# How to grow moss, climbing vines and duckweed

> Use a salad to strengthen Leafage and target the right surface for each plant.

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- Author: Pokodex Editorial Team
- Published: 2026-10-21T20:21:20+02:00
- Updated: 2026-10-21T20:21:20+02:00

Some habitats require plants you cannot grow by placing seeds. After unlocking cooking, a salad strengthens Leafage so that it can create vegetation on stone, walls and water as well as ordinary grass.

![How to grow moss, climbing vines and duckweed](https://pokopia-data.pages.dev/assets/abilities/leafage.png)

## Activate the correct meal effect

- Place a cutting board and prepare a salad. The first simple salad can be made with two leaves.

- Eat the salad yourself. Giving it to another Pokémon does not strengthen your move.

- Select Leafage and check that its temporary food effect is active before starting the habitat.

## Choose the surface before using the move

For moss, aim at a suitable stone floor or rock surface. For climbing vines, face a suitable vertical wall. For duckweed, aim at the water surface. The same powered move gives different results according to the surface you target; using it on nearby ordinary soil will simply make grass.

Create the required patches inside the habitat area and check the game's recognition message. For example, moss beside hot-spring water is used for Mossy hot spring. Decorative green blocks are not a substitute for actual moss when the requirement specifically asks for the plant.

## If the expected plant does not appear

Check the food effect, your aim and the surface. A salad's yellow energy can run out even though the move itself remains available. Eat another salad to restore that effect, then test on one clear patch before covering a large area. A meal for a different ability does not replace the salad needed for Leafage.

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