I’ve started using empty 2L bottles, I cut off the top and bottom, and the glue strip (where the label is attached). Then I cut the middle section in half so I end up with 2 pieces of approximately 6” wide and 6.5” tall. I stack these along the back of a moss pole using Velcro tape and overlap the plastic just a bit. One plastic bottle gives me a 6” x 12” backing. It really helps keep my poles moist and keeps plastic out of the landfill.
Wow! That was a big, brave, ambitious, scary job😬🫣. I think I feel more stressed than you did. Looks like you pulled it off, and those roots are already showing their appreciation. You certainly know how to read your plants. I can't decide whether to call you the plant whisperer or dances with plants.🙂
Love your poles so much I've now got 50 yes 50 of my plants on poles in Hope's of getting the mature leaves you have, I've only gotten one that has been extended so far but they are all doing well, thanks so much for this channel I'm a huge fan. And yes I do have a plan for when my plants are huge like yours, I have a large rumpus room that my son currently occupies but he will eventually move outside to his own tiny home, so I'm going to get a huge plant room, I can't wait.
This was an ambitious project. Thanks for sharing your thought process and the amazing results. Looks like it should be an amazing story. Looking forward to progress videos.
I’m always drooling over your plants! Thank you for this video, that was such a genius idea that I’m going to do the same with all my traditional moss poles. On newer plants, I’m already using the D-shaped poles, reduces the need to water so often. I sooo wish you would sell your bottom plants, would kill to get my hands on one!
Jan... SOO GORGEOUS!!.. I was soo amazed when watching this video!.😊.. I love this video.❤️. Your best tutorial video becomes my new experience and knowledge!. I watched this video with curiosity.. ( What was happening?..🤔) What I liked the most and It's thrilling when You're about to cut it into 2 part...because I can't imagine when I have to face this situation...( I don't know what to do?... The plant is so big, beautiful and lush..) And finally you did it well and it looks easy!..😊 I appreciate it! You are our BEST TEACHER!. GENIUS!!. I'm soo happy that the top part is growing beautifully and happily with new leaves on new plastic backed pole...and the bottom part is also showing new shoots.. Jan...I'm soo proud of you!.😊.. At the beginning of the video ( 3 weeks earlier) I was surprised! when you appeared from behind your giant plants. I thought you were sitting on the couch... It turned out you were half lying down with a relaxed posture.😀.. Relaxing comfort is what all of us wants, so we can enjoy our little jungle in our house/ apartment.. We don't need to worry about anything and wild animals.. (You have our adorable little Lion!.. I love you, Brad.😻..) You are soo lucky!..You can enjoy our rainforest just inside your apartment!😅.. Jan..Thank you soo much for sharing this great video with us.. My FIRST EXPERIENCE.💖. AWESOME!!..💞❤️💐🌸🥰💚😊🤗..
Hi Jan and Brad💚 Thank you for showing the process of changing over to the other type of moss pole (even if it was bit chaotic lol) I do believe the way of growing mature leaves have certainly got to other plant tubers have seen a lot changing over to your way of thinking. ( must be instagram 😉)
Jan congratulations on this beautiful plant’s post surgery outcome. Thank you for taking us on this unknown journey. You and Craig Miller Randle are fabulous innovators and plant doctors. Human Doctors have so much book learning, simulations and dummies and cadavers…..and are super sure before they touch a body with a beating heart….and still they make mistakes. Jan you worked through the problem and goal, the surgery chaos (do you have Secateurs ?) and winged it beautifully well done!
I made a similar aroid mix like you and reported my peace Lilly, syngonium and caladium. All three started drooping. Lilly is doing a little better but other two have gone to plant heaven
Last year i fell in love with your adensonii and im glad i made my moss pole fatter than yours and its about a year since i have made the tiny cut it only had 1 leaf, so now its a foot and a half with some good sized leavs almost as big as my biggest from when i had it hanging but that took 12 feet of hanging to get big leavs, so now im excited to see how big itl get this next year.
Hello Jan. Thank you for your wonderful videos. I live in an area of the U.S. that has cold winters, so I move all my tropicals indoors. Yes, my home looks like a jungle in winter. I'm inspired by you to create some moss poles and repot some of my plants before moving them inside this year. I just ordered all the needed materials and plan to do this this week. I'm wondering if this experience has made you consider going with a larger diameter on your moss poles. Thanks again. Your videos are very helpful and I appreciate that they aren't too technical. Love your creative approach.
Hi: Enjoyed this video very much...a quick question..how do you keep the leaves looking so healthy and green? You mentioned that the larger ones can't be put in the bathtub, and spraying would seem difficult with your carpets....wiping them is the option of course, but that's a lot of time spent with so large a collection...it's very obvious where your love lies...congrats on a wonderful, helpful series...can't wait for the next one!
