{"id":488,"date":"2024-11-02T06:36:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T06:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floristmoss.co.nz\/?p=488"},"modified":"2025-03-25T05:27:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T05:27:16","slug":"the-moss-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floristmoss.co.nz\/index.php\/2024\/11\/02\/the-moss-man\/","title":{"rendered":"The Moss man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Moss Man<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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They call him \u2018the moss man\u2019 and with good reason. Allan Paterson\u2019s 65-hectare block of
Maruia basin land on the south Island\u2019s West Coast is a hobbit habitat packed with peat and filled with dripping mosses. The peat, says Allan, is best left alone, where it can contribute to the growth of the sphagnum moss that he harvests sustainably and presents to the New Zealand market in a number of different guises. Along with ornamental mosses, it forms the basis of his business \u2018Magic Moss\u2019.

 A plant without roots, Allan describes sphagnum moss as \u201can epiphyte that grows  on the ground\u201d. strictly speaking, an epiphyte  is a plant which \u2018grows upon another plant\u2019  but much of Allan\u2019s sphagnum is found in a  huge peat swamp where temperatures soar to 40\u00b0C in summer and drop so low in winter that  a permafrost situation exists. The moss also grows beneath rushes, over the stumps of fallen trees, across waterways, and beneath the five metre-high canopy of native beech trees that cover the swamp\u2019s surrounding terraces. It\u2019s beneath the shady beech that the sphagnum can reach a depth of 1m. When he\u2019s out harvesting (a task he prefers to do himself rather than leave to a contractor), Allan often comes across sphagnum in a range of colours.
\u201cThe moss exposed to direct sunlight can  vary from blonde to almost orange. When the ground is very dry, it will turn silver because it\u2019s stopped photosynthesising. Give it some water, though, and it will begin growing again in a matter of hours.\u201d

While the tip of sphagnum continues growing in the right conditions, the lower section of the plant is continually dying off, a cycle that contributes to the formation of the peat upon which the whole system is based. Interestingly, the most intense periods of growth occur in spring, following snow. As snow falls through the atmosphere, it gathers nitrogen. The ensuing white blanket that covers the peat swamp leaches into the ground to become a natural supplier of nutrients. In some cultures, it is traditionally referred to as \u2018poor man\u2019s fertiliser\u2019.

The top 20\u201330cm of the moss is hand harvested, year round, with a \u2018drag\u2019, (think \u201cfive-pronged pitchfork with the prongs bent well over\u201d). The sphagnum is then loaded into 1000-litre tanks hitched to the back of Allan\u2019s Argo (an eight- wheeled amphibious vehicle he affectionately refers to as Barry). Before Allan leaves the site, he scatters some of the sphagnum\u2019s growing tip back onto the harvested area.

\u201csphagnum will grow from tips, stem cuttings \u2013 providing there are buds present \u2013 and from spores. But the most efficient way to propagate is with tips.\u201d
only the inner section of an area of sphagnum is removed, allowing the moss to regenerate from the perimeter inwards. It will be a minimum of four years before Allan can return to the site, by which time the moss will be a lot cleaner than the first crop.
\u201cThe first harvest of sphagnum is likely to be heavily discoloured by tannin from having had years of leaf debris falling onto it. After five to six years of regrowth, it\u2019s much cleaner.\u201d
The sphagnum is transported to one of two drying facilities; the drying shed on the Maruia property or the racks at Leithfield, 200km (and a whole different climate) away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 \u201cLeithfield offers much better drying conditions because of the warm north-west winds it receives, so we do more of the drying there than on the coast To speed things up at Maruia, the roof of the drying shed is a silo-cover laid black side up to suck in the warmth from the sun. roll-up sides facilitate the movement of air through the moss, which is spread out on wire mesh racks.
Allan isn\u2019t looking for a total dry, though, something which is a point of difference between his product and that of other sphagnum harvesters.
\u201cI\u2019ve always worked in the horticultural industry so I was used to seeing short, brittle strands of sphagnum which had had the life kilndried out of it. It didn\u2019t hold together well, even when rehydrated, but it had to be that way for the export market. By offering a domestic product, I knew I could supply
a greener, more durable, ready-to-use moss.\u201d

Allan\u2019s hunch paid off. He now sells as much sphagnum as he can produce \u2013 and the potential is there for an increase in sales. orchid enthusiasts can\u2019t get enough of it; and with sphagnum able to hold 20 times its own weight in moisture, councils have leapt upon as a way to cut back on water use in ornamental beds. strawberry growers rave about Allan\u2019s seaweed enriched moss-mix, and anyone transplanting seedlings or larger plants.

As if the sphagnum wasn\u2019t enough to keep him a perfect gift for a gardener. busy, Allen has also branched out into decorative mosses \u2013 the sort that can be found growing on rocks and trees on his Maruia property. It\u2019s a market he says arose more from more \u201cpresentation than perseverance\u201d.\u201cIt began in a very small way when I was asked to supply a banana box of moss to a Christchurch florist once a month. Florists are notorious for rummaging through boxes at flower markets and leaving a wake behind them, so I knew I had to go to them directly with my idea. Now supplying decorative moss makes up a third of the business, and we even have Auckland restaurants serving food on our moss!\u201d

Allan\u2019s sustainably harvested decorative moss is also in demand by the film industry, especially companies keen to advertise the fact that \u2018no plants were harmed in the making of this movie\u2019! \u201cThey use our moss on logs and between the tiles on movie set roofs. I\u2019ve also been asked to supply a few bales of beech leaves as well! I think it\u2019s because I have the attitude \u2018don\u2019t do to a plant what you don\u2019t want done to yourself\u2019 It was through talking to a friend familiar with Japanese gardening techniques that Allan was introduced to the art of kokadama, and realised yet another the potential for his moss. In Japanese, koke means \u2018ball\u2019 and dama means \u2018moss\u2019. So, put simply, kokedama are small plants encased in balls of sphagnum moss (or, sometimes, in balls of soil within a covering of sphagnum moss). When bound with twine, they can be hung up. Allan imports from scotland a twine that contains an organic fungicide which prolongs its life. He says that simply wrapping the moss ball in untreated jute twine results in the binding breaking down within just a few weeks. \u201cIf you want to create a kokedama ball which  is long-lasting, it\u2019s best to use an inorganic twine. on the other hand, most people want to repot  a plant after a couple of years, anyway, so this  is an opportunity to use fresh twine.\u201d

From harvesting in his personal peat swamp,  to providing moss to movie stars, it\u2019s not surprising that \u2018the moss man\u2019 is looking to expand his business. But wherever he goes next, it will be in his own quiet way.
\u201cI like to do things right,\u201d he tells me. \u201cI\u2019m all for the plants. Not so much for the dollar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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