Preparing, cleaning and storing moss for terrarium and other botanical projects

Preparing, cleaning and storing moss for terrarium and other botanical projects

This is a very simple process but an extremely important steps to prevent unwanted pests, hitchhikers and mold/fungal infections in your botanical projects.
It involves removing twigs and dry/dead grass from the moss and rinsing it in distilled or RO water. Rinsing process is to be repeated a couple of times to get the moss as much free of soil and debris as possible. Once done the moss needs to be stored in specially prepared storage containers/boxes and placed under artificial lights for about 8 -10 hours of photoperiod everyday.

Moss in video - Fissidens

Here is the video on preparation of moss storage box.
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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
0:17 - Inspecting moss inside zip seal bag
0:47 - Laying out the sheet of moss on a kitchen towel
1:14 - Picking up twigs, dry grass and debris from the sheet of moss
1:59 - Rinsing the moss in RO water
3:33 - Laying the moss flat on a kitchen towel
4:03 - Placing the moss in the storage box
4:33 - Adding springtails for mold prevention.
4:51 - Placing the closed moss storage box under artificial lighting

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