#67 Keep Spanish Moss Thriving Abundantly | My Very Easy Watering, Feeding and Care Routine
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I showed you how I created this hanging Spanish moss curtain branch in my bedroom in vlog #62.
Here, I will share how I care for it on a weekly basis which prevents it from turning brown, drying out or rotting.
Air plants like Spanish moss is one of the easiest plants to grow. I am a plant noob and only late 2022, I decided to have some plants in my bedroom, study and bathroom. If I can do it, you can too. Spanish moss is very hard to kill, but there are some precautions you will need to follow to ensure a healthy thriving bushy plant.
I live in a humid, tropical country so I only water them once a week and fertilize once a month. I do not mist them. They do not need to be wet all the time, contrary to popular belief. If you live in a low humidity climate, then you may need to soak weekly and mist them every 2 days. During colder months, you will not need to soak weekly, but perhaps bi weekly.
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Thank you for your video it's really helpful ❤
Hey there, thank you so much. if you ever need to ask anything on spanish moss, feel free to drop me a message here anytime! I will try to help. Have a good weekend coming ahead!
Excellent job dear lady, I throughly enjoyed this video ❤️
Fun fact - for me it’s easier to take care of the spiky air plant rather than spanish moss but I’ll try your method cause it looks very promising!
hey thank you friend! Lovely to know that the spiky air plant is easier for you. My spiky ones keep dying on me and I think I have about 5-6 left and some of them are growing pups. I don't soak them weekly unlike the spanish moss and they seem fine. I don't really know where to place these spiky ones so I left it on my boudoir. You must have many air plants! Thank you for the lovely encouragement on my video, appreciate it. Have a good weekend.
Love the cat games! (3:33) They're so comical. I was really wondering about the balled air plant at the beginning; I was glad you save it a segment. What you cut away looks really healthy! What did you end up doing with all of these - or do you cover it in a later video? Also, I wanted to say that it was very satisfying to see only Spanish moss all across the branch now, and that's so great that you were able to make a bunch out of the existing ones that ended up matching the rest. Good job!
Thank u!! Unfortunately, as mentioned to u earlier, the spiky air plants all died, one by one...and the weird thing is, it's like today they are ok, tomorrow they are not kinda thing. So one by one they wilt. I had placed them on my dresser, on my wicker cabinet....i didn't film them to make a video out of it. I believe they were already poisoned by the rusty mental that held them together and also when I soaked the whole ball, the insides didn't really get to dry properly. This has serious consequences to the plant. I wouldn't have bought spiky air plants but it came attached to the spanish moss and at that time, most nurseries sold it like that. It was pretty hard to find just bunches of spanish moss alone, most of the time. If i were to buy them again one day, i would just buy them individually, and not tied together like a ball with metal wire. Nurseries don't know how damaging it is, they just sell it like that, sigh.
@@lebooshdiaries Oh that's right, I had forgotten all about the spiky ones later dying when I saw them still alive in the video. They were really cute while they lasted. Yes, I remember your stressing in the videos about how damaging that metal wire is. That's important information to disseminate so that people will know what to do when they buy air plants with that wire inside. I remember in the other video, you tried to show a little of the inside of the spiky plant ball and mentioned the frustration. Do you think it may have been possible to save it if you had tried to completely separate it and cut away the brown parts early on? Or was it just an impossible situation that couldn't be reversed?
@@SunrayStar I think I could have saved it if i cut it all up when I came home from the nursery. Or at last save more at a healthier state. But i didn't realise at the time that metal is damaging until i watched a you tuber's video on spanish moss (i've credited him in one of my vlog when i made the spanish moss branch. So basically, i bought spanish moss first without knowing much about it, then came home and started research lol. That's only because I didn't go out to buy spanish moss intentionally. I went to buy a boston fern to place on my dresser because i like ferns. Saw a nice bunch of spanish moss hanging nearby and i was like oh my, let's get that too! After watching tons of video about spanish moss and then that you tuber's video, I knew I had to remove the wire, a few weeks have passed then...having to think what can i do with it when i remove it from the wire...how would i hang it...it took a while to decide, then going about to buy the jute, hooks, etc and find the branch and so one. More weeks have passed....so it was unfortunate that the spiky air plants didn't survive because it went on in that state too long.