@@sydneyplantguy Sorry...I forgot you have that nice terrace you can use...the plants must love a good bath now and then...with our winter chilly weather here in Tuscany, putting out greenery outside for a clean up isn't possible...so we use a ground-floor bathroom shower..works like magic....hauling them around is a chore, but they are so much better off, and seem to grow a lot healthier. We don't have the taller moss pole aroids, but many smaller peace lilies, ferns, and other tropicals....all in a day's work. Again, many thanks for informative, fun videos.
Thank you so much for your content!!! I’m just starting my “go big” journey and am curious why a larger diameter pole with an equal increase in moss (compared to the plastic backing) for the roots to grow into wouldnt result in larger leaves. My inexperienced logic reasons that if the sphagnum moss was doubled or tripled in volume via increased diameter, that would also support an increase in leaf size. Wondering what your thoughts are. Thanks in advance for your gracious sharing of knowledge!!!
Thank you for you amazing tutorial! I bought monstera albo with 1 small (5 cm) leaf. Just curious how many years will it take for my monstera to grow at least a third of your monstera dubya? 😅
Awesome vid. Question - I'm 3 months in to my first moss poles and some of my plants aren't rooting into the poles as well as others. Have you tried watering your poles with clonex when this happens? Does it help? (I think the real reason is I stuffed those poles too tight, but I'd like to remedy this in the extension pole)
Great work! Did you consider doing a larger diameter of your normal moss poles? Interested to hear your thoughts on whether this would or wouldn't be feasible
Hello Jan, I really do enjoy your videos and find them very informative, as a matter of fact some of my plant purchases were based on info you provided, so thank you! I would like to know which plant that is to your right with the variegated leaves please??
Jan, the next time you cut your laniata, won't it be a problem if the steak is inside the d-shaped moss pole? you have to lay it horizontally to get the top part off.
Wouldn’t the bottom plant grow larger leaves faster? I would think the top cutting would go through the process of shedding all of the buried leaves and then growing a new underground root system, stunting its growth and I would think the bottom cutting being re-potted with fresh soil and a new pole would grow larger foliage faster since it already had an established root system and large leaves. I’d love to correct my thinking if it’s wrong so can someone help explain please?
The bottom leaves are older and are already deteriorating, while they will re-shoot and can produce large leaves again soon, the plant is just not as easthetically pleasing :) of rooted properly, the top half will not shed leaves :)
How do you deal with the moss in the pole breaking down and acidifying? Do you have to fully replace the moss every year? With orchids I know they get very sickly when the moss gets acidic and I was curious if it is the same for these aroids.
Hi Jan, are all philodendron plants climbing? I'd like to give them a go at climbing but unsure if the ones I see at the garden stores are all potentially climbers if given the moss poles. Thanks.
Another killer video Jan! Unrelated question but pls HELP... I just bought a Verrucosum cutting that has 2 nodes rooted into it's moss pole. The leaf is beautiful but has been getting more and more droopy for the 3 days I've had it. It's going to start browing or die if I don't help it soon! It's got medium / bright indirect light, a moist pole, 70% humidity, 22ish degrees, and the base is planted in MAB. The only thing I can think of to help it is to plant the base in moss with some Growth Tech rooting hormone. Maybe the base which has no roots and is too dry. The plant looks de-hydrated to me. Maybe I should air layer the nodes for now as well? Any tips appreciated!
Actually on this note - i really want to try this with a couple of mine while they are smaller and more manageable. But i do not want to import grow verticals to the UK to only use the backing (tho im defo going to buy some for new projects) - does anyone know what the plastic is used ? So i know what sheets to search for ?
Soooo I have a question for Yan or anyone else who may know... I have a monstera that's about 2 years old. Very big and wild and never put on a moss pole. I did use a wood steak that hasn't been much help for the last year maybe but she's a bit unruly. Can I still repot her onto a moss pole? Although the bottom may look a little weird because of the shape of it now but should I leave her or try to change her? She isn't growing as much anymore. And she's currently in a pretty large pot. Any advice?
Ultimately there is no right or wrong ... it really depends on what you want the end result to look like. I personally would take a propagation, root it & then start in fresh on a ole. However, I if we're talking about a deliciosa, I don't think you really need a moss pole for growing purposes, maybe for propagation purposes eventually :)
Your plants look amazing and big. But I want to point out something. This is not realistic if you for example live in Northern Europe or Northern America. If you don’t have a greenhouse with perfect conditions. So please people who live there. Don’t think or try to grow your plants like this, they will never grow as big, and don’t need to. This man lives in Australia with perfect weather conditions to grow plants this massive……..
