You will need:
- Water
- Rubber gloves
- Lots of moss (collected from the garden, yard, shop, etc.)
- Measuring cup
- Small indoor plant (like a fern)
- Yarn
- Mixing bowl
- Bonsai and peat soil (found in any plant shop)
Kokedama or ‘moss ball’ is a form of gardening found in Japan, which uses mostly moss to grow greenery. Create your very own hanging garden.
INSTRUCTIONS
- Put on your rubber gloves. Take your small
indoor plant and very gently tap it so as to
remove any dirt or soil which may be stuck to the roots. - Take a mixing bowl and mix together 3 ½ cups of peat soil and 1 ½ cups of bonsai soil. Add ½ cup of water into the mixture.
- Shape it into a ball and pack it as tightly as possible. Next, take moss and wrap it around the roots of the plant.
- Poke a large hole into the soil ball. The hole should be large enough to let the roots of the plants go through it.
- Pack the roots covered with moss into the peat and bonsai ball and reshape the ball around it.
- Cover the outside of the ball with moss and decorate the outside by wrapping it with yarn and creating a loop with the
yarn so that you may hang it outside.
RESULT
Spray it with water and keep the plant in a shady place. Your indoor hanging plant will not only look pretty but also last a long time. And it doesn’t need lots of water as moss helps retain water.