Watering frequency in a week for Spanish moss??
My Spanish moss died on me. How long do you soak them for and do they require bright indirect light or full sun or low light?
@ProgressiveDiscussions Sorry to hear that your Spanish moss died. I soak them for 20 mins as per the video, but sometimes I forget and left them soaking for 1 hour. They are still ok. Some people do soak them for 1 hour. Preferably some place where there is bright light but indirect sunlight. No harsh sun shining directly onto them would be ideal. Most Spanish moss die due to rot from being wet actually, not because they are underwatered. They technically can survive by getting moisture from the air, esp if they are placed or hung at places with high humidity, like bathrooms. In my video, I explained that you must always ensure they are fully dry after soaking them by hanging them at a ventilated space where there is good air flow. Ensure the rope that they are strung on is also dry. If you have it strung on metal, I also advised in the video to remove it from the metal because metal will rust eventually and that rust will cause the eventual death of the spanish moss, no matter how well it is cared for. Spanish moss can be hung on anything except metal wires. Hope this helps!
@@lebooshdiaries thank you for your very detailed advice. The care of Spanish moss seems identical to all the Tillandsia's I have at home but then again I believe it is an air plant also. I have some of that green coated soft Horticulture wire but maybe that is not advisable.
@@ProgressiveDiscussions It is my pleasure to help where I can. Yes, it is part of the tillandsia family, genus of bromeliads. I believe those soft green coated wires can work but hope they will not wear out in the long run because when you soak them, it will get wet then dry then wet again and again. As long as they don't wear out and expose the wire underneath, then it should be alright. If you decide to give it a go again and get few from the nursery, ensure you get the freshest ones and not those hanging for a long time on metal wire. Just peek into the inner parts of the spanish moss bunch where it is touching the wire. If the strands inside the bunch is already turning black (from metal exposure), don't buy it. It will surely die sooner or later. If it's a mild grey, then get it but immediately remove the wire when you get home and cut off those dead parts. They cannot be saved. It may be quite painful to cut the strands because then they will look shorter but it's better for the overall strand. I showed how i cut it in my vlog #62, if u ever want to see it. I had left them hanging on metal wire for weeks before I found out from another plant enthusiasts about metal toxicity so when I finally cut them, I had to cut a lot off. The inner parts smelt of rust. I don't know if nurseries will be able to sell spanish moss without bunching them up on wires, that would be most ideal. Then we could just string the loose strands on whatever we want without having to cut them to remove from the wire.
If there is anything else, feel free to ask. I'd be happy to answer if I know yea.
@@lebooshdiaries thank you. Copper is particularly toxic to plants. I have this very soft yet very strong polyester nylon cord that I got from the Dollar Tree store. I could probably use that.
My Spanish moss is turning brown.I am spraying everyday.Should I soak Once a week.Spraying daily is the problem for browning?.How to save the plant
Hi! Thanks for posting this question. It's a tricky one given that I don't know where you place it (outdoors or indoors) and what kind of climate do you live in. But I will try give it a go to answer you the best I can.
1) Turning brown can be part of the lifecycle of the moss, that no matter how u spray it with water, it's just its time to die. Just like regular plants in soil, eventually their leaves will turn brown and they wither away and then new leaf comes out.
2) Depending on how you display the Spanish moss, if you bunch it up like me, then spraying may only get onto the outer parts and not the inner parts and the inner parts could be drying out, hence browning. But if you say you sprayed well into the inner parts of the Spanish moss bunch, then maybe you are not allowing the inner parts to dry out completely before spraying it again the next day. Browning can occur when the plant doesn't get sufficient water but also, too much water. Overwatering most of the time is the cause of rotting, which turns the strands brown. It is essential to ensure when the Spanish moss is wet, let it air and dry out before giving it water again. It needs to be hung/displayed in a space that has good air flow so that the moss dries before the next water spray/soak.
