Does anyone know how transplant and grow moss from under forest trees, under a shay tree in our backyard?

Question

Transplanting and growing moss is a traditional art in Japan. I am hoping someone knowledgeable of Japanese techniques will give me an answer here.

Answer 1

You just pick it up with a flat instrument like a spatula or putty knife and move it. You have to prepare the area you're moving it to. It needs to be moist, in an area that doesn't get much direct sun, and if the area isn't acidic you need to acidify it with Soil Sulfur.

Answer 2

I don't know how the Japanese do it, but here's how I've done it. I have a
flat grass spade shovel (about 8" wide-completely flat). Find a nice spot and position the shovel about 1" underneath the soil ( with the moss on top) and gently pry up as big of a solid piece of soil as possible. Then I gently laid it
on the bottom of a cardboard box and brought it home and laid it in a spot
that got virtually no sun, and sprayed it with water (like a spray bottle - not with
a hose) and from then on it's just a matter of keeping it moist. You don't need
a shovel or a big piece. You can use anything flat - like a putty knife and you
can gather up little chunks - just try to keep enough pieces together for the
job you want to do. That's probably the hard way to do it but it got the job done.

Answer 3

i think God has to plant moss. i sure cant get it to live