Moss and Wood

[Pleco Fan]

How long does it take for moss to attach itself firmly to wood? I have wrapped fishing wire around the moss to attach it to the rocks but at some point I want to cut off the fishing line and let the moss grow naturally.

[John Linklater]

I don’t know but that looks really good.

[fr499y]

Depends but I usually tie it with cotton and leave it as it slowly rots away.

[Martinspuddle]

I use to find if conditions were right, a couple of weeks.

[SPACKlick]

Very much depends on the moss and the wood. I may be being blind but it looks to me like the moss is on stone rather than wood in the picture.

[Pleco Fan]

Very much depends on the moss and the wood. I may be being blind but it looks to me like the moss is on stone rather than wood in the picture.

Your quite correct, it is stone and I don't know why I said wood, so I will give it a couple of weeks and then cut the fishing line and see what happens.
The redwood in the background will be next, just pondering which moss to use?

[fr499y]

If you can find some, fissidens is a beautiful moss.

[Pleco Fan]

If you can find some, fissidens is a beautiful moss.

I have just ordered Fissidens Fontanus from e.bay