majority of my life in my other home country (Spain) in a zone with not a lot of vegetation (pretty hot and dry) so now they I just moved out I wanted to have some plants and moss in my room (maybe a moss wall, which is a thing here in Norway where you come a whole wall in moss and is sooo cool, it's pretty easy to find in airports, resting places of banks, offices or such. I just love them). I Shure need to learn how to take care of all that moss from my garden, thanks a lot for the video I needed to get informed, I hope it works for me :)
I grew up in the Pacific Rainforests of Canada. I am no longer there, but the Moss species were amazing! I wish. I was still there. Thank you for posting this video! Where I live now on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River I should be able to find some different mosses! Excellent!!
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 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.
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 😄
I have a technique I like to use for all plants etc I introduce to my setups. In my local discount supermarket they charge 20p for a large 2L carbonated water bottle (almost nothing) so I use this for sterilizing ,simply tie the bag with the plant in it and anything animal will suffocate wile the plants get a CO2 boost . Thanks again for a grate channel. Lovely work.
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.
I have just discovered this channel so I don't know if your questions have been answered. In any case, I can answer you the first one: charcoal is a natural highly porous material. Surface chemistry teaches us that all substances may adsorb over surfaces and then they will be removed from the media where they were dissolved or suspended (depending on what substance we are talking about), like if they were trapped. This is irrelevant for most materials because they have little total surface. Highly porous materials are those that have an enormous total surface per unit volume, so they are especially interesting to remove (by adsorption) any particle, since, e.g. 100 g of them can remove many dirt. Charcoal is highly porous because when wood is slowly burned, plant cell wall structure remains and leaves a honeycomb-like porous structure. Activated charcoal is the big father, with a density of pores far more big, the why it is used to purify tap water in BRITA(R) products. This said, I believe you will now be able to extend this further if you read the activated carbon article in wikipedia :)
I know this was posted ages ago, but the reason springtails and other isopods are used as a "cleanup crew" for terrariums and vivariums is because they eat mold and decaying matter! it's the same reason people like to keep snails in their aquariums, because they eat the algae which could otherwise build up and suffocate the other organisms. Serpa has a whole video about springtails, so i'd definitely recommend watching that if you want to learn more!
I have a huge forest in my property, and it's been raining a lot. So, naturally, there's so many patches of moss, that's what made watch this vid, and grow a hole bunch of moss!
I liked your video on finding moss for free in our own environment! I did find some moss in the rock beds of my apartments so this video will help me take care of it. Thanks!
I haven't actually set up a vivarium/terrarium or anything, but I have always loved moss. Will probably do this project soonish so I can just have some beautiful moss around. I'll probably have to dig around a bit or order some online though, since I live in a pretty dry environment.
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.
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
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.
Gathering moss from the wild can be illegal in Australia (it is in NSW, I'm not sure if this is the rule everywhere). Removing it in gardens and other urban settings is fine though, and there are Australian moss sellers on Etsy. I had a lady at a nursery let me pick the moss out of the potted plants that had been sitting for a while, which worked great when I needed some at short notice.
Just grabbed some from a rock in the forest for my aquarium, but I forgot I could bring unwanted guests along with it + the different types of moss could be that the one I picked cannot live under full submersion. I have zero knowledge of which moss is what so there's that. Great video!
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
SerpaDesign i was the one who talked to you about the AFTs this is my new channel my gmail is rainforestreptiles@gmail.com i have a video about them up go ahead and check it out if you want to
SerpaDesign Thankyou so much for this!!!
SerpaDesign Can you make a universal guide to propagating lichen? I have a little bit of lichen and I want to use it in my terrarium, but I do not know how to grow it.
SerpaDesign Thanks for the moss video! My dad loved his gift ;)
SerpaDesign, look at 8:52 ;(
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.
Hello I'm hopeful that u are still on youtube ma'am. I need help identifying a I think moss. Can u please help.
Thank u.
Adriana Barron completely
So many different types of moss. All very cool.
love it 😩😩
@Costa, H.T. That's cute, I did the same and built little gardens 😍
The fact that a video about propagating moss has 1.9 million views gives me faith in humanity.
In 2024 it's up to 2.7 million of us!
United by moss
And @SerpaDesign
Moss is a very underrated plant
Schiwi M true but I love it
does it attract insects?
