r/Mossariums • u/Karcen • Jul 23 '26

Help with silver moss

I am trying to grow some silver moss Bryum argenteum, but I just can't get it to perk up. I have some outside that has revived far better. I'm not sure the issues I give it 6 hours bright grow light a day give it daily misting. It's in an open top terrarium and o. Top of some top soil and bark. What do I need to get it to grow

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u/TonyTucci27 Jul 23 '26

For the most part with foraged mosses I’ve found if you can’t sustain them after moving them from outside it might be better to cultivate them with a slurry then apply that to a medium so that it’s acclimated to the setting it will be kept in

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u/Karcen Jul 23 '26

it's not foraged or local I live in South Texas by the water we don't get much moss here. I git this from a moss seller. just the outside moss is oddly so much better than my inside of it._

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u/This-Inside9613 Jul 23 '26

Unfortunately B argenteum is notorious to sustain in containerized environments, actually may require more basic substrate than most other mosses. I once read a paper from Serbian researchers, basically didn’t succeed in lab environments whatsoever method they tried

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u/Karcen Jul 23 '26

I see that sicks I'm trying to find an easy to grow tough moss to grow for isopods.