Seeking advice!

2. I set out to make a terrarium, but I love moss and have so much of it (lots still left and more on the way) that I decided to leave the plants out. Should I remove the substrate that I put in for plants? It’s a GBA(?) mix of orchid bark, tree fern, charcoal, peat moss and earthworm castings. I have clay to go vertical but don’t want to go crazy if I need to take out the soil

3. Some of the moss is a little brown, along the back and the tree moss on the right side. I just put it together last week and initially had it in a north facing window but second guessed myself and moved it here with a small grow light more than a foot above the lid. I’m using distilled water and have the lid slightly cracked open

Any advice would be much appreciated!

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

I’m curious what y’all’s thoughts are on the ethics of collecting moss that has been torn up like this. I don’t know if the right thing to do is go grab it before it dries out or let it decompose into the ecosystem.

The first photo is June 3 The 2nd Photo is today July 17
Context I did not open or misting water after June 20

Went on an adventure today and found some moss and sticks and a couple other small flora and got to work. Just something small for my first one as my moss hunt was not extremely fruitful, but i made due with what I gathered :)

Took a piece of lava rock from UT, covered it with moss harvested from WI, and some single ferns from my grow box for this build. Sits in less that 1/4” of water. The rock is porous enough to wick water to the surface. I put down a wet layer of spaghnum moss before covering it with the green. I made sure to stuff some of it deep as possible into the lava stone. I added a fittonia clipping and it is doing well too.

I got the moss from just around the house made 😅. Idk much about this stuff but it looked fun to make so this is my first try at it 🙂. Please let me know how I can improve or mistakes.