Sphagnum Moss 40 Liters New Zealand Grade AA Great for Reptiles, Bedding and Terrarium 500 Gram Bale

If you need pure sphagnum for plants rather than for crafts, high quality moss like this is the way to go. It has minimal debris that needs to be removed before use. As quality decreases, debris increases. High quality moss means less work for you and more useable moss.This moss was 99% debris-free, which is about as close as you can get. Like on of the other reviewers, I did encounter a very pointy jagger thing. Because I first sort through the dry moss, I only got a minor prick and quickly removed it. If I hadn’t sorted through it and jumped straight to rehydrating and stuffing it into pots (tempting when the moss is largely debris-free), I could have very easily pushed it into my palm when grabbing a fist full of moss. Obviously not ideal, but this is why inspecting it is important. I got one pointy weed thing in 20L of moss (I’ve used about half the bag), and I consider that a non-issue. Just wanted to point out that you won’t find a totally clean bag of moss and you should always inspect moss before using it.This is a lot of moss. I used a 15-quart storage bin to rehydrate the moss in. When rehydrated, about 1/2 of the block filled the bin. So when they give you volume in the description, they seem to mean the volume of the hydrated moss. Anyway, it’s a lot of moss. Only rehydrate what you need and leave the rest dry for easy storage.I use LFS for carnivorous plants, mostly sundews. First, I sort through the dry moss and remove any debris. Before using any kind of packaged moss, you need to rehydrate it. I boil distilled water and pour it over the moss. I was hoping that the boiling water would kill any spores/seeds that survived the drying process, but a few weeds still popped up. They were very easy to pull, though. In the future, if I have time on my hands, I’ll probably rehydrate it with boiling water and then microwave the rehydrated moss. The moss should probably also be rinsed. I’m too lazy to do this and don’t want to use a whole lot of distilled water, so I generally skip this part. After a few days, pots full of this moss turned the water they were sitting in an amber color. I just emptied that water, refilled the container, and called it good enough. Haven’t had water discoloration since.This is probably the best bang for your buck. High quality moss means that the entire bag is usable material. If you want a fair price comparison with lower quality moss, you should take into account how much actual moss you’ll have after you’ve removed all the junk. That said, if you’re going for something short term or crafty, this isn’t all that important. But if you’re using LFS for something that’s alive, spring for the good stuff.

Best moss ever

A few sharp/barbed bits of wood inside, but overall I’ve used This product numerous, numerous times, for constructing wreaths and other materials for my succulent business, and it has worked above and beyond anything you can purchase at your local Home Depotthis product numerous, numerous times, for constructing wreaths and other materials for my succulent business, and it has worked above and beyond anything you can purchase at your local hardware or garden store!Lovely color, beautifully long, lush fibers, and retains water twice as well as the next product. Would definitely recommend!- SoCalSucculents.net

Best sphagnum for orchids. I love this brand and have been using it for my collection for about 3 years. I grow over 60 Bulbophyllums and this New Zealand AAA moss is the only one that I will use. Stay away from anything else that you get from Lowe’s or HomeDepot. Once this moss is rehydrated- this stuff is fluffy, soft, not dusty, holds moisture without collapsing, and is just all around fantastic. It also holds up against my heat and wet weather. All other types of moss will only last 6-9 months before breaking down and going acidic. This will last over a year and repotting is a breeze

First impressions I was dissapointed by how small it looked. Looks are deceiving because this is a very compressed bale. It is a lot more than it appears to be. I use this LFS for bog plants the the moss is very clean and fluffy. If you consider it by gram its actually almost the same in price to the midgrade quality moss you find at hardware stores. Its also started to grow live moss so you can tell this is a quality product that has not been kiln dried or cooked. Highly reccomended

I use this for repotting orchids. This is good quality. It is fairly soft and spongy and does not have a lot of rubbish. There are some dark spots, but not too many. The price has quadrupled, but it has been almost impossible to find quality long fibered sphagnum moss anywhere. I am glad it finally was being offered again.

I purchased the 500g, 40L version. It came as a small plastic-wrapped bale. I used approximately 1/6 of it to repot four orchids into 5" pots (with 1/2 styrofoam).Pros:- As advertised, no sticks and no trash- Long-strand, mostly white/light brown moss- I'm guessing I could probably repot around 30 large orchids, if not more. The 500g bale was totally overkill for someone like me, who has only eight phalenopsis.Bad:- Gnats. I bought this despite the other review indicating the potential presence of gnats. I figured that it was a fluke. No, that reviewer was right. I had a colony of gnats appear within days. It's rather unpleasant.For the price, the moss itself was a good buy, but the free bonus of gnats is still leaving me scratching my head on how to get rid of them. One star deduction.

The moss arrived as a small bale. It appeared to be a quality moss perfect for growing orchids. I placed the bale in a kitchen size trash can with a lid. I poured about a gallon of water with 1/2 teaspoon of orchid fertilizer dissolved in the water (to steal a quote from Chef Emril "I don't know where you get your water but mine comes without fertilizer"). I let the bale set over night then fluffed it the next day. The moss is excellent with a lot of large strands. I imagine at least a dozen 6" pots could be filled with it. I have repotted several phals and they are growing fine. I will purchase more of this as I need it.