Things Needed
Tip
If Irish moss is acquire gracious and boneheaded , it will take light foot traffic without damage .
Irish moss , sometimes known as Scotch moss , is n’t actually a moss at all . The perennial matting is seaweed that has tiny fluxing lime dark-green leaves and blooms with slight white flowers in the spring and summer . The most common use for Irish moss is a ground natural covering or makeweight in stone gardens or in the quad between pavers . Irish moss is easy to grow and worry for and is surprisingly utilitarian . the right way prepared , the seaweed is used for tea , as a gelling broker in many food and as a soften agent in some skin lotion .
Step 1
educate the grime for Irish moss by digging down an inch or two and then mixing in backbone and compost to make the soil drain well . select a location that has full sun to partial afternoon shade .
Step 2
Plant seeds on top of the soil one inch apart , or two inches apart for the spreading variety . Cover the ejaculate with a light coating of sand , making certain you ca n’t see the seed . Water carefully , so as not to float the seed all into one home . you may plant the germ in the springtime after the scourge of frost is gone or in the free fall . Fall planting may result in birds or other beast eating the seeds during the winter , however , so it is best to plant in the spring .
you may also start the seed indoors about six weeks before your last frost engagement . you may plant them in the same mode and transpose the seedlings alfresco right after the last freeze .
Step 3
urine to keep the plant moist but not pluck . Water once a workweek if that is enough to keep the grunge moist . If it becomes very hot and dry , you may call for to irrigate as much as every other twenty-four hour period . Because the antecedent are not very abstruse , tenacious waterings are not necessary .
Step 4
Use a water - soluble flora food that can be water on once a month . Because the plant life is fatheaded , you will not be able to get a granular feed to the ground , and it may burn the tiny plants .
Step 5
establish another plant near the Irish moss that attracts ladybugs , such as dill , blowball or coriander . Aphids have been known to be an episodic problem to the Irish moss , and the ladybird will eat the aphids . This way , you will not have to use a pesticide on your plants .
