Sphagnum moss alternatives

[Wires_Guy_wires]

I don't... Maybe I need to be corrected....but I've read that one for years.

I found that a bactetia called Streptomyces griseovirides K61 was found on sphagnum, and that one is able to produce IAA.
Sphagnum itself seems - as far as I can find- to produce auxins like any other plant, but only when it's alive and it seems to use all of it for its own growth.
I'll see if I can find more about it.

 

[just.wing.it]

I found that a bactetia called Streptomyces griseovirides K61 was found on sphagnum, and that one is able to produce IAA.
Sphagnum itself seems - as far as I can find- to produce auxins like any other plant, but only when it's alive and it seems to use all of it for its own growth.
I'll see if I can find more about it.

A quick internet search doesn't turn up much, except someone on IBC from 2012 who thinks that it is a myth of sorts.

 

[Arlithrien]

I've had success with sphagnum moss but I've also had success with peat/perlite as well as potting soil from the local nursery.

I'm currently trying NAPA 8822 as it holds water very well, drains very well, and is inorganic so hopefully no fungal issues. Really I'm just trying it because I had nothing else to use at the time.

 

[Stan Kengai]

Small grained pumice in a pot works well if it is sometheing you can water every other day or so. The added bonus is that the roots produced are not as tender and fleshy as when done with the bag method.

 

[bwaynef]

When I airlayer in a pot, I use bonsai soil. I also tend to top it w/ sphagnum just to keep it from drying out, but that's not completely necessary.