Time to harvest the Spanish moss

[bil]

I bought two bunches of Spanish moss, one recently to hang round my Vanda roots, and the other a couple of years ago. Since then it has been used for this and that, and now I decided it would do better hung off some of the mounts.

[H.L]

I see a lot of experienced orchid growers are growing the Spanish moss along with their orchids. I always wonder if there is a reason to grow them. Also how can u tell if the Spanish moss is `alive`?

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[Pattywack]

You have some nice Spanish moss, I love it's tiny flowers. I use it to help keep moisture around plants and to add to the "look" of the pot/plant. Wish I had the space to keep more. It's very easy to keep.

[bil]

Originally Posted by H.L

I see a lot of experienced orchid growers are growing the Spanish moss along with their orchids. I always wonder if there is a reason to grow them. Also how can u tell if the Spanish moss is `alive`?

If it dies, it looks brown/grey pretty quickly. It can look grey when it is thirsty, but when sprayed, it then greens up instantly.

Mine gets 25ppm nitrogen at every watering, but it ca take much more. When I watered the stanhhooppeas, that's where a lot of the moss was, so it got oe spray of 150ppm a day. The only danger is that if the sun is too hot on it, and you use a strong fertiliser then the tips can start to brown a bit.

[Rothrock42]

That looks great. Nice.

[bil]

Originally Posted by Rothrock42

That looks great. Nice.

Thank you..