Congrats, Jeff!🎉👏🏼💯 The online plant community wouldn’t be the same without you! Thank you for your great tips & tricks and all of the time you put in to bringing us fantastic content😊 Happy New Year!-I look forward to continuing to watch your channel in 2025 and onwards.
Thanks so much! This is probably one of the nicest comments I've read in a long time. It's people like yourself that make this channel absolutely amazing
I know that ppl like Sydney plant guy who is basically known for his moss poles has said that since the pole is an extension of the pot he worries less about root rot in the pot as the plants get a good root system in the pole. I'm sure he does dump off excess water but he's definitely said that he doesn't water the pot itself. I like the plastic poles best but I forget to water them AND the pot 🤣 no clue why since I'll water everything around it... I have a bamboo stake with my esqueleto on it and I'm about 2-3 leaves from needing to do a chop. The bottom leaves are so tiny compared to the top so IME plants growing vertically encourages sizing up more so than the moss pole and the extra roots... Congrats again on 100k Jeff! You deserve it! You're so relatable to me, I would think to a lot of Canadians as well, with the cold winters, windowless basements that we use as living space and the desire to have living things in our homes BC of how bleh it is outside for so much of the year. You've brought your basement to life by filling it with beautiful living things and that's helped me to be confident and trust artificial lighting with everything from cacti to alocasias... Never in my life did I think I would have a cactus, actively growing, IN THE BASEMENT, in winter no less! Had I never found your channel I definitely wouldn't have tried half the plants I have BC many are only shown growing in much warmer zones than us, with much larger windows and sometimes winters that match our summer temps! 🎈🎉💞🥳
🎉🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩! There are now 100,000 people that have added a sprayer to their shower, if they already didn't have one or have an inside garden hose! It's been a very fun and informative time watching you grow 🪴🤩😍💖
This is why I followed you for all these years, Jeff. That tip for the water bottle and moss pole is genius. I am very lazy with poles and shy away from them, but I am going to use this method because I love seeing the leaves on pothos size up. Thank you. 😊
Congratulations Jeff on 100K! 🎉 Love this beginner video on moss pole care. My one moss pole is a double of hardware cloth (wire open squares) with two (2) Monstera plants that wind around. Heavy plastic rod supports pole.. It’s loaded with roots inside and out.. is watered per conditions, lately gets full soak top to bottom because of root load. It’s a beast of roots lol. There is a ceiling fan.. it can get hot at the window (or cold) and is directly beneath an Aglex 100 light. I use sprayer to moisten outside to break hydrophobia (sometimes just hit it with some moisture in between or when I can’t water at that time) and bottles that always have a little something in it-Cal Nitrate, Cal Mag, fertilizer.. replaced moss late last winter, hoping to get a full 18 mos. out of it this time. The quality of moss really matters. The open pole square release humidity into the air, and the roots have lots of air. Yes, gets watered more often.. Your collection looks so healthy and lush! Thanks for all the great videos-hoping my experience will be of help to someone.. I take so much from your adventures.. trying to give back something, even if it’s “wrong.” -Bett 😁
Thanks Bett! And yes other read the comments as well as myself and we all learn from eachother.....and there is never a wrong method. Sometimes they are just left open to tweak it slightly haha
I let mine completely dry out b4 I water again. I know generally how much they need because I’ve had them for 6 to 8 months. But, if ever in doubt say after an extension, I just keep an eye on the pole at the soil line. When the water reaches the soil line I pull the bottle off & water will continue to drain into the pot. Also Jeff, if you make those 3 holes a little smaller it’ll drain slower & fully saturate the moss.
Congrats! I have been struggling with moss poles for a while and found the following solution that I hope can help further: - for not getting the potted substrate wet every pole watering, I worked out how much I should fill the bottle. - my water bottles are drilled with 5 holes, which expel water pretty quickly. But some poles I have tend to spurt water everywhere. For those I have a one hole bottle which will trickle the water a lot slower, but it will thoroughly soak the moss.
Thank you for this video, I needed that, you’re definitely a pro to me and appreciate all your videos from your grow lights to the size of the pots, you help me out so much, and if I need to find something out I search your videos and I definitely find it! So yea Mr.Jeff Pro😂😂😂 I appreciate you 100,000 of us love and appreciate what you do so be proud now I have another question, I bought a Hoya obscura , yesterday I was watering her , I noticed there’s 3 broken stems not the tendrils will it still produce leaves from them stems or did they send me a non growing plant?