Its not
Schiwi M RIGHT
Smoke moss everyday
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
Bob Moss.
Randy Moss
Moss moss
kate moss
Steve moss
Maurice Moss 🤓
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.
You should take a video of it, it sounds amazing!
Would love to see it!
Wow... i wanna see it!
Make a video and upload to your channel
I would love to see such an amazing creation...
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.
Awesome!
@Teexaman Do you realize you have at least a hundred species of moss in Nevada? We even have a hundred species that grow in the 120oF to freezing Mojave Desert catalogued in Joshua Tree National Park. Nevada has such diverse ecosystems, from scorching deserts to alpine arctic habitats. Lots of kinds of mosses there if you look.
I live in the desolate wasteland of Western Australia. So hot your shoes will melt on the road in summer.
I want to try and use moss to vibe my Japanese garden. Wish me luck in doing that.
@@declan99 oh rip, as someone living in Queensland who watches all the moss completely dry out in the hotter months, I wish you luck 😂
@@cactuswren9771 Ive lived in Nevada for 10+ years and havent seen moss anywhere, not even the wetlands :( I was wondering if you had some tips or tricks or any places to look specifically for moss out here? Thank you!
"moss is everywhere"
me: *confused desert noises*
Yeah like I live in Arizona in the Sonoran desert so whenever people say "you can find moss everywhere!" It's like dude no it gets to over 120 degrees in the summer and only rains like three times a year lol
@@waves4699 check somewhere shady near a streambed during the monsoons! The moss where I live goes dormant over the summer because it gets 118° and doesn't rain. It only starts greening up when it starts raining again during the fall.
Dormant moss will look a little like cryptobiotic soil, but with a green-brown tinge and will typically be on stone or wood instead of soil.
@@triviamasquer thanks for the tip! I'll look next monsoon season, sadly this one was disappointing. Where I live we only got two small storms and it never officially started
Go check the wadis. 😁
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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
Gunzee reading your comment was so satisfying
Gunzee sounds like innisfree lol
wow, i feel like i was there
If you write a book i would read it
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
roll zolo it really is beautiful right ?
Moss can separate the shingles, letting in moisture and dirt, and buildup can degrade asphalt shingles, shortening their life span. It is very attractive short term, but can be very expensive long term.
Never thought about that. I like the aesthetics of moss. For some reason I thought that they degraded shingles.
Sometimes when I’m washing dishes, a magpie will hop on to the roof outside my kitchen window to flip over the pillow moss and search for bugs. So I’m pretty fond of roof moss.
Weight.
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
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
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!
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. 🥰😍
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
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.
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 :)
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!
I like lichens too, they look lovely in terrariums growing on stones.
Same , I can’t understand why so many ppl consider moss and lichens a nuisance.. both are beautiful 🥰
Yes exactly!
i have gone through a decent amount of cork bark for my vivariums and aquariums and i have to say, i MUCH prefer pieces with lichens on them. it’s so much more visually pleasing than a plain piece of wood.
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!
A random earthworm: Yess, I finally deep cleaned my whole house! :)
At 2:17
Earthworm: WTFF?? ! The roof!!
Ahhh, just moved into this beautiful house, hold up, somethings wrong.
ahhhhaha came here looking for a worm comment
Awwwww
You niggas are funny a f 😂
“From the woods behind my house.”
Well aren’t you lucky.
Exactly.. 😄
Cities are lame.
I get it from damp areas in parks! Try narrow corners.
Proceeds to show footage of the most magical fairytale forest moss I could imagine
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
We have temperate rainforest on the east coast? Where are you referring to exactly?
Temperate rainforest that is Olympic National Park on the west coast?
Same with the Pacific Northwest! Washington is gorgeous highly recommend a visit to the Olympic Peninsula.
Where tf are temperate rainforests in the east like
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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.
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.
I'm just starting as well. Do you think the lighting is necessary? I feel like the moss should do fine with just sunlight. Thoughts?
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
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.
@Chileno haha. I had my moss in a jar for years, my pet moss.
It died when I didn't notice the interior of the jar got too dry, and it was summer so it dried too quickly :(
@@fenrirgg Aw, sorry about that.
Moss is like a tiny lush forest. It is it's own world. I love it.
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!
man your storage container looks better than my terrarium
This was super helpful! You've inspired me to start my own terrarium!
sun fiishii any update after two years?
