Kokedama

Japanese moss ball, no pot

Shape the root ball into a clay-soil ball, wrap it in moss and bind with string. Hang it or set it on a dish.

Easy🌱 8 plants📐 8–20 cm ball
LightBright indirect
Humidity50–70%
Temperature16–24 °C
Water & substrateSoak 10–15 min when the ball feels light
Build

Step by step

  1. 1

    Mix akadama and peat (7:3), knead with water into a mouldable mass.

  2. 2

    Gently loosen the roots and form the ball around them.

  3. 3

    Wrap in sheet moss and bind with string in a net pattern.

  4. 4

    Hang it or place on a dish; mist daily in the first week.

Plant list

What to plant

Climber, trailer

Wax plant

Hoya carnosa

📏 20 cm – ∞ ☀️ bright
Cat safeDog safe

Golden pothos

Epipremnum aureum

📏 ∞ 🌤 medium, indirect
Cat moderateDog moderate

Accent

Spider plant

Chlorophytum comosum

📏 20–40 cm 🌤 medium, indirect
Cat safeDog safe

Baby rubber plant

Peperomia obtusifolia

📏 15–25 cm 🌤 medium, indirect
Cat safeDog safe

Boston fern

Nephrolepis exaltata

📏 30–60 cm 🌤 medium, indirect
Cat safeDog safe

Moth orchid

Phalaenopsis

📏 20–50 cm 🌤 medium, indirect

Use a bark-based ball!

Cat safeDog safe
Who swaps it?

Bird's nest fern

Asplenium nidus

📏 20–40 cm 🌤 medium, indirect
Cat safeDog safe

Nerve plant

Fittonia albivenis

📏 8–15 cm 🌤 medium, indirect
Cat safeDog safe

⚠️ Common mistakes

  • Dripping ball on the floor – let it drain after soaking.
  • Overwatered succulent kokedama.
  • Direct sun – moss dries and browns.
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