I have been experimenting with this. I have been watering my patch with the buttermilk mixture and its growing like crazy .

Though with this method, I think it would be best to get it started in another area and then move the patch to the vivarium, due to the acidity of the mixture.

Toss aside some moss spores and give it a try. My next goal is to spread it over fabric tulle and see if I can create a rug of moss .

Here is the 'secret' (not really ), ha ha...recipe:



THINGS YOU'LL NEED:

Moss
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 tsp. sugar
1 cup water
Blender
Paint brush
Spray bottle

DIRECTIONS:

STEP #1:
Peel a piece of existing moss the size of your hand off the ground. Brush as much dirt as possible off the back of the moss with your fingers, or rinse clean.

STEP #2:
Place the moss in a blender with 1 cup of buttermilk, 1/2 tsp. of white sugar, and 1 cup of water. Pulse the mixture until it resembles creamy soup.

STEP #3:
Pour the mixture evenly over the area where moss is desired. If growing moss on statuary or other hard surfaces with vertical faces use a clean paint brush to paint the mixture on. It will attach and grow best on a roughened surface.

STEP #4:
Spray the mixture daily with a spray bottle of water or a garden hose set to mist until a carpet of moss has established.

STEP #5:
Watch it grow .