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Old 04-04-2014, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Vernster View Post
Thank you Carl for your reply. You are always so helpful answering questions for us.

I too think the moss is very decorative and picturesque but I am concerned that the trees will become defolliated. The lower branches have already lost most of their leaves. Driving back from Dunnellon yesterday I noticed many trees in pastures covered in moss with no leaves at all. I know this is an expensive project but I want to save the trees.

Thanks for your help.
If your tree is losing leaves then the moss certainly needs to be removed.

I hope you can find someone who will do the removal for a reasonable price.

For decades Florida "locals" (admittedly in a younger demographic than most of us) did most of their own moss removal using very long cane fishing poles.

The removal was done from the ground and from ladders. The person would extend the end of the pole into a clump of moss and twirl it around to get a "grip" on the clump and then pull it off. It was very labor intensive, and working on a ladder looking upward could become hazardous.

Usually, the moss was not discarded but was used as flower bed mulch.

The good old days........

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What was so good about the good old days?

We were younger then.
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