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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, those
> that like it, those that dislike it (none or only for a show),
and those
> which find it inconsequential. Any thoughts? Are there some
undeniable
> facts that I may weigh to come to my own conclusion?
There's no one size fits all for moss. It depends on the soil,
your watering habits, your climate, and your taste.
Where I live it is difficult to NOT have moss. In Arizona, moss
is a treasured luxury. I tend to leave moss on my mame and
shohin and keep it off my larger trees. I never let moss grow
all the time on an azalea; around here it climbs up the trunks
and rots the bark.
>
> 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. it hasn't dropped any leaves, however they're
a little
> papery to the touch and slightly wilted. Am I paranoid because
I want the
> little tree to make it, and really nothing's wrong and a little
lack of
> vigor is to be expected? Or is some other run-on sentece
explanation or
> situation the case?
>
The dots are OK. If you collected it a week ago, allow it to be
in shock for a while. It may lose all of its leaves, but if you
don't overwater and if you keep it out of the sun it should do
OK.
Jim Lewis -
jklewis@nettally.com - 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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