a small brick of sphag moss through Amazon... had always purchased bales directly from nurseries in GA but nobody has them or can order them now, it seems.
I’ll check the Walmart nearby. Thanks for the offer.
That one looks better than the majority of s.moss I have found at Lowes or Home Depot. But from that pic I can tell you that the quality of the Besgrow brand seems better. They have a new package look, I thought it was a different quality, but it contains the same 70% of 100mm strands in the bale as the classic one.
It’s good enough for my needs and it’s easy to get more of when I run out. The besgrow does seem to be a little better but for twice the price I’ll stick to the cheap stuff
. I’m planning on doing a bunch of root grafts as well. I still have a bit more wiring to do, but it’s only 32° in the cold room today.
One of the styling struggles I’ve faced here is trying to induce movement in some of the older branches. Difficult by not impossible with maples, and it usually involves guy wires. I have such a wire, attached to the bottom of the pot, pulling the main left branch down, and I recently added another to pull outer branch up to deal with the straight section. That obviously wasn’t going to work with the upcoming repotting. A steel screw at the base did the trick.
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Milk??It’s 71° here today, and I have the day off… Boom!
Repotting this tree is a bear. Start to finish, it easily took me over three hours. Properly caring for this tree is going to probably shorten my life, but I think it’s worth it
The short version of the repot… Several root grafts were placed, and I’ve raised the nebari up a bit… Time to show it off a little
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I did cover the shallow roots with milk, Spagna Moss after watering.
Should have read "milled sphagnum moss".
Such an excellent tree Dave. That trunk movement is so nice.
