Sphagnum moss?

[hornydevil]

Decided to do a spot of scouting for sphagnum moss today and ended up in Happy Garden orchid nursery. Asked them if they have moss for plants and they showed me a 500gm bag of dried moss,
They said the moss was from Chile and it was what they are using for their orchids. Bought 2 bags of it for RM 36/ and will be using it to repot my Sarras.

Anyone used this type of moss before or wish to comment on this product?

[marvin1997]

Huh,what.......?

[bactrus]

Chile moss is reasonable. It is a Honda/Toyota of moss but not a Bentley/Ferrari. Most of us are using this kind of moss.

Other grade which I sometimes use is those you can get from ACE hardware or New Trio (forum sponsor). It is New Zealand sphagnum moss and is very long lasting.

Also, note that sphagnum moss harvesting can be very enviromentally destructive, depending on sources. So one's choice of moss plays a role on our little planet.

[hornydevil]

I'm okay with a Honda or Toyota cause I definitely cannot afford a Bentley!

Thanks for the input.

[kit1212]

Hey there,I bought a bag of moss from there too and it obviously better than the moss from China.It does not decompose easily but contain other materials.So it's not as clean as the New Zealand moss. =)

[hornydevil]

Originally Posted by kit1212

Hey there,I bought a bag of moss from there too and it obviously better than the moss from China.It does not decompose easily but contain other materials.So it's not as clean as the New Zealand moss. =)

I did ask the lady there if the moss was from China but and she said the moss is from Chile. She does have the China ones but said the quality was not acceptable even for her orchids.
As to the debris in the Chilean moss, guess we just have to do some preliminary work before using it.
Cant compare it with the NZ Sphagnum moss lah. It will be like comparing a Proton with a Merc!(no offence to Proton owners!)