{"id":44108,"date":"2022-08-16T15:40:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T15:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=44108"},"modified":"2022-08-16T15:40:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T15:40:55","slug":"lawn-care-presence-of-moss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/lawn-care-presence-of-moss\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawn care: presence of moss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Self-tutoring about lawn care: the tutor mentions why moss grows in a lawn.<\/h2>\n<p>\nI live in a place that&#8217;s fairly wet most of the year. In the summer we get lots of sun, but other times of year we may not get so much. It&#8217;s a good place for moss: there&#8217;s moss in my lawn.<\/p>\n<p>\nSome people think that presence of moss means the soil is acidic. However, moss can grow in alkaline soil as well, provided it&#8217;s damp and shady.<\/p>\n<p>\nLow pH (acidic soil) can help moss, because it makes it harder for grass to compete. Compacted soil (it&#8217;s hard to penetrate) also favours moss, as does poor soil. That&#8217;s because grass likes pH-balanced, loose, rich soil.<\/p>\n<p>\nTherefore, moss in the yard may suggest the soil is acidic, but not necessarily.<\/p>\n<p>Source:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/renegadegardener.com\/myth-of-the-week-archive\/moss-growing-in-your-lawn-is-a-sign-of-acidic-soil\/\">renegadegardener.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardenmyths.com\/why-does-moss-grow-in-lawns\/\">gardenmyths.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/lawn-care-2\/ph-soil-test-lawn-grass\/\">lawnstarter.com<\/a><\/p>\nJack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\">Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-tutoring about lawn care: the tutor mentions why moss grows in a lawn. I live in a place that&#8217;s fairly wet most of the year. In the summer we get lots of sun, but other times of year we may &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/lawn-care-presence-of-moss\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lawn care: presence of moss<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2965],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawn-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44109,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44108\/revisions\/44109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}