Premium New Zealand Sphagnum Moss, 150g (12L When Hydrated) - Harvested Sustainably from The Pristine West Coast of New Zealand's South Island

This moss is amazing!!! I don't use sphagnum moss for my aroids, I've always just stuck with my tried and true aroid mix. I'm currently starting a buisness selling houseplants online and recently I've been struggling with propogating my plants in my bark aroid mix mainly due to the fact of my dry climate here in california. I know many people who use this moss even some youtubers and they always use new zealand long strand moss. I also chose this over leca because this keeps the most moisture out of leca and aroid soil mediums. The moss isnt expensive either came in at 25 bucks and for how much you get its a steal and the moss seems very fresh some of it still green. Its been working great for rooting cuttings with 100% success with the 8 cuttings I have potted up with this. There are some cheaper brands out there but I would recommend getting this instead. A total surprise in quality 10/10

This costs more but the quality is top notch. Other moss typically has a lot of debris and plant matter in my experience. If you use moss for climbing plants in poles or in orchid substrate you won’t regret spending a little more for this.

Before I bought this, I was buying spaghnum moss from a local hardware store. I had just gotten my first orchid so had no experience with the product. This moss is by far the better option. There were no bugs, mold or funky smell. There are a few sticks, but I feel like that is to be expected and it wasn't hard to pull them out and disgard them. It has lasted much better than the previous moss I used. It seemed like such a small chunk of moss when I got it, but once I started hydrating it to use it, the moss went a long way. I will definitely be buying more in the future.

This product is top notch!I needed some high quality sphagnum moss to use as a substrate component for my orchids. I keep phalaenopsis, oncidium, paphiopedilum, and many more exotic kinds. Some of them needed repotting this spring. I have epiphytes and terrestrial orchids. Every orchid I have is in a unique mix that is optimized to give each plant the correct amount of air, moisture, and nutrients. Some of my orchids are grown semi-hydro style, potted in solely LECA (in gravel form, Turface). But not all of them do well in that medium, which is where this sphagnum moss comes in.I use: bark, moss, lava rock, coconut chips, charcoal, turface, sometimes perlite, all in different combinations.Sphagnum moss is a major component of my mixes. It provides excellent water retention, aeration when packed loosely, and some antimicrobial properties.This specific moss is very high quality. If you check out the Spagmoss website they explain how the moss is sourced, and it shows in the quality of the product. They hand pick it from cultivated moss fields in New Zealand and bring it to processing centers via helicopter where it is cleaned and air dried carefully. The strands are intact, they are very long and fluffy. The brick form it comes in expands immensely upon soaking with water. I only needed a big handful of it dry, to pot up 5 different orchids (mixed with other substrate amendments).To easily pot up an orchid, I would recommend soaking the moss in a small bucket and then squeezing it gently to remove most of the water so it is damp. Working on a tray is best so you can mix your substrate up and not make a big mess. Wearing some gloves helps. Mix some pieces of moss in with your other amendments and carefully fill in space in and around the root ball.If you need a long lasting high quality sphagnum moss for orchid potting or any other purpose look no further. This stuff is amazing!

This is a very good product. I find it to be very good for my orchids. I like the quality compared to some of the cheaper cheaper brands. It is still expensive for the amount you get. This size block will do maybe one medium size basket and a small pot. It may have nothing the seller can do about that with the way everything seems to be more expensive for some reason. Would buy again .

I love this moss because it reliably regenerates into fresh green LIVE moss. I have a very large pinguicula collection and a few terrariums, so this "feature" is desirable and it's a sustainable option - just one pack to get started, then an endless supply of moss for more projects. For best results, rehydrate with distilled or RO water, keeping it just on the wet side of moist, and blast it with very bright light. My fastest growing batches are always the containers that sit about 6" below a 100w equivalent, 5k white LED flood light bulb. I don't even need to cover it to retain humidity. It starts greening up in about 2-3 weeks (you can tell it's regenerating because it's a more vivid green than algae is). In about a month the new first tufts are growing in and in 2-3 months it is grown out a lush layer of long fiber strands. I also find having live sphagnum in my propagation boxes is more effective - less inclined to mold and rot my cuttings and I suspect it helps with gas exchange for the cuttings' tiny baby roots.The Besgrow spagmoss in the compressed packs will not regenerate - it must be these loose bales. For some reason, I haven't been able to regenerate other brands, either. I think the vacuum and pressure for the compressed boards eliminate all living cells, while these loose bales are just dehydrated, so the cells just go dormant until rehydrated. Highly recommend for carnivorous plants, terrariums, moss poles, and top dressing for moisture-loving plants. The pics included is my ping nursery, a project I just did about a month ago for my leaf pullings. The moss was taken from a bale I got a year ago and you can see it is still able to come back.

I've purchased a few different brands of lfs, and this is by far the best. All the other that I've tried tend to crumble when dried and produce a lot of dust. This does not. I've used it for propagating many different plants and also for potting my nepenthes. You can tell it hasn't been over processed, as I have even had live moss grow from it in my pots. This is my go-to brand.