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seidperson
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Username: Seidperson
Post Number: 97
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 11:03 am: | 
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We have pavers for our walkway that are now sprouting moss, what successfully gets rid of the stuff? And where to buy?
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greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 6887
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 11:54 am: |
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Round Up at HD or any landscape center. Squirt carefully; it will also kill the grass. You could also put bleach in a squirt bottle. Not sure if it will discolor the pavers, tho.
Oh, it's bad for the environment, poisons the yard that kids play in, etc. Someone is going to bring that up, so I thought that I'd toss it in up front. |
Virtual It Girl
Citizen
Username: Shh
Post Number: 4141
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 12:02 pm: |
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I read white vinegar works.
I personally like the moss though! |
The Libertarian
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Username: Local_1_crew
Post Number: 1672
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 12:07 pm: |
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leave the moss. it always looks cool |
sac
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Username: Sac
Post Number: 3216
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 12:57 pm: |
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I remember a thread here in the not-too-distant past where someone wanted to know how to get the moss to grow among their paving stones.
I'd probably keep moss if I had any, but I try to use vinegar on the weeds that sprout up. |
Sherri De Rose
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Username: Honeydo
Post Number: 73
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 3:18 pm: |
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You can use boiling water. That will kill anything you don't want. Completely friendly as well. |
crabby
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Username: Crabbyappleton
Post Number: 502
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 3:26 pm: |
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Moss is nice.
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kws
Citizen
Username: Kws
Post Number: 121
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 3:37 pm: |
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It's obviously a moist area.
Unless you can get direct sunlight on that walkway
(trim back trees maybe) it will just grow back.
I vote you keep it.
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Handygirl
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Username: Handygirl
Post Number: 607
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 4:00 pm: |
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Is the moss between the pavers or ON the pavers - it makes a difference. The later situation is not so nice - in my opinion. |
jeb
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Username: Jeb
Post Number: 100
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 4:02 pm: |
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mossacres.com is a site that promotes and sells moss as a decorative element. I am also one who thinks it looks great. Think of it as an organic grout. If you still want to get rid of it you could burn it with a torch.
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seidperson
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Username: Seidperson
Post Number: 99
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 6:43 pm: |
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OK, you guys, I am won over to the lures of moss! It's going to stay! And who the heck wants another home project, anyway?
It's so easy being green.
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kmk
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Username: Kmk
Post Number: 1063
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 6:46 pm: |
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I have tons of moss! Very much like the photo above...then it morphs into a slimy paver-covering beast that is really, really slippery.
Our solution is to rent a high pressure power washer from home depot once a year, after the moss has grown in for the season, and then clear everything off. It seems to keep it in check. |
upondaroof
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Username: Upondaroof
Post Number: 593
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 8:13 pm: |
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I second kmk and the power washer. Or.... you can always opt for an extra million or two umbrella on the liability insurance! |
Soda
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Username: Soda
Post Number: 3591
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 8:22 pm: |
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Power washers are FUN!
-s. |
upondaroof
Citizen
Username: Upondaroof
Post Number: 594
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 8:45 pm: |
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Power washers are FUN!! It's a tool that says what it does, and does what it says. Ya gotta love that!! |
The Soulful Mr T
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Username: Howardt
Post Number: 1597
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 10:38 pm: |
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amoxycillan, it kills the itch. |
jersey Boy
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Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 326
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 12:10 am: |
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Moss recipe:
Get some moss. Place in blender with stale beer. Blend.
Put mixture into sprayer and spray onto area.
Keep cool and moist.
Moss grows.
I haven't tried it, but I read about it when I was frustrated with my shady yard's grasslessness (word?)
THE coolest is when people grow moss ON PURPOSE into patterns.
I couldn't find an image of it on-line, but I've seen checkerboards with two tone moss.
J.B. |
kmk
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Username: Kmk
Post Number: 1065
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 1:21 pm: |
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I love my moss...really I do. But there is this moment when you are digging into the best meal you have ever made on the BBQ, sitting at your table on the terrace, sipping your wine under the stars and then it hits you....
The smell of dirt. It is everywhere and it reminds you of old root cellars! The moss actually gets pretty funky smelling when it gets out of control. That is when we "whack" it with the power washer.
The other problem with moss...we have lots, and lots, is that when you want that beautiful carpet effect...your dog runs through it or someone actually walks on it and it gets smashed into a muddy patch in a flash. |
Dave
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Username: Dave
Post Number: 8875
Registered: 4-1997
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 3:47 pm: |
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"One gram of moss from the forest floor, a piece about the size of a muffin, would harbor 150,000 protozoa, 132,000 tardigrades [tiny invertebrates], 3,000 springtails, 800 rotifers, 50 nematodes, 400 mites, and 200 larvae," according to Robin W. Kimmerer in "Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses." "These numbers tell us something about the astounding quantity of life in a handful of moss."
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