Winter can quietly stress houseplants, even when you’re caring for them regularly. Lower light levels, dry indoor air, and temperature changes often lead to yellowing leaves, wilting, or slowed growth. Many of these signs look alarming but are actually part of a plant’s natural winter response. Understanding what your plant is telling you helps prevent common mistakes like overwatering. With a few simple adjustments to light, watering, and humidity, your houseplants can stay healthy through the colder months.
Kokedama or "moss ball" is a traditional garden art that, instead of growing the plant on the ground, utilizing moss and string to create these cute hanging ball of plants. It started to gain popularity worldwide as apart of the minimalism culture in Japan. This unconventional garden form not only add an unique taste to your house but is also a fun DIY project to do.
Read our guide below on step-to-step on how to make your own Kokedama or watch the video for further detail.
What you need
- Green peat moss or Reindeer moss.
- Succulent soil.
- Water.
- Twine.
- Scissors.
- Succulents.
Step 1. Prepare the succulents by cleaning the dirt off their roots. You can try to combine 2 or 3 different succulents to create a bigger Kokedama. In this rendition, we use one succulent to make our Kokedama.
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Step 2. Traditional Kokedama balls use a heavy clay-based soil mixed with peat moss to ensure the moss-covered balls retain sufficient water for ferns and other ornamental plants. Since we will be making succulent Kokedama balls, we need the soil to hold some moisture, but not too much. Hence, we can just use cactus soil mix or add peat moss with the 70:30 ratio is good enough.
Step 3. Form a ball at least twice the size of the combined roots of your succulents. Once you finish, carefully break the ball of soil in half and insert the succulent roots inside.
Step 4. Use the moss to wrap around the soil ball. As you cover, begin wrapping the twine around your moss ball. Keep it tight, and pay attention to the shape you are working on at all times. Once the moss, plant and soil are fully secured by the twine, continue wrapping until you achieve the expected look. Use scissors to remove excess moss on the ball.
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Watch the video below (and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more great videos) to see 4 Steps to make a simple SUCCULENT KOKEDAMA (Succulent in a Moss Ball)
How to water Kokedama Ball
Kokedama ball is super easy to make and can be great decoration in your house or office. Now you have made yourself some lovely plant ball, you might be wondering how to water them. Here is the tip: prepare a bowl of water, submerge your Kokedama in the water. Let it sit for about 5 minutes to absorb water. Start by doing this once every 10-14 days and observe the Kokedama. If the plant is happy, you can stick to this watering routine. If the succulent shows any sign of underwatering or overwatering, adjust your watering frequency accordingly.
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