Maple moss

[Wolfking42084]

Hello all,
I'm getting ready to do a large pruning job on a camp ground for an older lady who owns it. She wanted 3 different prices for several things. First, was the pruning of about 20, 30' maples/cherry/gum trees. Second, to treat about 15 hemlocks using my soil injector. Third was she wants to remove some moss that are on the bark of 2 or 3 of the maples that are getting pruned. I've never done that and personally don't have a problem with bark moss. So my question is, what do you guys do to remove this. I would say spray of course, but what? thanks for the help

 

[elmnut]

vinegar, safe for you, bad for the moss

 

[treeseer]

vinegar, safe for you, bad for the moss

:agree2:

After scraping the big clumps off. If it's being removed for aesthetic reasons, you don't want brown stuff stuck there. If it's being requested for other reasons, find out and define them more closely. No biological reason I know of aside from some pH issues.

ANSI makes clear that we must know our objectives before we write up the work order/estimate, or the work is substandard.

 

[LTREES]

Stupid question. If you opened up the maple and allowed the sun light to hit the moss, would that work to dry it up? Or maybe it is in an area next to a structure that forbids that. Just asking cause I don't know and never came across that situation.

 

[Wolfking42084]

I have one of the solo motorized mist sprayers. Should I just put straight vinegar in there or mix it with water? I have thought about opeing it up, but it is a camp ground alongside a creek, northside of a mountain and the woman is totally against cutting anything more than she wanted. Nothing too thick , but every branch is covered in moss.

 

[treeseer]

Why does she want it off? Campers might think it looks cool when it's green.

It looks bad to everyone if you kill it. You'd also be killing lichens, which are beneficial.

What would a lot of vinegar do to soil pH? Are the trees mulched, to buffer those effects?

Pictures sure would help.

 

[Wolfking42084]

There is no mulch. The little campers, have had their way with hatchets anyway. Not sure about the effect of vinegar. The campers may think it's cool, but the lady wants it dead. Any suggestions on how you do this? thanks

 

[woodchux]

Maybe you could use a pressure washer to get the moss off?

 

[elmnut]

There is no mulch. The little campers, have had their way with hatchets anyway. Not sure about the effect of vinegar. The campers may think it's cool, but the lady wants it dead. Any suggestions on how you do this? thanks

Vinegar will kill the moss, and make your salad tasty

 

[M.D. Vaden]

Here's a mossy limb for you. Not a true moss, but called Oregon Spikemoss.

Was measuring the strands - up to 4' long on this bigleaf maple limb.