How to make your own moss bonsai, so cute placed in a small living space

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After a tiring day of busy work, you return home. A touch of green in the home can also stir the calm and happiness within us. The home returning to the vitality and charm of nature is also a simple pursuit and longing we have for life. A moss bonsai does not have the grand air of other bonsai, but it is just as cute, and when combined with other plants, the moss bonsai you make will surely be a surprise beyond your expectations. Below, we will teach everyone how to make a moss bonsai, so let's learn together.

  Steps for making a moss bonsai

  Step one:Drill a drainage hole. Use a porcelain drill bit to drill a drainage hole in the center of the tray, add enough water to cover the bottom of the tray to prevent dust from rising during drilling and to cool the drill bit. Drill in at a 45-degree angle to create a groove as an entry point and steady the drill bit. Slowly lift the drill bit, rinse the tray with water, then continue drilling, repeating this process until the drilling is done.
  Step two:Add the base material. Line the bottom of the tray with a layer of horticultural landscape fabric to prevent small stones and potting soil from clogging the drainage hole, then add a thin layer of small pebbles to help with drainage.


  Step three:Fill the tray. Fill with well-draining potting soil, with the height not exceeding the rim of the tray. To build the main framework of the bonsai, here we used a stone and a black-stemmed spleenwort (Asplenium), using a spoon to dig holes and plant the vascular plants. Lay moss and lichen on the potting soil and press them down firmly; the order for adding design elements is from large to small.
  Step four:Trim the moss. Cut a piece of moss slightly larger than the area to be covered, and carefully trim it with pliers to be slightly larger than needed, so the edges of the moss can be tucked in.
  Step five:Tuck in the moss. You can use any handy tool to tuck in the moss; here we used a bamboo pick, then used small tweezers or medical forceps to remove leaf debris. The mosses used in the end were Brachythecium moss, Dicranum moss, reindeer moss and black-stemmed spleenwort (Asplenium).


  Materials for making your own moss bonsai:

First:Choose a container for your moss bonsai, but do not use a metal container, because moss is very sensitive to metal and chemicals.
  Second:Use soil as the top layer filler; unless you are also going to plant vascular plants, a very shallow top layer is the part you need to fill, namely soil.
  Third:Buy moss from a flower market or an online store.


  Fourth:When collecting moss, use a small shovel or trowel to lift it from underneath; there should be a thin layer of soil beneath the moss. Take only as much as you need each time; there is no need to dig up too much at once.
  Fifth:Try combinations of different moss varieties. If a single type of moss does not grow well, return it to where it was collected to recover, or replace it with a well-growing moss variety.
  Sixth:Water the finished moss bonsai thoroughly, and press down so that the mosses are in close contact with each other.



Conclusion:Moss grows in places people seldom touch, such as on some steps, and in the gaps between them. If made into a moss bonsai, it surely has a very special kind of beauty. What is also quite popular now is the micro-landscape, which is made using moss-type plants, and is very special and full of story. The above is the entire process of making your own moss bonsai, and we hope it can help everyone.

Small moss bonsai, cute every day

Making your own moss bonsai

Moss bonsai are small and exquisite, but they are not very common on the market. So if you like them but cannot buy a work you are happy with, it is better to make your own moss bonsai yourself. You can enjoy the making process and also get a one-of-a-kind work, which is also very wonderful.

So how do you make a moss bonsai? Let's look at the five steps of making a moss bonsai.

(1) Prepare fresh, healthy moss: you can buy it online or from a flower market, and if conditions allow, you can also scrape it yourself.

(2) Add the base material: first line the bottom of the container with horticultural landscape fabric, which can prevent small stones and the like from blocking the drainage hole; then lay a layer of small pebbles to help with drainage.

(3) Add nutrient soil: you can use breathable cinder soil or coal ash and crushed dead branches mixed evenly, then add sticky soil and press it down firmly.

(4) Trim the moss: according to the shape of the container and the design of the work, trim the moss to a suitable area and place it in the corresponding position in the container.

(5) Clean the moss: after finishing, use small tweezers or a bulb blower to clear away small impurities, and touch it with water to keep it moist.

Besides directly taking moss to plant, you can also consider the moss inoculation method, the natural moss-growing method, the pot-surface moss-growing method and so on to cultivate moss. The plants more commonly used for making moss bonsai include Brachythecium moss, large-leaf moss, haircap moss and so on. You can learn more about the plants online and choose according to your own preferences.