Halatool 3 oz Premium Sphagnum Moss for Indoor Plants, 4 qt Orchid Moss Potting Mix - Natural Sphagnum Moss for Succulents, Carnivorous(Sarracenia), Monstera, Terrarium Substrate & Reptile Habitats

I grow most of our vegetables and herbs year around, and discovered that the soil in my pots was more alkaline than it should be. Most of the plants I grow require soil on the acidic side for microbes to break down nutrients into a usable form. My tomatoes and bell peppers were developing yellow spot on the leaves that I found out could be caused from lack of nutrients. Since I regularly supply these plants with nutrients, I knew that lack of nutrients wasn't the problem. With more research, I found out that microbes in the soil must break down nutrients in the soil in order for the plants to absorb them. For these microbes to do their job, the soil PH should be 6.2 to 6.8. My soil was 7.2.Since Sphagnum moss helps to lower the PH of the soil, I bought this product, and initially, wasn't impressed by the size of the package - it was really small. So, keeping an open mind, I put the small block in a 3 gallon tub and filled it half full of water. Within a couple of minutes, the block began to grow and continued growing. I moved it to a 5-gallon bucket and added more water. It continued to grow until it filled the bucket, but still, it was not all hydrated. So, I moved what was hydrated back into the 3-gallon tub and filled it. I added more water to the bucket, and this product filled the bucket by the time it was fully hydrated. So, my first suggestion would be to cut this block into at least 4 sections if you don't need a lot at one time.This sphagnum moss has very long fibers. It would work well for plants that grow in moss or possible for starting seedlings if mixed with perlite and vermiculite. This moss would also be excellent for air layering which is used to root cuttings on hard wood plants or trees to produce new plants. This is one purpose I plan to use it for.For my general purpose to mix it with soil, I have been breaking up the fibers to make them smaller in order to mix them into the soil. This should lower the PH in the soil and eventually the fibers will break down, but I prefer the sphagnum peat moss that is already broken into smaller pieces as it is easier to mix into the soil. I did find a few twigs in this moss, but not too bad for the amount of moss produced in this quantity. Personally, I wouldn't buy this moss again for my purposes, but it would work great for those growing orchids or other plants that grow in moss.At any rate, lowering the PH for my tomatoes, peppers, and even the veggie greens has had some exceptional results. My tomatoes are consistently producing much larger tomatoes and my pepper plants have a multitude of new flowers and developing peppers.I hope this review is helpful for you.

Looks like a piece of thick cardboard when you get it. Don’t be fooled - this is AMAZING moss ! As the old saying goes, “just add water.” It’s very clean moss - many other mosses are dirty. I filled a 4” and a 5” pot with half of the 3oz package. I am going to use the other half for my succulents and a new small terrarium. Would definitely purchase again!

I'm used to buying the small bags of sphagnum moss so when I purchased this I figured I have enough for a little more things then what I usually do. Well I took about a quarter of a brick and put it in a bucket with some water almost half the bucket was filled with moss. Way more than what I need for my immediate project. I covered it with plastic so it would be safe it was moths before I ended up using it all. This is such a incredible deal especially if you have indoor plants and make sphagnum moss poles I made at least 5 with what I mixed up plus had some left.

It is as the title suggests when hydrating the 25QT I didn't think the comprised block would hold so much but it just kept on expanding. I'm pretty happy with the amount I got as it is more than enough. But the quality is a little rough since it does come with some twigs and other debris like leaves. That probably wouldn't be ideal if you were wanting to go for a more greenhouse or sterile environment, just a heads up.

Good product

The moss came with musty smell-very strong one --although the product inside was dry so I am using it I hope it will do its job

This moss is a great product and really goes a long do lots of small projects.

Came as expected