Sphagnum Moss

This product is our biggest seller and is very useful in the production of orchids. See our sphagnum moss for orchid care. It is also useful with other plants. The real beauty of this moss is not its visual appeal but its ability to absorb and retain up to 17 times its weight in water!!!! This allows plants to breathe but still stay moist.

This Chilean Sphagnum Moss grows in the low lying swamps in the beautiful area of southern Chile near many volcanoes (hence our company name). Our trained workers gather the moss by hand and transport it to the drying houses, where it is carefully cleaned and graded, then packed with specialized equipment into the optimum pack for every type of need. The products are carefully loaded into Ocean Freight Containers of either 20 or 40 foot lengths, and shipped to the Port nearest you!!  We also sell in less than full container loads if required.

Sphagnum moss - There are various qualities and pack sizes available. Please email nmoe@xtra.co.nz for more information. Below are sample sizes and qualities of sphagnum moss:

Moss Quality Available:

(More details here of our sphagnum moss quality and supply.)

• 5 STAR - Medium length moss (5 to 7 inches) with good thickness, mostly light in color with some brown color. Used widely for growing media with mass plantings in smaller containers during grow-out operations.
• 3 STAR- Shorter length moss (4 to 6 inches) with good thickness, with mostly brown color, also used in commercial operations and recently for some retail sales because of the lower cost.
• NATURAL - The most economic moss available in more compressed bales, which is packed directly from the swamps after drying, and used often as a media mix with other potting mixes to supply lower cost moisture retention.
• SHORT FIBRE - This is a super-short moss, available in lengths of only 2 to 4 inches, but very thick filaments, and to be used in potting mixes and where machine potting is required - a unique moss filament we only find in limited numbers of swamps.
• MOSS LEAF - An additive designed to increase the desirable properties of Peat based soil mixes. Click to see picture. The addition of Sphagnum Moss Leaf to these mixes will improve aeration, reduce compaction and improve the friability of the mix. Water holding capacity is increased and this also results in reducing the requirement to irrigate so frequently and therefore helps to reduce production costs.