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7-Nov-2006	#1
jfecme bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Mar-2005 Location: Georgia Country: USA USDA Zone: 7A AHS Heat Zone: 8 Posts: 318	Bad moss I've got a few trees that have the kind of moss I think I don't want. I call it "strangler" moss because it attaches itself to the nebari and starts working its way up the trunk. I've been told it's a killer, destroys the cambium and sucks the energy from trees. Anybody know about this? Any way to get rid of it without severely damaging the tree? I thought about a soft toothbrush, rubbung it off. I tried on an azalea and the bark came off with it. If I did that all the way around there would be a naked band around the trunk. Are there any chemical cures that won't hurt the tree? __________________ Over 25 years experience - good and bad, and still learning!

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7-Nov-2006	#2
Cathie bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Apr-2006 Location: Z5b Posts: 383	Scrape off the scrapable, then use your toothbrush with diluted bleach on what's left.

7-Nov-2006

jfecme

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Join Date: Mar-2005

Location: Georgia

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AHS Heat Zone: 8

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Originally Posted by Cathie

Scrape off the scrapable, then use your toothbrush with diluted bleach on what's left.

Thanks! I'll try that. I saw some sort of bottled de-mosser on the shelf at the local HD, but when I went back they had no more. I was kind of afraid to use it, no matter what it was. I didn't read the label before. Maybe it was bleach, too!

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