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Permalink Reply by Harry Larsen on February 18, 2011 at 2:06pm

Seattle has moss everywhere, including lawns, pastures, trees and rocks.  It is the result of overcast skies 360 days a year and rain (or drizzle) 330 days a year.  We also have lots of lichen and tree mushrooms!

Permalink Reply by Carol Casparek on February 18, 2011 at 2:27pm

Just curious.  Most of the time I just thin it out and try to keep the weeds out.  I prefer moss to grass and weeds but I didn't know if I needed to be concerned.  Thanks.

Permalink Reply by Harry Larsen on February 18, 2011 at 6:35pm

If it gets problematic, simply fertilize the area of concern and it'll die back.  Use a fertilizer that contains iron in lawns and it'll grow a darker green and the moss will tend to disappear.

 

I have a patchy grassy area next to my driveway that is shaded for all but three or four hours (morning sun) in my front yard.  I applied fertilizer with moss control on my side and you can see the difference.  My neighbor's (untreated) grass/moss is on the right side of the picture.

Permalink Reply by Carol Casparek on February 19, 2011 at 1:34am

Thanks Harry. We have moss in our grass but I don't really care. I would just as soon have flower beds instead. I will try the fertilizer. I do fertilize but I don't think I do enough.

Permalink Reply by Tracy Boyson on July 27, 2011 at 11:02am

Hi Carol,

We have loads of moss in our garden and grass (Oregon). I often wondered the same question. Usually when I'm removing it from my flower beds. I have yet to see any positive benefit to this kind of moss in flower beds.

I've created a step-ible flower moss/grass area on the north side of my home this year, in hopes to prevent "the other" kind of moss from growing in winter. Has anyone else done this? 

Permalink Reply by Lee Findley on March 1, 2012 at 1:29am

I actually prefer moss to grass, and with the number of moss specialty growers, I'm apparently not alone!