Kokedama-Moss ball !!

Few months back as part of my sons school's curriculum & project work, he was asked to grow some plants.
He chose to do kokedama or moss ball plant.
Kokedama is a green moss covered type of bonsai.

Did some google search and found one website which gave the info on making kokedama.

After making the first one, we made many of this at home and gifted to his friends as we are relocating now.
Got the materials from IKEA and you get the ready-made moss balls/kokedama in IKEA too.

I am pasting the same info from that website

1. Prepare the materials:

• Peat soil
• Akadama soil
• Green moss
• Newspaper
• thread
• scissor
• water
• gloves
• bucket

2. Mix the soils and make the moss ball

Example kokedama mix

• peat soil 70% akadama 30%
• peat soil 50% sand type soil 15% akadama soil 35%

Important to making kokedama balls is to mix the soils well, and make a clay. (you can use your own soil blend. If the consistency of the clay is too loose, it will break when it's watered.)
Example ball shapes

• square
• round
• triangle
• tear shape
• star, etc.

3. Remove the soil off of your plant




4. Insert your plant into the ball




5. Moisten the green moss




Watering the green moss
6. Cover the ball with the green moss

Cover the whole ball with the green moss and bind it with thread
Recommended thread

• same or similar color to the moss
• cotton thread (it dissolves into the soil after a while so you don't need to take it off after the green moss grows on the ball)
• fishing thread (tough and not noticeable but you need to take it off after the green moss grows on the ball)

6 Tada! done!




After you have made your kokedama, you need to water it, so prepare a bucket which contains enough water to cover the green moss ball (not the plant) and leave it for about 10 minutes.

 

Latha thanks for the stopping here....
Let me know if you want to make one, I can help you.

 

Anu,
I have great interest in gardening too.
I have a huge backyard filled with vegetable garden and front yard with lots of flowers.

Last year I saw garden snake while mowing the lawn, hence I am kind of hesitant to step out now.
But still my DH and kids continue doing garden work.

Apart from this, I love gossiping on movie stars.
Have a special interest in science and technology & photography, I think you must have visited my pictures thread