Kyoto Moss Spores

i have grown moss before from other companies and it always worked. I followed instructions on package to the letter and after 6 weeks...nothing. I will give it a few more weeks but don't have much faith that it will grow. It was a cheap experiment so I don't feel cheated, but thought the company should know. Thank you.

The moss never sprouted. I used half of it. I am hoping in the spring to try again.

Long germination. Up to 8 weeks. Will Write follow up as they they develop. Growing under glass to maintain humility and avoid drafts.. Been under glass 2 months, and I am sad to say for me these spores are a waste of money and time. I would not recommend this product to anyone,

What's show in my pictures is when I first 'sowed' it at the end of Jan, and how it looks as of writing this review at the end of March. I'm getting a beautiful carpet of moss over the wicking rope wrapped around the center beam of my aquarium.

4 stars for prompt delivery. So this is my second try with this product. I had a minor success which was quickly dashed by an invasive fungal incursion. No doubt a result of my lackadaisical sterilization technique. This time I used a mixture of 50% potting soil, 30% biochar, 20% coarse sand as my topsoil and 50% biochar/50% coarse sand substrate. 2 types of pine bark and red lava rock are the mulch layer. All were moistened for 24 hours to allow any latent spores to spawn. Then double sterilized sealed in foil for 2.5 hours @ 350 deg F and allowed to cool in the oven. I layered everything accordingly, moistened the now dry strata with bottled water, ph adjusted to 6.6 w/beneficial microflora and enzymes added. Let's hope my neurosis pays off. Will repost pictures and rerate upon success.

It took about 6-8 weeks to see even coverage in flats. Prep: To apply the spores, I soaked ~1/2 packet in about 18-20oz of water, stirred thoroughly, then scooped out spoon-fulls and poured onto individual plugs in flats. Medium & Environment: I used Humidity Dome Extra Strength 5 Pack Propagation Cloning Domes Vented for 1020 Seed Starting Germination by Bootstrap Farmer + 72 Cell Seed Starter Tray - 5 Pack - Extra Strength Starting Trays for Planting Seedlings, Propagation, Germination Plug Station by Bootstrap Farmer (100% vent) w/ a mix of Root Riot RTRTBAG100 Organic Plant Starter Cubes, 100 Cubes and 100 Count- Jiffy 36 MM Peat Soil Pellets inside a greenhouse. The trays were getting direct sun for the first month or so, and filtered sun most of the day after the moss started appearing. Daytime temp in greenhouse was about 80-95 degrees F (50-70% humidity) most days. There doesn't appear to be huge difference between growth on peat pellets vs root riot plugs. Trays were sitting in 1/2 inch of water the entire time. Issues: I ran into a some issues with Fungus & Fungus Gnats during the process which probably could have been avoided by using Summit 116-12 Quick Kill Mosquito Bits, 8-Ounce or something similar in a spray bottle every now and then. Gnats were treated with mosquito pellets and fungus was treated with cinnamon powder. Hope that helps the people having issues with this.

I used a small amount of this product and followed the directions in the "detailed growing guide", I still just have a pile of dirt. So i took the rest of the product and started experimenting, i split it into 3 equal portions and made 3 containers in the first one I applied one portion of the product on half of the container and on the other half I applied some of the moss I had retrieved from the woods near my home the soil I used was what I normally use when growing moss that I have retrieved. Results: Nothing growing on the spore side and the moss side looking great and seems to be easing over into the bare side. In the second container I used the same soil, one side I ground up some of the moss that I had and mixed it with water and made a paste, smeared it on the soil, I them mixed the spores with water and made a paste and did the same. Results: nothing on the spore side and a nice green carpet of moss on the other. On the third container, I went online and found a recipe for a "special moss soil" Results: The "special moss soil" grows the spores just as well as all the other soils I tried!

I was really hoping this would work since I adore moss and where I live it is difficult to find moss as beautiful as kyoto moss. I followed all of the planting directions and after 2 months still had no growth. I ended up giving up on this product which was pretty disappointing. After reading some of the more recent reviews, I wonder if maybe I gave up on it too soon. It seems like there's a wide range for how soon to start expecting growth. Clearly some people have had success and for the price it's not like you're taking a huge hit if it doesn't pan out.