3) If you bought it from the nursery, usually the Spanish moss would come in a bunch and tied together using metal wire. These wires are cheap wires and they will rust eventually and that rust is poison to the plant. It will eventually die, no matter if u give it the best care. Most of the time, the browning will start at the part where the Spanish moss is touching the wire. Kindly remove the wire and restring them on plastic or jute, anything that is not metal. But those brown bits, they need to be trimmed away because they are gone, cannot be revived. If u are interested, u can watch my Vlog #62 on how I removed my Spanish moss from metal wire. It's a bit tedious but worth it to stop the moss from dying eventually.
4) I prefer soak method becos it ensures every bit gets water. And once a week is good enough. If you live in a dry climate (vs humid), then maybe you may need to do it twice a week. But again, once u soak it, allow all parts to fully dry, if it's in a bunch, try to spread open the bunch and let air in so the inner parts dry.
Hope this helps!
@@lebooshdiaries Thank you for your advice.I am new to Air plants and your advice will help me lot .
@@ariharanka4216 sure! u are always welcomed to ask me anything else anytime. Hope your plant will be alright.
@@lebooshdiaries Defenitely
Don't use chlorinated tap water
Hi please send you put fertilizer name
@roshanariyarathna2073 Hi there! I used Miracle Gro Indoor Plant liquid fertilizer, 1 pump into my big tub of water so it's very dillluted. Someone told me not to use this, so I would recommend that you find a liquid fertilizer that is specifically for spanish moss or if not available, then liquid fertilizer for orchid or bromeliad. You can always ask the nursery where you bought your spanish moss from for fertilizer, they might sell. But just to let you know, even if you do not put fertilizer, the Spanish moss will be alright. I've stopped giving it fertilizer for a few months already, and I will do an update on my spanish moss plant care by end year. Hope you will be around to watch that video. Thank u!
Why dont show your face princess?
Good question! I do silent vlogs that focuses on actions and ASMR sounds in which the face is not so relevant as I am not talking. If you search for silent vlogs, 99% of them do not show face and I am more comfortable with that and it's for privacy as well.
What a creep. Calling a stranger "princess" when she's posting a video about plants. Get a life.
Creep vibes indeed 😱
Air plant needs orchid or tillandsia fertiliser.
They are different from other houseplant.
To fertilize air plants, use an air plant-specific fertilizer or a bromeliad fertilizer a few times a year. Another option is to use a regular, water soluble houseplant fertilizer at 1/4 of the recommended strength.
You must use bromeliad fertiliser.
And your soiled plants needs 'regular fertiliser'
Can you Tell me Mss why do you mislead peoples who watching videos?
I forget it.
For air plants the regular fertiliser is too strong my man. 💩
Hi there, thank u for your comment! Yes I know about the orchid and tillandsia fertilisers because many people talked or write about it. I didn't know about the bromeliad fertiliser, i will check it out, thank u! Reason why i used what I used is because I couldn't find tillandsia fertiliser where I live. I have the regular fertiliser with me so i tested it at the beginning and after 4 months, it was thriving so i decided let's just stick to this. I only fertilise once a month and just one small squirt into the big pail so it's very dillluted. It's not a strong fertiliser. Some months I actually forgot to fertilise, and there was a month where i accidentally pumped 2 squirts instead of 1 because I forgot I had pumped earlier. The spanish moss is doing well, I had it since Jan 2023 and it's now in the 8th month. I was planning to do a 1 year update of it by end of the year, I will give u credit for mentioning the fertilisers. Definitely didn't do this to mislead anyone, I don't gain anything from it. What I have just works and I didn't think it could cause upset to anyone. Sorry if it upset you but don't let small people like me get to u. Be happy yea.