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In nearly every book I read on bonsai, I see a different p.o.v. on moss,
if there is one. so maybe that divides the debate into 3 groups,

If I see moss in my bonsai pots, it makes me suspect I need to repot, because my drainage is getting bad.

Also, I have a collected azalea (about a week old), all the leaves are
green, but have small almost white speckling dots on them, that are very
small and unless you look closely you can't really see that they're
individual dots.

Are they regularly spaced? Easier to see on young leaves? If so, they could be trichomes, i.e. leaf hairs. Azaleas have scaly ones. [Nina has been cutting leaf disks from diseased azalea leaves, burying them in mesh bags and digging them out in order
to dissect the rotting tissue. Nina knows too much about azalea leaf anatomy, thanks.]

A good hand lens is something everybody should own. It makes life pretty darn miraculous! And it empowers the bonsai owner, who can see thrips, spider mites, powdery mildews and other little things really easily.

Nina.
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Nina Shishkoff


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