CORVALLIS – After a typically moist winter, moss eagerly invades lawns and makes itself at home. The plush, low-lying plant doesn’t get many neutral reactions. People either love it or hate it.

A: It is a myth that lime eliminates moss from a lawn. My backyard patio has several large patches of moss growing happily in the cement grout between adjacent stones. That is certainly a high pH ...

Moss is a native plant that is opportunistic and will grow where conditions are not favorable for healthy lawns. These are usually damp, shaded areas where the moss thrives and the turf struggles. To ...

Q: At the rear and north side of my house, my lawn gets mossy. I’ve tried putting lime down to mitigate the moss problem, with little to no results. — Joe Dawidowicz, Suwannee A: The lime didn’t work ...

CORVALLIS – Reality can get skewed when there are so many sources of information - books, magazines, newspapers, nurseries and, most of all, the internet and social media open up lots of room for ...

During a rainier-than-usual winter and spring, moss eagerly invaded lawns and made itself at home. The plush, low-lying plant doesn’t get many neutral reactions. People either love it or hate it.

Moss thrives in damp, shaded areas with poor soil conditions where turfgrass struggles. Improving soil fertility, pH, drainage, and sunlight can help turfgrass out-compete moss. Moss is a native plant ...