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I had read on several pages that you can shred moss and mix it with a small amount of buttermilk (to help make the ground around it more acidic I think) and then spread that where you want moss and then a few months later, voila! Moss growing everywhere. I have tried this on a small scale and about 2 months later, it seems to be working, just not as fast as I had hoped. Keep in mind I have spent my whole life AVOIDING buttermilk!

My main question is, assuming this theory is correct, can you put watered down buttermilk in a sprayer and spray the exising moss to help it grow? If I took a 50/50 mix of buttermilk and water and sprayed it sparingly and then maybe sprayed again with 100% water to let it soak in, would it hurt the frogs that live in there? I know these guys are touchy, but I dont think buttermilk would hurt them if used sparingly.

Please lend your opinions and thanks ahead of time.

I don’t know about the buttermilk harming the frogs, but I have heard that "slug butter" works quite well also. Unfortunately slug butter is made my mashing up slugs, and I don’t think it's sold commercially.
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0.0.4 Blue Dendrobates Auratus
4.2.0 African Dwarf Frogs (Hymenochirus boettgeri)
2.3.0 Asian Floating Frogs (Occidozyga Lima)
1.1.0 White's Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea)

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I wouldn't mash up slugs and then paste in on moss for a free, sexed, proven trio of lamasi. iiich!
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