[IBC] Air layer question
 

I have not found anything in the archives about this topic. Around here
there is no sphagnum moss sold in stores but there is something called
green moss for hanging baskets. It is long and stringy like sphagnum,
but is green. Is there a big difference between the two or will the
green moss work for air layers just as well?
Brian Sunset Zone 12 Tucson AZ

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[IBC] Air layer question
 

I have not found anything in the archives about this topic.
Around here
there is no sphagnum moss sold in stores but there is something
called
green moss for hanging baskets. It is long and stringy like
sphagnum,
but is green. Is there a big difference between the two or
will the
green moss work for air layers just as well?
Brian Sunset Zone 12 Tucson AZ

I have no idea what "green moss" is, but I'd bet it isn't
sphagnum. I can't believe, however, that as many nurseries (by
nurseries I do NOT mean Home Depot and other places of that ilk)
as there are in Tucson that you can't find a bag of sphagnum
moss. Too many gardeners are thinking too strongly about air
layering this time of year. Even (especially???) in the desert.

Anyway, check the Yellow Pages and call a few nurseries. You
will find it.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where
people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and
its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it
should have - Paul Bigelow Sears.

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[IBC] Air layer question
 

Brian:
I have successfully produced more than a dozen air layers and I use
Bonsai soil. In fact I wrote a short article which is available at the
IBC articles. Try this URL:

http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ar....php?viewid=21


Carl L. Rosner - near Atlantic City zone 6/7
http://bmee.net/rosner
http://www.jamesbaird.com/cgi-bin/Ja...d=00000068 48

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Brian Berggoetz wrote:

I have not found anything in the archives about this topic. Around here
there is no sphagnum moss sold in stores but there is something called
green moss for hanging baskets. It is long and stringy like sphagnum,
but is green. Is there a big difference between the two or will the
green moss work for air layers just as well?
Brian Sunset Zone 12 Tucson AZ







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