Thanks so much Jennifer! Yes, the hoya will get a new growth point from the node closest to the broken part! The broken part , depending on the severity of the break, probably won't survive. How many nodes were there on the broken part?
@@EverythingPlants there’s no nodes, I’m guessing cause, one is just a broken coming out the soil, the other has leaves on the sides and the other one has leaves that grew out the sides of the broken stem. Confused 🫤
Make sure the water only goes 3/4 down the pole when the water bottle goes empty. The rest of the pole will suck up water from the over-saturated top 3/4 portion in the next half hour, so it will be evenly wet and not over saturated. If you water all the way down the pole then the pot will get a heavy dose of water which is at worst death to the plant and at least an inconvenience. You should be watering the pot and pole separately to avoid rot in the pot. I use a pump sprayer and make a cavity in the front of the pole at the very top and stick the sprayer in it and saturate the moss with as much water that I know will stop at the pot (important part). Takes not even 1 minute for a 3 foot pole to dump a bunch of water into that hole then capillary action takes over. No scattered bottles everywhere and no mess filling those bottles every few days.
@@EverythingPlants Your welcome! Yes I have seen many different techniques too like Wildfern's plastic cup with holes. Vertical height is limited for me and my poles are tucked away so a pump spray in a large cavity is the least annoying lol Loving your content by the way. Good stuff!
Hi Jeff, thanks for your videos. I find that sometimes well a lot of times my moss pulls, especially when they’re small dry out before the soil in the pot dry out even though the soil in the pot is very chunky and in terra-cotta the moss pole dries out a lot quicker, so it’s tricky just to water the moss pole and not let it drip down into the pot.
One thing I’ve noticed when I use a nutrient rich liquid in my bottle is that is significantly slows the flow of water into the moss. If I use plain water it flows much quicker.
Hi Jeff, thanks for this video it is very timely. I typically grow in Leca but wanted to try my El Choco Red and Silversword on a Moss Pole. I planted them in Molly's Aroid Mix and a moss pole. I am now battling Fungus Gnats. Not sure if they came in the Aroid mix or the Moss. How do you work around this as you have the same set up. I am feeling defeated already and am just getting started :) Any input is appreciated.
Most likely from the moss. I would let the moss dry out before watering it again and eventually the gnats will disappear. They breed in moist moss and soils.
Hi Jeff, I am from Ontario a smaller city. Where do you get most of your plants from? I have ordered some from North Shore tropical and plant Haven Toronto but I’m just wondering are there other places you order your plants from? It’s hard to find them in the city I’m at so I always have to order thanks.
There are a couple local shops. I've also bought from Northshore. The last few orders have been from We Pot Plants. It's another online shop in Ontario. I'm in Saskatchewan and I had ordered them before winter
This helps me. My one is is crunchy dry. I tried sitting a cup in the top and it ran all over the place. But I think I’m going to need the spray bottle to water my pole then the water bottle. 😊
Well deserved 100k. I hope you and your yellow pencil find a way to celebrate. Always pleasant to watch.
Thanks for watching!
I love the pencil too!!! ❤❤❤
Makes sense. Thank you! Im about to start my own moss pole journey with a few of my plants. 😊
Good luck with your moss poles!
Congrats, Jeff!🎉👏🏼💯 The online plant community wouldn’t be the same without you! Thank you for your great tips & tricks and all of the time you put in to bringing us fantastic content😊 Happy New Year!-I look forward to continuing to watch your channel in 2025 and onwards.
Thanks so much! This is probably one of the nicest comments I've read in a long time. It's people like yourself that make this channel absolutely amazing
I know that ppl like Sydney plant guy who is basically known for his moss poles has said that since the pole is an extension of the pot he worries less about root rot in the pot as the plants get a good root system in the pole. I'm sure he does dump off excess water but he's definitely said that he doesn't water the pot itself.
I like the plastic poles best but I forget to water them AND the pot 🤣 no clue why since I'll water everything around it... I have a bamboo stake with my esqueleto on it and I'm about 2-3 leaves from needing to do a chop. The bottom leaves are so tiny compared to the top so IME plants growing vertically encourages sizing up more so than the moss pole and the extra roots...
