Well, I looked through this all as well as many of the links here, and since I couldn't find the answers to my questions, as promised, I'm back to ask
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well lets start off with the moss... you can water it with slightly old warm milk or stale beer. it doesnt smell too apealing, but i think it may do the trick. but i feel i should let you know moss can be a dangerous endever. keep a close eye on it, it can cause the roots and trunk to rot. and depending on the fullness can also take most-all the moister from your tree. my mom has an azailia that has this really cool fernie type moss and it looks so cool and hold soil in the odd pot so well but its starting to work it way up the trunk (not good!) and could, if not takin care of soon, cause some serious damage.
and just my opinion i say go to town on your "neurotic landscaping" it is a way to better express artistically! have fun with it i see no problem with it!!!
hope this helps! good luck with it all, but most of all have fun! ~keli
Thank you. That's something I've never heard of. I'll try it. And yea, I've also heard that moss shouldn't cover anymore than three-quarters of the soil surface because it creates like a shield, keeping water from peneatrating through.
i usually grow it by chopping it up and watering it. i did a search for cultivating moss on google, and the first site on there seemed to describe it more thoroughly than i feel like typing at the moment. good luck. i like moss. it's my friend. *pets moss*
cultivating! ha ha! I guess it was just the choice of words. I went to google, and I had "growing moss" "taking care of moss" and stuff, but I don't think I ever used "cultivating moss" Thanks. The website is a good one.
I've seen people grow moss with...buttermilk. Weird, but it works.
I've also heard that putting the edges of the moss pad under the soil helps keep it from drying out until it's taken root. I've never really gotten moss to grow well so I don't know how well that works.
Of course, moss will affect the water penetration on your trees so keep an eye on that.
As for ferns, I don't think you'll be able to find anything small enough, although you could probably use a small fern as an accent plant potted separately and displayed next to the bonsai. That's very common and deeply old-skool japanese. :)
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and just my opinion i say go to town on your "neurotic landscaping" it is a way to better express artistically! have fun with it i see no problem with it!!!
hope this helps! good luck with it all, but most of all have fun!
~keli
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I've also heard that putting the edges of the moss pad under the soil helps keep it from drying out until it's taken root. I've never really gotten moss to grow well so I don't know how well that works.
Of course, moss will affect the water penetration on your trees so keep an eye on that.
As for ferns, I don't think you'll be able to find anything small enough, although you could probably use a small fern as an accent plant potted separately and displayed next to the bonsai. That's very common and deeply old-skool japanese. :)
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