Moss from the roof!

[Eckhoffw]

I had been wanting to go collect moss for awhile now since I decided to show a few trees at the state fair.
I figured some moss dressings might be nice.

A big rain storm today alerted me that my gutters were clogged. I got on the roof and Shazam! All the moss I could want. There was a nice variety of mosses. Both tight button mounding mosses and courser flat moss.
Just saying’ check your asphalt roofs for moos at home!
10-15 minutes of collecting.
Dressed up my dwarf thuja. Then added some to my Korean boxwood. Also put some on the blue rug The rest went on some other plants to just use it up.
Nice to know it’s up there.

 

[Weta]

Cool, I went on a moss hunt for air layering material, all the way to my front lawn.

 

[pandacular]

I've heard (and observed) that this variety of long grained moss is rather challenging to keep moist and thriving on a trees surface, given the different watering needs between the moss and the tree.

I've been successful with it on my shallowly planted maples, but none of the conifers.

 

[Eckhoffw]

I've heard (and observed) that this variety of long grained moss is rather challenging to keep moist and thriving on a trees surface, given the different watering needs between the moss and the tree.

I've been successful with it on my shallowly planted maples, but none of the conifers.

Yeah, its not great for soil cover in a bonsai pot, But looks like great airlayering moss. Like sphagnum moss.

 

[Eckhoffw]

Cool, I went on a moss hunt for air layering material, all the way to my front lawn. View attachment 501721View attachment 501722

This was in your front lawn!? Oh right. New Zealand.

 

[vp999]

Now you have to put all your mossed trees on the roof because thats where it thrive . I never had any luck with moss, because most my trees are in full sun and moss hates that.

 

[Michigan Tree Murderer]

I had been wanting to go collect moss for awhile now since I decided to show a few trees at the state fair.
I figured some moss dressings might be nice.

A big rain storm today alerted me that my gutters were clogged. I got on the roof and Shazam! All the moss I could want. View attachment 501689View attachment 501690There was a nice variety of mosses. Both tight button mounding mosses and courser flat moss.
Just saying’ check your asphalt roofs for moos at home!
View attachment 50169510-15 minutes of collecting.
Dressed up my dwarf thuja. View attachment 501691Then added some to my Korean boxwood. View attachment 501692Also put some on the blue rug View attachment 501693The rest went on some other plants to just use it up.
Nice to know it’s up there.

Must have been easy to collect off the shingles. I take a metal spoon out to the backyard and collect under the trees if I need some.

 

[Eckhoffw]

Went up on the roof to clean the gutters out today.
Got a little more miss while up there.

I think this is pin cushion moss.
They look like little moss turds, but will work great.

Remember to check your roof!

 

[Colorado]

Looks like great moss! Nice find lol

 

[vp999]

Now you have to display all you bonsai on the roof so the moss can survive.