Kokedama, with its charming moss ball design, is an easy and enjoyable craft that brings a touch of greenery to any space. Whether you're a gardening enthusiast or a beginner, this technique is both fun and rewarding.
You Will Need
- Clay soil
- A small plant, choose from the plant list below for either indoor or out.
- Sphagnum moss
- Oderings Potting & Basket Mix
- String or aluminium/nylon garden twine
- Scissors
Plants to Choose From
Plants to choose from include: Ferns including button, maiden hair or hen and chicken fern, baby’s tear, begonia, mini orchids, perperomia, syngonium, bird of paradise, dracaena (some), spiderwort, jade plant, periwinkle, echeveria, carex, Ficus pumila, string of pearls, dichondra, chain of hearts and succulents. Succulents are good Kokedama subjects as they good both indoors and out.
Instructions
Loosen the roots of your selected plant.
Wrap moistened sphagnum moss around the outside of the roots this should roughly look like a ball shape and helps to keep theroots of the plant moist.
Combine six cups of ‘Oderings Potting & Basket Mix’ and six cups of clay soil into a bucket and mix them together. You may need to add some water to give it a firm mud-like texture. Wrap the soil around the sphagnum ball you have created. Keep the ball of soil media firm and mold into a round shape. This will help to seal the root ball.
Wrap another layer of sphagnum moss firmly around this soil.
Wrap the ball with your selected twine. Starting from the centre of your ball, crisscross the ball with the twine for good coverage. A great tip is to place the string on your table and allow an extra 30cm before you start winding the twine, this is going to be your tassel for hanging the Kokedama.
Hang it up in a place with good light and enjoy.
To keep the Kokedama watered simply dunk it in a bucket of water until air bubbles stop appearing. Light and water are important to keep Kokedama healthy.
