Azalea : moss progress
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leatherback
The Treedeemer
Not a fan of moss in my pots personally, but this looks really healthy. Well done.
Forsoothe!
Imperial Masterpiece
I think that's Irish or Scotch Moss which isn't "Moss" and is not welcome on my plants, especially on the bark.
HoneyHornet
Shohin
I typically pinch it back from the bark but it kind of climbed it before I knew it. And im almost positive its schrebers big red stem moss,pleurozium schreberi,i could take closer pic but its not those
fredman
Masterpiece
As long as it hasn't got a deep rooting system. What is that like?
HoneyHornet
Shohin
The moss? Its shallow carpet.. This pic is when a squirrel recently dug a little out..not that its the best pic
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Shohin
I also have broom forkmoss,pincushion moss and toothed plagiomnium and silvergreen bryum that I use in other pots and seem to be okay.. I just like me some moss
leatherback
The Treedeemer
nope it is not.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
I have a problem with the bark of azalea falling off with just too much water, living moss will make this worse.
I love moss more than azalea.
Sorce
I love moss more than azalea.
Sorce
HoneyHornet
Shohin
Yea I'll pick it off the bark its the only one i have that actually crawled up and I just kind of looked at lol
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
HoneyHornet
Shohin
Ill try to find pics of when i potted it but I drilled many holes in that tray and its allot of lava rock,it actually breathes great from what ive observed. With that lava rock "moat",i love this planting arrangement..it flowered great this year
But I'll def keep that in mind if it starts to decline..especially now that the moss reached that outer edge
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Leo in N E Illinois
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Nice,
you made my list of "experts" when you tossed out the botanical names of mosses without batting an eye. Not many have travelled that deep into the Bryophyte dungeons. I'll be calling on you when I have moss problems, or to identify a moss.
Looks good. My irrigation water is to high in minerals, running 180 mg/l total alkalinity as calcium carbonate. So moss is temporary. When I get plenty of rain, the moss grows and spreads, when I have to water with municipal water, the moss slowly deteriorates. That's good enough for me at the moment. but when showing bonsai becomes a priority having nice moss is important.
you made my list of "experts" when you tossed out the botanical names of mosses without batting an eye. Not many have travelled that deep into the Bryophyte dungeons. I'll be calling on you when I have moss problems, or to identify a moss.
Looks good. My irrigation water is to high in minerals, running 180 mg/l total alkalinity as calcium carbonate. So moss is temporary. When I get plenty of rain, the moss grows and spreads, when I have to water with municipal water, the moss slowly deteriorates. That's good enough for me at the moment. but when showing bonsai becomes a priority having nice moss is important.
HoneyHornet
Shohin
Recognition much appreciated! I cant resist scooping it up as I go along..i keep lil nursery junkpot in my car just in case
That bucket of pincushion looks lil deeper than i prefer for bonsai but i just like to keep my stash full lol it finds its place sooner or later
Sometimes of its too tall (super thick pad of moss) ill just shave the bottom shallower.(before the point of making it fall apart).or if a young specimen pulled from wherever is kind of lengthy at the ground level between actual feeder root system and the above ground trunk(often the case when pulling trees from deciduous woods ,what with all the leaf decay and natural compost over time adding height to ground level,sometimes there is some space to close which the deep pads of moss work pretty well for)...or if its too darn tall ill just stash it in my flower bed...or shred and add to soil whatever ya want its always welcome over here
In fact i keep saying i wanna make neat little moss-scapes with those peices but i never get around to it lol..like just undertrays drilled for drainage and then moss n some mini ferns n stuff ..
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leatherback
The Treedeemer
This looks very much like the stuff that I keep pulling off everything here. Certainly my bonsaipots are forbidden ground!
Do the not invade all the bark?
HoneyHornet
Shohin
My lack of experience with the fern mosses make it hard for me to say for sure..my only use of it was this moss scape..actually havent used it in a potting with a tree
HoneyHornet
Shohin
fredman
Masterpiece
Dude don't take this personal, but you have to get another camera. This one don't satisfy my curiousity 
Bonsai Nut
Nuttier than your average Nut
I love moss... but fight to keep it off my trunks 
In Southern California our water was so alkaline the only time I would get moss was during the rainy season when I would use a lot of organic fertilizer. I found a secret source outside a carwash where they used softened water - and some of the water ran off on the street and the cracks were loaded with green moss that thrived in the full sun. Here in North Carolina it is everywhere - I just have to look. Typically you will be happiest if you find moss that matches the environment of your tree - shade moss for trees like azaleas, sun moss for your conifers, etc. I've got mosses growing all over a stone wall in my back yard, and every time I water my bonsai I water my moss wall
In Southern California our water was so alkaline the only time I would get moss was during the rainy season when I would use a lot of organic fertilizer. I found a secret source outside a carwash where they used softened water - and some of the water ran off on the street and the cracks were loaded with green moss that thrived in the full sun. Here in North Carolina it is everywhere - I just have to look. Typically you will be happiest if you find moss that matches the environment of your tree - shade moss for trees like azaleas, sun moss for your conifers, etc. I've got mosses growing all over a stone wall in my back yard, and every time I water my bonsai I water my moss wall