Congrats again on 100k Jeff! You deserve it! You're so relatable to me, I would think to a lot of Canadians as well, with the cold winters, windowless basements that we use as living space and the desire to have living things in our homes BC of how bleh it is outside for so much of the year. You've brought your basement to life by filling it with beautiful living things and that's helped me to be confident and trust artificial lighting with everything from cacti to alocasias... Never in my life did I think I would have a cactus, actively growing, IN THE BASEMENT, in winter no less! Had I never found your channel I definitely wouldn't have tried half the plants I have BC many are only shown growing in much warmer zones than us, with much larger windows and sometimes winters that match our summer temps! 🎈🎉💞🥳
🎉🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩! There are now 100,000 people that have added a sprayer to their shower, if they already didn't have one or have an inside garden hose! It's been a very fun and informative time watching you grow 🪴🤩😍💖
Thanks for following along Kim!!!
This is why I followed you for all these years, Jeff. That tip for the water bottle and moss pole is genius. I am very lazy with poles and shy away from them, but I am going to use this method because I love seeing the leaves on pothos size up. Thank you. 😊
@@planttherapy1860 I did make the holes a bit too big so maybe make them a bit smaller lol thanks for following my channel
Congratulations Jeff on 100K! 🎉 Love this beginner video on moss pole care. My one moss pole is a double of hardware cloth (wire open squares) with two (2) Monstera plants that wind around. Heavy plastic rod supports pole.. It’s loaded with roots inside and out.. is watered per conditions, lately gets full soak top to bottom because of root load. It’s a beast of roots lol. There is a ceiling fan.. it can get hot at the window (or cold) and is directly beneath an Aglex 100 light. I use sprayer to moisten outside to break hydrophobia (sometimes just hit it with some moisture in between or when I can’t water at that time) and bottles that always have a little something in it-Cal Nitrate, Cal Mag, fertilizer.. replaced moss late last winter, hoping to get a full 18 mos. out of it this time. The quality of moss really matters. The open pole square release humidity into the air, and the roots have lots of air. Yes, gets watered more often.. Your collection looks so healthy and lush! Thanks for all the great videos-hoping my experience will be of help to someone.. I take so much from your adventures.. trying to give back something, even if it’s “wrong.” -Bett 😁
Thanks Bett! And yes other read the comments as well as myself and we all learn from eachother.....and there is never a wrong method. Sometimes they are just left open to tweak it slightly haha
Congratulations on the well-deserved 100k! Hope you are having a great time over the holidays and looking forward to hearing more in the new year!
Stay tuned and Happy holidays to you as well!
I let mine completely dry out b4 I water again. I know generally how much they need because I’ve had them for 6 to 8 months. But, if ever in doubt say after an extension, I just keep an eye on the pole at the soil line. When the water reaches the soil line I pull the bottle off & water will continue to drain into the pot.
Also Jeff, if you make those 3 holes a little smaller it’ll drain slower & fully saturate the moss.
I should have made smaller holes for the video haha. It drained pretty quickly haha
@ So, I’m not telling you anything you didn’t know.
Congratulations on reaching 100k subscribers man! Quite an accomplishment 😃
Congratulations!!!! Hope your holidays are full of love and family!
Thank you! I hope yours are too!
Congrats!
I have been struggling with moss poles for a while and found the following solution that I hope can help further:
- for not getting the potted substrate wet every pole watering, I worked out how much I should fill the bottle.
- my water bottles are drilled with 5 holes, which expel water pretty quickly. But some poles I have tend to spurt water everywhere. For those I have a one hole bottle which will trickle the water a lot slower, but it will thoroughly soak the moss.
Perfect timing on this video. I just set my very 1st ever moss poles on my Albo Pothos and also on my Monstera Standleyana. Thanks for the video!
Hope they thrive!
@@EverythingPlants thank you!
Thanks!
WOW! Thanks so very much! I really appreciate you supporting the channel.
Thank you for this video, I needed that, you’re definitely a pro to me and appreciate all your videos from your grow lights to the size of the pots, you help me out so much, and if I need to find something out I search your videos and I definitely find it! So yea Mr.Jeff Pro😂😂😂 I appreciate you 100,000 of us love and appreciate what you do so be proud now I have another question, I bought a Hoya obscura , yesterday I was watering her , I noticed there’s 3 broken stems not the tendrils will it still produce leaves from them stems or did they send me a non growing plant?
Are there other stems in the pot? They can grow
Thanks so much Jennifer! Yes, the hoya will get a new growth point from the node closest to the broken part!
The broken part , depending on the severity of the break, probably won't survive. How many nodes were there on the broken part?
