Crazy experiment with moss and kitchen scourer!

[Gage]

From everything I have heard, read, and done, I believe the yogurt/buttermilk type concoction is intended for outdoor use. It's good for getting moss to grow in a shade garden or on the soil surface of bonsai. My biggest issue I have encountered with bringing moss into a terrarium environment is making sure there are no creepy crawlies or their eggs. After rinsing like crazy, I put the moss in a holding tank for a few weeks to see if anything hatches or mold starts to grow. Fun stuff!

[Kimbubbley]

Gage... Ew! Did anything hatch after all the rinsing??

[Otis226]

Very creative idea! I think you may be surprised at how well it turns out if you give it some time...(you're an orchid person, so I KNOW you have patience!) That moss you collected looks great and if it likes the terrarium conditions will spread just as it is. I've 'seeded' some of my bonsai pots with collected moss from around the house and it usually takes in 2-2 1/2 months. That's outdoors here in FL. Wish you good luck and again, I applaud your creative idea.
Cheers,
Tony

[FairyInTheFlowers]

Wow! 2 1/2 months! I would run out of patience.

[Kimbubbley]

Thanks Otis 2.5 mths is a walk in the park by the time u hit middle age Cody LOL

[FairyInTheFlowers]

That's what I've heard! Well, I wish time would go a little faster right now! A week is too long to wait to get my 'chids that are getting shipped out on Monday!

[Otis226]

Originally Posted by Kimbubbley

Thanks Otis 2.5 mths is a walk in the park by the time u hit middle age Cody LOL

...and when you get into your 60's it goes by light lightning!
Cheers,
Tony

[bedfellow]

An old thread, I know, but I was researching using artificial mounts and found this.

I've been using Scotchbrite pads in industry for years and am aware that they contain abrasive additives to the non-woven structure, typically this is aluminium oxide.

Independent of whether the structure of the material is suitable, consideration also needs to be given as to whether whatever is mounted to it is tolerant of the abrasive additive.

I would be interested to hear as to whether this experiment succeeded or whether anyone else has had success with it.

[SouthPark]

Originally Posted by bedfellow

An old thread, I know, but I was researching using artificial mounts and found this.

It is ------ 9 years later heheh.

I just came in to read as I didn't skim the heading properly, and thought it was about growing orchids on kitchen scourers. But even if it is about growing moss on scourers, not sure what happened to the OP ...... some update about what happened in the end would be nice.

On the other hand, the OP's procedure appears to be nicely explained. So would be easy to try out.