I live in vancouver british columbia where you learn to live with moss.
Putting moss from roof into garden soil.
Put a handful of moss in a blender along with a cup of buttermilk and a cup 453 5 gr of water.
I do put it out for the city compost which gets extremely hot.
Spreading moss if you have a rock garden or other place where transplanting won t work try spreading moss slurry on the proposed garden spot.
How to kill moss in dirt.
A photo of the roof would be useful.
I have avoided putting it in my compost because it does not get all that hot.
Blend the ingredients into a slurry.
If you re planting in soil or over a flat surface make sure the surface is smoothed and totally flat.
A large tree needs a lot of organic matter to alter its soil.
A few weeks ago i read an article suggesting moss should go in your compost with other greens.
Use soil test strips to find out what the soil ph is.
Ps if the roof is visible you could even make a feature of it as a green roof by adding sedum sempervivum etc.
That means 10 13cm of compost mulch around it every spring and autumn as well as perhaps a top dressing of bark mulch during the summer.
I ve heard that there are issues.
Moss can serve as a soft green ground cover in the shady areas of your yard but if you don t like the look of moss or would rather have grass it s time to get rid of it.
Moss prefers acidic soil with a ph between 5 0 and 6 0 so you may need to raise or lower the ph depending on your results.