Premium New Zealand Sphagnum Moss, 500g (40L When Hydrated) Premier AA Grade (150mm, 4" Strands) - Harvested in New Zealand's South Island, Dried and Long for Potted Plants, Orchids, Reptiles

If you need pure sphagnum for plants rather than for crafts, high quality moss like this is the way to go. It has minimal debris that needs to be removed before use. As quality decreases, debris increases. High quality moss means less work for you and more useable moss. This moss was 99% debris-free, which is about as close as you can get. Like on of the other reviewers, I did encounter a very pointy jagger thing. Because I first sort through the dry moss, I only got a minor prick and quickly removed it. If I hadn’t sorted through it and jumped straight to rehydrating and stuffing it into pots (tempting when the moss is largely debris-free), I could have very easily pushed it into my palm when grabbing a fist full of moss. Obviously not ideal, but this is why inspecting it is important. I got one pointy weed thing in 20L of moss (I’ve used about half the bag), and I consider that a non-issue. Just wanted to point out that you won’t find a totally clean bag of moss and you should always inspect moss before using it. This is a lot of moss. I used a 15-quart storage bin to rehydrate the moss in. When rehydrated, about 1/2 of the block filled the bin. So when they give you volume in the description, they seem to mean the volume of the hydrated moss. Anyway, it’s a lot of moss. Only rehydrate what you need and leave the rest dry for easy storage. I use LFS for carnivorous plants, mostly sundews. First, I sort through the dry moss and remove any debris. Before using any kind of packaged moss, you need to rehydrate it. I boil distilled water and pour it over the moss. I was hoping that the boiling water would kill any spores/seeds that survived the drying process, but a few weeds still popped up. They were very easy to pull, though. In the future, if I have time on my hands, I’ll probably rehydrate it with boiling water and then microwave the rehydrated moss. The moss should probably also be rinsed. I’m too lazy to do this and don’t want to use a whole lot of distilled water, so I generally skip this part. After a few days, pots full of this moss turned the water they were sitting in an amber color. I just emptied that water, refilled the container, and called it good enough. Haven’t had water discoloration since. This is probably the best bang for your buck. High quality moss means that the entire bag is usable material. If you want a fair price comparison with lower quality moss, you should take into account how much actual moss you’ll have after you’ve removed all the junk. That said, if you’re going for something short term or crafty, this isn’t all that important. But if you’re using LFS for something that’s alive, spring for the good stuff.

The best New Zealand Sphagnum moss I have used. Clean, easy to work with. My "go to"for many years.

When I decided I wanted to start incorporating moss poles into my plant care, I did a lot of research. I selected this moss based on recommendations from more experienced plant caregivers, and I am very glad I did. It’s top quality, and it’s really clean. Yes, there are a couple of small sticks here and there, but I easily pick them out and discard them. There is no odor with this moss, except a slight (and expected) plant-y fragrance that is very pleasant. I’ve dampened large quantities of it for pole building, and the unused moss dries out completely over time with no mold or odor. I feel like I lucked out because it’s the only moss I’ve ever used and it’s a great product. I’ve read so many bad things about poor quality moss. My first package was enough for the equivalent of 17 moss pole segments as well as additional non-pole stuff.

Very nice moss. Clean and easy to work with.

Best moss ever! I’ll never go back to anything else. Everyone who buys plants from me asks what moss I use so they can buy it too.

You can see the color difference between some other stuff I purchased on Amazon and this. This is higher quality for sure. Higher price also x 3. I will use this when packing tight and the other stuff when packing loose. I also filled 2 clear cups with the 2 qualities. This one felt spongier and bounced back easier. The lesser quality compressed easier and felt water logged. After I poured water into each as in the video I squeezed all the water out again. The lesser quality definitely compressed more than this high quality stuff. Buy this and only this for your orchids. It doesn’t compress this leaving room for air. Much better.

I do love this moss, it is the best quality i buy for sure BUT the price point is kinda ridiculous which prompts me to try other options, especially for how much I order moss

So far so good! Reconstituted the entire brick of moss in a 5 gallon bucket with warm water before spreading around snake's 4x2x4 enclosure. Found only a few small sticks and no thorns. Smelled very slightly of the sea but overall moss was clean and in long strands. Hoping this allows a more consistent higher humidity for my red tailed boa. Will update if any mold starts to grow but considering the heating elements, hoping that won't happen.