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    Can you buy live moss in Victoria

    I need to dip into the combined pool of Aulro knowledge...

    My wife is wanting to buy some live moss for a garden project. Not a huge amount - probably about 0.25m2

    She's phoned around a few garden centres, but no luck and no leads. Anyone know if its actually possible to buy it as a product?

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    Ahh yes you can.
    Ask a florist if they can source some for you, some of the old time florist still use it.
    I can try some of my old sources, it will take a while I've been out of the cut flower industry for a some time now.

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    You can also make it by painting Yogurt on a rock or something,, probably even a piece of wood could work. Keep it moist and cool.

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    Check this out, Bob They are in Victoria, I believe.

    Australian Orchid Nursery - Moss of various varieties.
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    Free of our roof. Only trouble is we are a fair distance away.
    Cheers Hall

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hall View Post
    Free of our roof. Only trouble is we are a fair distance away.
    Cheers Hall
    Think you're right - a bit far away for a bit of moss.Thanks for the offer though!

    Thanks for the other replies too. Will follow them up and see how we go.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hall View Post
    Free of our roof. Only trouble is we are a fair distance away.
    Cheers Hall
    yep me too, roof has it , must be possum tucker as they are always up there at night. Bloody stuff is slippery on the paving too, if you want moss whether you like it or not you get it in the hills.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Hall View Post
    Free of our roof. Only trouble is we are a fair distance away.
    Cheers Hall
    Cardboard box, shredded newspaper, moistened with the garden hose... Roll up the moss. Sit it in the wet shredded paper and top it off with more of the same and then tape the box up well and post it. It'll be fine. We bought 70 Photina Robusta off Ebay. They came thru the post a few days later packed this way... No dramas at all! The other option is to cover a large rock in cow poo (in a shaded area) and keep it moist using the mist setting on a garden hose attachment. Moss will grow within a few months if your air is clean.
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    You can buy moss at almost all plant nurseries. You will find it growing atop the pots in cool damp areas along with the plants that you actually pay for. That said, do you really want moss? It needs lots of water and part shade? Are you actually after Scleranthus which looks, superficially, very like moss? See: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=s...w=1635&bih=817 Scleranthus biflorus is a native species and can be purchased at many nurseries. Sometimes called Cushion Plant or Knawel.

    Cheers
    KarlB

    PS I note the apparent confusion between lichen and moss in some posts.

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