Sphagnum Moss. Any difference ?

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Originally Posted by RJSquirrel

zoo med again for those of you who dont use bales of it..
Anything you get in bales is going to be full of crap you didnt pay for.. I know a lot of people who arent particular about the moss. Cheap is the best if you ask them. If your growing and not showing the moss to me doesnt make much of a difference dirty moss vs clean is the same. If you like your plants to look their best then use better moss. Its all just moss.

I still buy the cubes from petsmart when I need one. 15 bucks isnt going to kill me a few times a year for good moss.

I beg to differ with you RJ.
I have found the 80l bales of the same type as Ray shows in his earlier post in this thread to be very clean.
I find any contaminates to be very few and far between.
The strands of moss are long and fluffy, almost like a fox's tail.
Comparing the Chilean I'm now using to it is like comparing a hot dog to a Filet mignon.

Time not price was my prod to go with the locally available lower quality material.

Moss is my "potting" material.
I use it on everything I mount.
I don't use pots.
I don't use all that much.
But, when I use it, I use a lot of it all at once.
Then, it might sit for a year or more until the next go-round.