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.
who else saw the worm a 2:18
a cat shut up
ZefkThe Noob me
Lmao me
I got the chills from seeing it.
Yeah saw that too, but it isn't a worm. It can be seen sitting on the piece of moss he grabs. Its a beetle or something. Then as he grabs the moss it coincidentally falls into some hole that was there and it crawls further in.
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 bought some aquatic plants online and this was the recommended method of cleaning the plants before use. soak in a 1:20 bleach:water mixture for 2 minutes, then in water triple-dosed with dechlorinator for 10 minutes. seemed to work well!
Hey its been two years. hows ur dart frogs doing?
Thank you for listing the moss names along with the images. I've been waiting forever for someone to illustrate it that way.
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! 😊
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.
Order 5 sq ft for 25$
Holy crap 😳
Damn. I live in New Hampshire and can go grab buckets of it within an hour.
@@Sleepszn379 woah. where?
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!
It's funny how something I would have never considered interesting before is now fascinating to me. Thanks Serpa! Love your videos.
I didn't realize just how much I miss my childhood house in the woods until you mentioned exploring the woods behind your house :( I've been living in the city now for about 12 years and I really miss it.
Thank you for mentioning the sustainability aspect.
There are more places on earth that people never go than those they inhabit. If every human alive went out and picked a tub full of moss it wouldn't make a dent.
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!
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 collected a bit from the north side of ASU campus. There used to be some that grew in the cooler months around some trees in the dirt.
Cheers from a fellow person in Arizona!
Sedona arizona....one of the most lush places I've ever seen. so pretty
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..
Your a legend bro...im from Australia and love watching your vids
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.
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?
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.
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
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 TH-cam videos and found yours to be MOST helpful!!!
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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 :(
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!
Picking up moss is ilegal in some countries, Spain for example. I dont know the reason but watch out when you pick it!
Al Es Hahahaha I'm a criminal right now 😂 (it was from my garden man)
It’s illegal in Italy too. they are protected species, 1) they are important for their micro ecosystem. 2) in the past their collection without rules has led them towards extinction.
@@TheKonga88 so u r in your prison cell right now?
@@DBT1007 They sent me to Mars. 👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽
police be hiking with miniguns to gun down any damn moss stealers
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.
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!
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.❤
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.
You took an entire backyards worth of moss? What is that, 200 square feet?That’s incredibly irresponsible and unethical and destructive to the ecosystem.
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!
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!
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! 😍
Man....i learned the hard way,,,moss and mold are 2 different things...
U can be mold master and film a video like this on how to grow molds
but molds are 5 times easier to grow though
To be fair: if either is growing on your food it's probably beyond eating.
Hahahaha I love this. Moss is nice. Mold is gross 😷
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Man I didn’t think I would enjoy a video about moss so much but I really did! This is delightful!
Woah, I really enjoyed this video! Thanks! Can't wait to make my own moss sometime to transplant to some terrariums!
this video inspired me, watched it and the next day despite living in a desert i somehow managed to find a small patch of moss in a hole somewhat near a water source, i cant wait to see how itll look soon
I use outside tree moss, sanitized, for my fish aquariums, works very well & the fish love nibbling on it.
Brenda Morris what kind of moss specifically?
Brenda Morris how do you sanitize the mods to put in fish aquariums?
Eva Parker I got some n left it in water for bout a week
Member Cup I didn't post this
Eva Parker bro that’s exactly what happened to me someone replied to me and it showed a comment i didnt even comment at all
I livi en Norway and in my back yard there's a pretty big fores full of moss everywhere :3 . I am Norwegian but I've lived the majority of my life in my other home country (Spain) in a zone with not a lot of vegetation (pretty hot and dry) so now they I just moved out I wanted to have some plants and moss in my room (maybe a moss wall, which is a thing here in Norway where you come a whole wall in moss and is sooo cool, it's pretty easy to find in airports, resting places of banks, offices or such. I just love them). I Shure need to learn how to take care of all that moss from my garden, thanks a lot for the video I needed to get informed, I hope it works for me :)
Moss is awesome. Thanks for the video!
I grew up in the Pacific Rainforests of Canada. I am no longer there, but the Moss species were amazing! I wish. I was still there. Thank you for posting this video! Where I live now on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River I should be able to find some different mosses! Excellent!!
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 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.
