Paul;

On another thread on mounts someone used candle wick to provide the necessary wicking to grow mosses on a mount. I'll try and fine the thread.

Other option is to order some Hygrolon from Dart Frogs in the UK. Last time I checked, they will ship to the US.
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Cheers.
Jim

Thanks for that thought! I had just started wondering about using candle wick myself.

Hey Paul;

If you're still looking for Hygrolon, someone forwarded a new site here in the US that just started to carry it.

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Cheers.
Jim

I would say that a candle wick is a bad choice as it is usually cotton and will detoriate very fast!

As always Magnus, thanks for your insight!

Curious about hygrolon myself, but if you want a cheaper option for wicking fabric you might try polyester craft felt. I've started using it in a few plant settings, if I remember I'll report back when I see results one way or another.

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I have been using Hygrolon for about 5 months now and this is how I use it to make a mount. I take PVC irrigation pipe of varying diameters and wrap around twice with material leaving enough material on each end to stuff several inches down on both ends of PVC pipe, this works to tighten up material and as a water holding area that will wick. then I tie a hook on one end and they are ready for mounting with fishing line .

So far this has worked great for me both inside and out.

Pipe over 1" in diameter I wrap twice with material and used hot glue to secure material. I also used an end cap on bottom of PVC and drilled holes several inches above cap and cut material to run thru drill holes into water and around tube to act as a wick for material wrapped around tube.

both ways work but the first way is better because it does not stay to wet.