How to grow Spanish moss air plant | Care tips & propagation (Tillandsia usneoides)
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Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) is a fantastic and unusual air plant. This video demonstrates how to grow Spanish moss indoors and outdoors successfully. These rootless air plants need watering differently to most plants. By following the air plant care tips in this video you will grow air plants indoors that thrive. Tillandsia usneoides is an air plant that grows wild in warm climate such as in Mexico, South America and the Caribbean. In cooler climates we can grow Spanish Moss as a houseplant or hang it outdoors in the warm summer months. Hanging Spanish moss is the best way to grow this air plant happily. A hanging Spanish moss will capture moisture in the air as well as moisture from rainfall. Be sure to give you Spanish moss air plant bright light and good airflow, this will ensure your air plant grows well indoors and outside.
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I grew up on a property that was THICK with Spanish moss. So much it would block sunlight from reaching the ground. Where ever I have moved, I have taken moss from with me. My favorite plant.
Don’t forget the southeast portion of the United States! It’s part of our cultural heritage, we love them. Look at pictures of the plantations in the south and you’ll see them everywhere hanging from oak trees.
The flowers are so tiny and cute. If you bring it indoors make sure there are no bugs or bug eggs on the plant. Moths and spiders esp love it. Also the crows in my area like to try and steal it for bedding material.
Very good point, I've found a family of snails in one of mine before :D
Great content, straight to the point and everything you need to know. Thank you!
I love Spanish moss❤
Us too 😀
Where I live, we have Spanish Moss, but only along flowing rivers. I grabbed a couple of handfuls from the trees at the park (they're all over the ground) and hope to cultivate them.
Sold, another one to add to my indoor rainforest project.
Great info and channel new sub
Thanks for watching
Nice video great tutorial thank ❤👍 157
THANKS!!!!!
Very nicely done!
Thank you 😀
There’s so much Spanish moss in Florida it’s ridiculous, I’ve always loved it so much. I might yoink some off a tree near my house and just try growing it, it’s so common. That, and one of the ones that looks similar that instead looks like a ball on smaller trees, I want to grow some air plants since I have pets so this might be a good option!
I just purchased a huge clump off of Etsy, and wanted to see how differently they were from all my other Tilandsias as far as watering. Thank you!
Those look great hanging there. I have extremely low humidity in the winter which makes it hard to keep Tillandsia alive.
Get a humidifier
Hi just got these
When hanging from wire, the wire must be insulated. Contact with bare wire will kill the plant!
What would you usually insulate them with? Sorry I’m trying to grow this myself
@@Kstacks427 I use wire that is already insulated. The green plant wire works as well as any small gauge electric wire. The plants will not tolerate contact with bare metal.
@@Kstacks427 search for plastic coated wire
I love the stuff! Mine survived the winter outside
Ps are those ones for sale????
Yes these are for sale 😀 What temperature did yours take last winter?
@@GrowParadisedo you ship to the USA?
I live in South Africa in the highveld region with hot wet summers and cold dry winters and I have plenty of this thriving and flowering in my garden we even had some lights snow this winter and they still doing well
That’s great to know! Thanks for sharing, I’ll definitely leave a bunch outdoors to experiment.
@@GrowParadise absolutely that's the best way to learn I say🤗
Thank you for letting us know that Spanish moss will grow in winter cold weather
I live in Central Georgia, USA. I only get small bits of it occasionally from my water oak tree in my front yard, when the tree decides to self-prune, in the wind. The small pieces I get are always very green. But until now, I didn't know how to keep it alive, so it always died every time. So, thank you very much! 😂
I would like to suggest you inform people about the trichomes that grow on them and how it's detrimental to the plant to handle it so much
You have just done it for me 😁
can it be grown from seed? Or are they like orchids, that the tiny seeds need to be in sterile conditions?
I’ve just started growing them. I’m in the southern hemisphere, sub tropical.
I find they’re a little slow growing?
For eg the shirt length you cut? How long will it take to get to that large one?
Can you tell me why, especially in winter in the UK when I spray it goes a nice green colour but very quickly reverts back to the greyish colour ? Also what is the minimum amount of light they can tolerate and finally where can I purchase it, the ones I buy locally are a fraction of the size of yours and quite expensive. Thanks great video, subscribed
Hi Joe, the silver colouration is usually a plants adaption to higher light levels. They can tolerate part shade in summer but not full shade. We sell them in our online shop and will have the same sized bunches available again soon 😀 Thanks for watching.
Are these good for air quality??
Hi ,would like too see how you take care silk tree?
Great suggestion! Will do soon 😀
How can I get some ? I would love to grow this.
What is it safe to tie bunches without killing it? Some Sellers I buy it from, send it with wire wrapped around it and it’s dead where it’s bunched. Can it be hung from those black hooks from garden centers?
Be good if you answered some of the questions people have asked
We do our best to answer as many as possible but we receive thousands of comments everyday across our channels and sometimes it can be a bit tricky to keep up 😅 Hopefully we’ve answered yours now. Thanks for watching.
Hi could i know do you use any type of fertilizer. Thank you.
I use a liquid houseplant food for these.
I have hard water, can I use distilled water to spray them ?
Absolutely, it’s the calcium buildup that causes problems with hard water.
It turns brown at the top, do I cut the top and and moving bottom new leaves to the top ?
From what I understand, it's important to orient them the same way. so turning upside down to hang will kill it. I have never tested this but I have read it in several places.
Sun or shade? Where to put it in winter? Uk. 🙏🏻
Bright light as I say in the video 😀 Hanging in a sunny windowsill or bathroom in winter is perfect. 👍
He keeps talking about using wire and scissors , metal must not come in contact with this plant, it kills it !! 🤷🏼♀️