I’ve started using empty 2L bottles, I cut off the top and bottom, and the glue strip (where the label is attached). Then I cut the middle section in half so I end up with 2 pieces of approximately 6” wide and 6.5” tall. I stack these along the back of a moss pole using Velcro tape and overlap the plastic just a bit. One plastic bottle gives me a 6” x 12” backing. It really helps keep my poles moist and keeps plastic out of the landfill.
How do you connect the plastic to the wire. Or is it a whole moss with the plastic as backing?🤷♀️
@@michelejones4282 from what I understand it's a whole mosspole and the bottles get attached "on top" of the mosspole with velcro tape :)
@@michelejones4282 Velcro tape
@@sarahhuber00 yes, the plastic is placed on the outside of the wire mesh and Velcro tape holds it in place.
For some reason I didn’t receive notification of your question until just now. 🤷🏼♀️
I’ll never look at a coat rack the same again! So clever!
At first I did read the title of the video, I thought it was a monstera deliciosa, so damn, that's a big adansonii !
I know in reality. I'll never get to that level of growing a plant. But its so intriguing watching you do it.
You can :) I've seen people from all over the world grow large plants :)
Wow! That was a big, brave, ambitious, scary job😬🫣. I think I feel more stressed than you did. Looks like you pulled it off, and those roots are already showing their appreciation. You certainly know how to read your plants. I can't decide whether to call you the plant whisperer or dances with plants.🙂
Hehe thank you Robyn :)
I love the wing it chaos!!! Watching you just figure it out is very refreshing. Thanks for sharing your learning and experimentation with us.
Love your poles so much I've now got 50 yes 50 of my plants on poles in Hope's of getting the mature leaves you have, I've only gotten one that has been extended so far but they are all doing well, thanks so much for this channel I'm a huge fan. And yes I do have a plan for when my plants are huge like yours, I have a large rumpus room that my son currently occupies but he will eventually move outside to his own tiny home, so I'm going to get a huge plant room, I can't wait.
I love how big your plants are. I'm so envious. They are all beautiful!
Absolutely AMAZING!!!!! BEAUTIFUL!!! ❤from Massachusetts, USA
This was an ambitious project. Thanks for sharing your thought process and the amazing results. Looks like it should be an amazing story. Looking forward to progress videos.
Thank you :)
I may have mentioned this before from my other comments, but you are the reason that I will be growing my adansonii onto a moss pole.
Happy growing :)
I’m always drooling over your plants! Thank you for this video, that was such a genius idea that I’m going to do the same with all my traditional moss poles. On newer plants, I’m already using the D-shaped poles, reduces the need to water so often. I sooo wish you would sell your bottom plants, would kill to get my hands on one!
Jan... SOO GORGEOUS!!.. I was soo amazed when watching this video!.😊.. I love this video.❤️. Your best tutorial video becomes my new experience and knowledge!. I watched this video with curiosity.. ( What was happening?..🤔) What I liked the most and It's thrilling when You're about to cut it into 2 part...because I can't imagine when I have to face this situation...( I don't know what to do?... The plant is so big, beautiful and lush..) And finally you did it well and it looks easy!..😊 I appreciate it! You are our BEST TEACHER!. GENIUS!!. I'm soo happy that the top part is growing beautifully and happily with new leaves on new plastic backed pole...and the bottom part is also showing new shoots.. Jan...I'm soo proud of you!.😊.. At the beginning of the video ( 3 weeks earlier) I was surprised! when you appeared from behind your giant plants. I thought you were sitting on the couch... It turned out you were half lying down with a relaxed posture.😀.. Relaxing comfort is what all of us wants, so we can enjoy our little jungle in our house/ apartment.. We don't need to worry about anything and wild animals.. (You have our adorable little Lion!.. I love you, Brad.😻..) You are soo lucky!..You can enjoy our rainforest just inside your apartment!😅.. Jan..Thank you soo much for sharing this great video with us.. My FIRST EXPERIENCE.💖. AWESOME!!..💞❤️💐🌸🥰💚😊🤗..
I absolutely love love your patience with your plants. You even have a lot of patience with yourself. Thank you so much for these videos.
I have much more patience with my plants than with myself but I'm learning :)
"Just frickin' wing it!!!!" That is my new planty mantra:)
Hi Jan and Brad💚
Thank you for showing the process of changing over to the other type of moss pole (even if it was bit chaotic lol)
I do believe the way of growing mature leaves have certainly got to other plant tubers have seen a lot changing over to your way of thinking. ( must be instagram 😉)
Thanks :) great to see vertical growing is becoming more popular :)
Congrats! Your hard work has paid off. Looking good. Thanks for giving me a head start with my young adansonii!
