Hah! 

I have helped create and maintain "tech help" subforums at a couple of other forums related to hobbies that I love.  But, what I find is, I spend so much time keeping up with the technical questions (which are plentiful) that I can't keep up with enjoying sharing the hobby I came to that forum for. 

It is counterproductive, hobbies are meant to take your mind off of you work.  When you start to mix parts of your career in with your hobby - which is totally unrelated - it reduces the positive effect of your hobby  ;)

Which is exactly why I don't talk work on forums like this. My work just might be of to much interest to gardeners.
Besides after my last pissing contest on GW I come to realize some folks are beyond help.

Good info Satellitehead  -- thanks. We have Norton & you are spot on what you describe. Time to move over to other offers.

Bought a  bag of Sphagnum Moss this morning, a small block slightly bigger than a brick cost C$8. Pretty expensive stuff. Will try some rooting with it.

I went to our local Lowes hardware store today.  They had bricks of it which are 7L/3LB for around $3.80 USD.  The product name is Mosser Lee, this is a link to the page:  http://www.mosserlee.com/product/527_Long-FiberedSphagnumMoss.aspx

It's long-fiber.  Still haven't decided how to chop it up yet.  Coffee grinder will take too long.  Thought about a cheese grater, but that could take a while too.  Suggestions appreciated.

FWIW, neither Home Depot nor Pike Nurseries carried any.  Home Depot has Sphagnum Peat Moss.  Sales staff told me they don't carry or are out.  Lowes had a ton.

Hi Jason, Talpa earlier ,in another post, said to use a food processor.Be sure to do it when the "wife" ain't lookin! Haha!

The SM in my pictures had some long and some short never thought about length but i suppose one could use a pair of scissors if you did not have to do a whole bunch of it .
As for the food processor thats has been banned from my use for life !
Make a long story short i had gone fishing while bacl and had brought home some real small dead bluegills and thought lots of nitrogen for the garden but i was told afterwards when the Misses came home and smelt a burnt smell i should have added water she had a few other words to say as well about that situation.
Hey the Indians use to do it from past readings course without trying to grind them up.

Jason ,
I found the same Mosser Lee sphagnum moss at Lowe's up here in NH. I ended up rubbing in through a 1/2 inch hardware cloth screen I use for sifting soil mix. It worked fairly well. Now I  have ordered the milled sphagnum moss from a greenhouse supply company. A 2 cubic ft. bag (cat#65-1025)for $18.49 and a long fiber sphagnum moss 3.5 cubic ft. bag(cat#20-204500) for $28.81   I believe the same supplier has a branch that serves greenhouses and garden centers in GA. Griffen Greenhouse Supply is the name. You can sometimes get your local garden center to add what you need to their weekly order from the supplier assuming you are a good customer.
Kerry

Martin, I still owe mine a processor after the catfish bait incident.

Thanks for posting that Jason thats exactly the same sphagnum I got, I chopped mine up with scissors thought.

Not the best pics but you can see some roots, chopped long fibered sphagnum mixed with perlite.

Hey Nelson

You posted that you picked up your moss at Canadian Tire
I have looked almost everywhere for it around here can't find it
where is this store located at?

Mario I bought it at the Canadian Tire by my work the one off of the queensway & 427 it was in the same isle as the soil. I also bought it at Humber Nurseries same exact brand.

Thanks Nelson

I just got a call from My wife she told me that next block from where I'm working the greenhouse nursery as some
Shes been looking as well
All this time and a tank of gas and I could of walked over

What is the specific advantage in shredding the long thread Sphagnum moss?
 

Im not sure of what the advantage is, when i tried the thought did not cross my mine to shred it or anything but if there is a advantage thats a good thing!
What i did i soaked the SM and kinda wrung it out as it does hold a lot of water kinda like a mop head  ; )
Anyhoot i layed a layer on bottom of plastic bakery container and then the scion then put some more on top, darn thing rooted.

What i thought was neat is when i tried just for the heck of it those expandable peat disks that i had laying around for my veggie seeds, you soak in water and they get bigger they have a netting around them so it does not fall apart, i made a hole in middle with finger and just stuck the piece of scion in it and it also rooted.
All in all it was fun watching them.

Potted some cuttings to root in cups with a mixed of SM & Perlite today. Did not chopped them up like I did yesterday & it looks great. Yup, just have to wring out the volume of water & I think they will make great rooting medium. I did some potting without mixing with perlite and I am confident they should work well. I make a dome using a cup for humidity.

Forum members you well know i enjoy viewing and posting pictures of fig plants and hope in this new year as they develop for you and when you have the chance to post them and there progress is most enjoyable !
In meantime i personally look forward to a new season with much anticipation of newer plants producing and you can bet your ripe figs i will post pictures of them when the time comes !

 I use spagnum moss to root cuttings and have had
 great luck with it.Be sure you handle with gloves, especially
 if you have cuts, abrasions on hands as moss can harbour
 chronic fungal disease called Sporotrichosis.
 Tom
 Danville, VA

Here is are a little more details about this fungal disease  "Sporotrichosis", as well as good discussion about both Peat Moss and Sphagnum moss. http://www.peatmoss.com/sporo.php#top

In some countries the Sphagnum moss (North American term) is called Sphagnum Peat Moss.

Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda..... 3 more in the bag. Folks, you can note that I am happy as I have successfully rooted one stick each of Martin's Unknown Black, Bugasota(Ottawan's name) & Lyndhurst White in SM. No signs of molds thruoughout rooting process. Going to pot by Sunday. Toughie to root is JH Adriatic. Could see rough spots on cutting after a month.