Shredded, long-fibered or live sphagnum moss is preferred as a soil substrate, often with added horticultural lava rock, perlite, and pumice.
en.wikipedia.org In addition to its botanical use as a term meaning flower head it is also used to mean the top of the sphagnum plant.
en.wikipedia.org It is never very common but may be frequently overlooked because of its small size and a tendency to grow underneath heather on sphagnum moss.
en.wikipedia.org The best success comes from a well-aerated, wet medium consisting partly or entirely of sphagnum; flowing water is advisable.
en.wikipedia.org Some examples include: biochar, bone meal, peat, coffee grounds, compost, coir, manure, straw, vermiculite, sulfur, lime, blood meal, compost tea, hydroabsorbant polymers and sphagnum moss.
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