@@lisaanglim9588 no, I see 3 broken stems, I see leaves growing from under the broken part of the Ste no where else , no other long stem .
@@EverythingPlants there’s no nodes, I’m guessing cause, one is just a broken coming out the soil, the other has leaves on the sides and the other one has leaves that grew out the sides of the broken stem. Confused 🫤
If I'm spraying, whenever possible, I lean pot and pole back to make sure water is sinking in to the back of the moss.
Great point! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Jeff. This video was very good.
Thanks for watching!
Great info! I'm about to set up my first moss pole, so this info is very much appreciated.
Thanks for watching and let me know if you have any other questions
Make sure the water only goes 3/4 down the pole when the water bottle goes empty. The rest of the pole will suck up water from the over-saturated top 3/4 portion in the next half hour, so it will be evenly wet and not over saturated. If you water all the way down the pole then the pot will get a heavy dose of water which is at worst death to the plant and at least an inconvenience. You should be watering the pot and pole separately to avoid rot in the pot. I use a pump sprayer and make a cavity in the front of the pole at the very top and stick the sprayer in it and saturate the moss with as much water that I know will stop at the pot (important part). Takes not even 1 minute for a 3 foot pole to dump a bunch of water into that hole then capillary action takes over. No scattered bottles everywhere and no mess filling those bottles every few days.
Thanks for the tips! It's interesting to hear how others water/care for their plants growing in moss.
@@EverythingPlants Your welcome! Yes I have seen many different techniques too like Wildfern's plastic cup with holes. Vertical height is limited for me and my poles are tucked away so a pump spray in a large cavity is the least annoying lol Loving your content by the way. Good stuff!
Yea! Congrats on your 100k subscribers milestone. It is well deserved. Have a healthy, happy & safe 2025!🎉😊
@@YonkersNY3636 it's still a shock....thanks and same to you!
100K people love you. Now you’re preaching to the choir.
Lol thanks!
Hi Jeff, thanks for your videos. I find that sometimes well a lot of times my moss pulls, especially when they’re small dry out before the soil in the pot dry out even though the soil in the pot is very chunky and in terra-cotta the moss pole dries out a lot quicker, so it’s tricky just to water the moss pole and not let it drip down into the pot.
I agree. It can be tricky to water the Moss Pole and not the soil
Congratulations!
Thank you!
One thing I’ve noticed when I use a nutrient rich liquid in my bottle is that is significantly slows the flow of water into the moss. If I use plain water it flows much quicker.
I also need to make smaller holes in the lid LOL
100K ... Yay!
Woohoo. So happy for you. 🎉
Thanks Lorie!
How do you get the back of the pole wet if it’s a closed back pole?
Water from the top!
One of your videos on monstera growing in water how long do you run the air pump on the water,? I got one as a Christmas gift😊
I've been running mine 24 hours today... I'm sure you don't have to do it that much. But find what works for you
Hi Jeff, thanks for this video it is very timely. I typically grow in Leca but wanted to try my El Choco Red and Silversword on a Moss Pole. I planted them in Molly's Aroid Mix and a moss pole. I am now battling Fungus Gnats. Not sure if they came in the Aroid mix or the Moss. How do you work around this as you have the same set up. I am feeling defeated already and am just getting started :) Any input is appreciated.
Most likely from the moss. I would let the moss dry out before watering it again and eventually the gnats will disappear. They breed in moist moss and soils.
The foliage pro is on Amazon in usa
I've seen the small 8 oz bottle here in Canada but I think it was like $36
Hi Jeff, I am from Ontario a smaller city. Where do you get most of your plants from? I have ordered some from North Shore tropical and plant Haven Toronto but I’m just wondering are there other places you order your plants from? It’s hard to find them in the city I’m at so I always have to order thanks.
There are a couple local shops. I've also bought from Northshore. The last few orders have been from We Pot Plants. It's another online shop in Ontario. I'm in Saskatchewan and I had ordered them before winter
I always haul mine to the shower. I haven’t cracked the water bottle code yet 😅
I rarely use the water bottle....
Did you mention a specific brand of moss to use? If it’s important to use a good moss, what’s a good brand or type of moss to buy?
This helps me. My one is is crunchy dry. I tried sitting a cup in the top and it ran all over the place. But I think I’m going to need the spray bottle to water my pole then the water bottle. 😊
If your bottle is larger you don’t have to fill the whole bottle