Agreed, Most lichens take decades to grow, whereas the buttermilk trick will yield moss fairly quickly if the humidity is right. D. Christopher Rogers Invertebrate Ecologist/Taxonomist ((,///////////=====< EcoAnalysts, Inc. (530) 406-1178 166 Buckeye Street Woodland CA 95695 USA ? Invertebrate Taxonomy ? Invertebrate Ecological Studies ? Bioassessment and Study Design ? Endangered Invertebrate Species ? Zooplankton ? Periphyton/ Phytoplankton Moscow, ID ? Bozeman, MT ? Woodland, CA ? Neosho, MO ? Selinsgrove, PA http://www.ecoanalysts.com/ -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of carlobal@netzero.net Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 9:01 AM To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: Re: [pbs] off topic-lichens Diana, Please don't go grinding up lichens to include in your spray...they are sometimes VERY slow growing. The old saw about buttermilk is usually meant to encourage the growth of moss. In most places it probably works just as well to leave things alone. If conditions are right to favor moss production, there's plenty of it floating around... Carlo Carlo A. Balistrieri (carlob@ridgewoodpower.com) The Gardens at Turtle Point 79 Turtle Point Road Tuxedo Park, NY 10987 Zone 6 (845.351.2049) _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php