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kentiopsis · 03-12-2014, 07:47 PM

Kat2,

I don't think Spanish moss would do it, but it might make a temporary substitute. If you can find peat moss, that would work. I'm sorry, but I've forgotten where you are, but there must be local alternatives. Any kind of sterile, natural, moisture-holding medium will do. The point is to imitate natural conditions—and remember, I'm speaking from my experience with palm seeds, but I don't see why this logic wouldn't extend to other plants or seeds—just imagine your seeds, or your cane lying as they, or it, naturally fell into the leaf mold below them. That's what you're trying to imitate. The advantagses. I've used paper towels when desperate or in the field, but as soon as I can get some of the commercial mosses, that's what I use. The important thing is that they imitate natural conditions, and they are sterile—no bugs, no bacteria, no viruses. Paper towels are rudimentary, get experimental, look around, ask professional growers. Please let me know how it goes.

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kentiopsis kentiopsis Location: Khonkaen, Thailand, an agricultural and horticultural center in NE Thailand Find me on the map! Zone: Unknown, but tropical Name: kentiopsis Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 80 BananaBucks : 40,975 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 27 Times Was Thanked 103 Times in 47 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 13 Times	Re: I have been given the task of starting sugar cane Kat2, I don't think Spanish moss would do it, but it might make a temporary substitute. If you can find peat moss, that would work. I'm sorry, but I've forgotten where you are, but there must be local alternatives. Any kind of sterile, natural, moisture-holding medium will do. The point is to imitate natural conditions—and remember, I'm speaking from my experience with palm seeds, but I don't see why this logic wouldn't extend to other plants or seeds—just imagine your seeds, or your cane lying as they, or it, naturally fell into the leaf mold below them. That's what you're trying to imitate. The advantagses. I've used paper towels when desperate or in the field, but as soon as I can get some of the commercial mosses, that's what I use. The important thing is that they imitate natural conditions, and they are sterile—no bugs, no bacteria, no viruses. Paper towels are rudimentary, get experimental, look around, ask professional growers. Please let me know how it goes.