How to grow moss on landscape bonsai? A few practical methods to teach you

Moss is the clothing of the rocks; with it the stone lives, without it the stone withers. So generally landscape bonsai all need moss transplanted onto them, to add to the bonsai's natural charm. The principle for growing moss on rocks is "it exists on the shady slopes and in deep ravines, but not on sun-facing protruding rocks." That is, moss grows on the shady side of the mountain and in deep gullies, while it cannot grow on the sun-facing side or on protruding rocks. Only by growing moss according to this principle can it conform to the laws of nature. There are roughly the following methods for growing moss on rocks:

First, soak the rocks to be used in water for several days, then take them out. Cut off aged moss collected from nature, rub it to pieces and put it into a mud paste made from clay and starch, so that the paste contains the spores of the moss. Use a small brush to gently and evenly brush the paste onto the rocks, place them in a shaded spot, cover with a straw curtain, and keep them moist; moss will soon grow.

Second, use the extract of soaking liquid from rice-washing water, vegetable leaves, bean pods, fruit peels and so on, and sprinkle it over the rocks. After each sprinkling, place the rocks in a cool spot, cover with a straw curtain, keep them moist, and let them receive a little light in the morning and evening. Repeat once every 5 days, and after about 1 month moss will grow on the rocks.

Third, display the bonsai under trees in the yard or in a relatively shady and damp spot at the foot of a wall, let the rain moisten them naturally, and after a period of time moss will also grow.

Fourth, soak the rocks, scrub them clean, and place them in a mud paste made from clay and rice-washing water, so that the surface of the rock body is covered with mud slurry; then use a shovel to thinly scrape off a layer of naturally grown mud moss and stick it onto the surface of the rocks, and place them in a cool spot for care.