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 😄
I have a technique I like to use for all plants etc I introduce to my setups. In my local discount supermarket they charge 20p for a large 2L carbonated water bottle (almost nothing) so I use this for sterilizing ,simply tie the bag with the plant in it and anything animal will suffocate wile the plants get a CO2 boost .
Thanks again for a grate channel. Lovely work.
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.
I have just discovered this channel so I don't know if your questions have been answered. In any case, I can answer you the first one: charcoal is a natural highly porous material. Surface chemistry teaches us that all substances may adsorb over surfaces and then they will be removed from the media where they were dissolved or suspended (depending on what substance we are talking about), like if they were trapped. This is irrelevant for most materials because they have little total surface. Highly porous materials are those that have an enormous total surface per unit volume, so they are especially interesting to remove (by adsorption) any particle, since, e.g. 100 g of them can remove many dirt. Charcoal is highly porous because when wood is slowly burned, plant cell wall structure remains and leaves a honeycomb-like porous structure. Activated charcoal is the big father, with a density of pores far more big, the why it is used to purify tap water in BRITA(R) products. This said, I believe you will now be able to extend this further if you read the activated carbon article in wikipedia :)
Would someone translate this into Blonde Speak please? 😂💚👍
Mimi bazillions of very tiny holes in activated carbon traps dirt particles, cleaning the water.
Thank you! Why didn't he just say that😉
I know this was posted ages ago, but the reason springtails and other isopods are used as a "cleanup crew" for terrariums and vivariums is because they eat mold and decaying matter! it's the same reason people like to keep snails in their aquariums, because they eat the algae which could otherwise build up and suffocate the other organisms. Serpa has a whole video about springtails, so i'd definitely recommend watching that if you want to learn more!
Just made five moss jars, and now all my friends want them. I'm addicted!
MMMMOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS my favored plant out of all plants!
Aren't we wierd?! Lol
@@neuorder4100 yes, yes we are
I love moss lol
For some reason I first read this as "My favorite flavored plant" lol
This is the best straight forward howto ever.
Thank you for an informative video. I believe, many of viewers enjoy the videos like this, so keep doing great job and inspiring us! :)
I have a huge forest in my property, and it's been raining a lot. So, naturally, there's so many patches of moss, that's what made watch this vid, and grow a hole bunch of moss!
Thank you for being solely responsible for my new addiction to moss and terrAriums!!!
I liked your video on finding moss for free in our own environment! I did find some moss in the rock beds of my apartments so this video will help me take care of it. Thanks!
I used to go to daycare as a kid. Outside we would gather moss and make our own "islands"
Years ago when I was six or seven back in 1964, we used to enter Moss Gardens in our local community fairs! It was always a lot of fun.
Serpa: "Just keep your eyes peeled, and you'll notice it just about anywhere"
*Me looking around the high deserts of new mexico* wat
Lol
I haven't actually set up a vivarium/terrarium or anything, but I have always loved moss. Will probably do this project soonish so I can just have some beautiful moss around. I'll probably have to dig around a bit or order some online though, since I live in a pretty dry environment.
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.
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!
at 2:18 theres a cute little wormy c:
i love how efficient, concise and consistent your videos are! rly helpful!!!
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
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.
I live in Australia, so gatherings moss is possible but hard since it’s usually very dried out, so I have to soak it first.
Try searching in shaded and/or damp areas
Find a cave
@@aihuazeng7747 once again, Australia, not many caves near by 😂
I just find shaded places and water sources.
Gathering moss from the wild can be illegal in Australia (it is in NSW, I'm not sure if this is the rule everywhere). Removing it in gardens and other urban settings is fine though, and there are Australian moss sellers on Etsy.
I had a lady at a nursery let me pick the moss out of the potted plants that had been sitting for a while, which worked great when I needed some at short notice.
@@WoodsideLegacy I gather it from my back yard
Just grabbed some from a rock in the forest for my aquarium, but I forgot I could bring unwanted guests along with it + the different types of moss could be that the one I picked cannot live under full submersion. I have zero knowledge of which moss is what so there's that. Great video!
Nice presentation! very professional!
Been doing terrariums for a couples months now and you're videos are very instructive! Thanks from Switzerland! 😁
2:17 there is a worm right under the moss XD
I'm planning on making a moss and fern garden and this shed a lot of light on things I didn't consider. Thanks!
2:18 worm says hey man wha cha doing with my lunch
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.