You are welcome and Thank You.
Some sort of light mulch is always a good thing in pots to avoid soil splashage when watering.
You know your finger can get through light mulch to test the soil and I know you know how it will benefit waterings.
Real sphagnum and not Peat Moss type Spaghnum is what I use in many of my containers and of course our plethora of Spanish Moss growing all in the trees around here which is a living plant too.
Utah is so different from here. It's so humidity dry.
They have Spaghnum Moss in the natural form at "Dollar Trees" for a buck a bag. Its usually used for crafting and in the crafting area. Ty it. You won't know till you do.