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Bonsai Master, in my mind
Join Date: Feb-2005
Location: Back Home in Northern California
Country: USA
Posts: 1,482
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I agree that moss looks good on some, if not many, bonsai. Further, moss can be used without being harmful...if properly tended.
However, for me...again I say FOR ME...moss on bonsai is not worth the effort to propagate it and keep is healthy and happy...in consideration of the potential hazards the bonsai might be subjected to. Keep in mind...FROM MY EXPERIENCE...if you provide the moss with a watering regime that keeps it healthy and happy, you my be...repeat, may be...providing too much water for your bonsai.
My solution is...I do not propagate moss.
That's what works for me.
By the way...I have seen moss growing on bonsai soil...healthy happy...in the Southern Arizona Desert. It can be done.
Moss or...not. My choice in NOT.
Pat
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BONSAI isn't about surviving in a storm, rather, how to dance in the rain.
THE ONLY WAY: Always remember, and don't ever forget, that whatever you read here is not cast in concrete... the intent of any advice is to help. In no way should you feel that I’m saying that my way is the only way…heaven forbid! I've seen far too much of the "my way or the highway" attitude in bonsai as well as in other areas of life.
Pat Patterson...Bonsai in the Greater Bay Area, Northern California
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