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How to Make your own Moss
Landscape Rock and Garden Statues
Moss can make some garden elements and
even entire gardens look and feel aged
and established. The trouble with garden
moss is that sometimes it may not even
grow on its own. And if it does, it could
take a very long time.
Here's a way you can accelerate and help
establish a beautiful green carpet over
your garden rocks and concrete features.
This method doesn't work well on resin
statues and artificial landscape rocks.
First stir a fist size clump of porcelain
clay into 3 cups of water to form a thin
paste. You can usually get porcelain clay
from local hobby shops.
Then combine the clay mixture with one
cup of undiluted fish emulsion and one
cup of fresh, shredded moss. Fish
emulsion is a plant fertilizer made from
whole fish. You can usually get it at
nurseries and garden centers.
Mix together and paint it on your rocks
and concrete objects with a paint brush.
Remember that moss grows naturally in
patches, likes the North side of objects,
and takes readily to cracks and crevices.
Use this formula in shady gardens and in
moist locations and you can most probably
have moss on your garden statues and
landscape rocks in a few weeks.
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