Jan congratulations on this beautiful plant’s post surgery outcome. Thank you for taking us on this unknown journey. You and Craig Miller Randle are fabulous innovators and plant doctors. Human Doctors have so much book learning, simulations and dummies and cadavers…..and are super sure before they touch a body with a beating heart….and still they make mistakes. Jan you worked through the problem and goal, the surgery chaos (do you have Secateurs ?) and winged it beautifully well done!
💚🌿💚😻 your plants are BIG N BEAUTIFUL I wish I just had one that size 👍🏽👏🏽
I made a similar aroid mix like you and reported my peace Lilly, syngonium and caladium. All three started drooping. Lilly is doing a little better but other two have gone to plant heaven
Just my thought that the aroid mix dries out yo fast & doesn't keep those type plants most enough!🤷♀️
Not to criticise but 21:00 should overlap the bottom over the top as the water will run out now…
Coat peg rack is a great idea though 👍🏻
First time commenting "ouva hiaa" ! Loving your vids and german accent.
Thanks :)
Last year i fell in love with your adensonii and im glad i made my moss pole fatter than yours and its about a year since i have made the tiny cut it only had 1 leaf, so now its a foot and a half with some good sized leavs almost as big as my biggest from when i had it hanging but that took 12 feet of hanging to get big leavs, so now im excited to see how big itl get this next year.
Hello Jan. Thank you for your wonderful videos. I live in an area of the U.S. that has cold winters, so I move all my tropicals indoors. Yes, my home looks like a jungle in winter. I'm inspired by you to create some moss poles and repot some of my plants before moving them inside this year. I just ordered all the needed materials and plan to do this this week. I'm wondering if this experience has made you consider going with a larger diameter on your moss poles. Thanks again. Your videos are very helpful and I appreciate that they aren't too technical. Love your creative approach.
You must have some really great water! ❄️💚🙃
Hi: Enjoyed this video very much...a quick question..how do you keep the leaves looking so healthy and green? You mentioned
that the larger ones can't be put in the bathtub, and spraying would seem difficult with your carpets....wiping them is the
option of course, but that's a lot of time spent with so large a collection...it's very obvious where your love lies...congrats on a
wonderful, helpful series...can't wait for the next one!
I just take it to the balcony :)
@@sydneyplantguy Sorry...I forgot you have that nice terrace you can use...the plants must love a good bath now and then...with our winter chilly weather here in Tuscany, putting out greenery outside for a clean up isn't possible...so we
use a ground-floor bathroom shower..works like magic....hauling them around is a chore, but they are so much better
off, and seem to grow a lot healthier. We don't have the taller moss pole aroids, but many smaller peace lilies, ferns, and other tropicals....all in a day's work. Again, many thanks for informative, fun videos.
A great success!
Well done, it was a challenge I learnt heaps , thank you
Lol funny how nervous you were lol enjoyable episode
Superb and nerve wracking looking job! I know its one of your favourite plants - how much panic did jt cause during the job ?
So lushy plant 😍 ❤️ 🌵
Fabulous Sweety 🌼
Love your videos. So relaxing :)
Thanks :)
Thank you so much for your content!!! I’m just starting my “go big” journey and am curious why a larger diameter pole with an equal increase in moss (compared to the plastic backing) for the roots to grow into wouldnt result in larger leaves. My inexperienced logic reasons that if the sphagnum moss was doubled or tripled in volume via increased diameter, that would also support an increase in leaf size. Wondering what your thoughts are. Thanks in advance for your gracious sharing of knowledge!!!
Good question! Hope he answers!
He did answer it! Read replies further down!
Thank you for you amazing tutorial! I bought monstera albo with 1 small (5 cm) leaf. Just curious how many years will it take for my monstera to grow at least a third of your monstera dubya? 😅
Timeframe really depends on the growing conditions :)
Wow, you are ready for your own conservatory! 🤯
Hehe thanks :)
Awesome vid. Question - I'm 3 months in to my first moss poles and some of my plants aren't rooting into the poles as well as others. Have you tried watering your poles with clonex when this happens? Does it help? (I think the real reason is I stuffed those poles too tight, but I'd like to remedy this in the extension pole)
Great work! Did you consider doing a larger diameter of your normal moss poles? Interested to hear your thoughts on whether this would or wouldn't be feasible
Thanks :) definitely feasible & would look much better but probably won’t really enable it to mature that much more :)
Ah I see, looking forward to see the updates for new leaves!!
How do you take care of your plants when you are travelling? Will the plants die if the moss pole is dry for a week, for example?
Yes they would :) i get a house sitter to look after my cat anyway so they also look after the plants
5:47 literally me anytime I’m overwhelmed lol 😂
Hello my friend what do you do with the old moss You do such great work
Wow, you certainly handled those scary roots well! I wonder - are the bottom leaves that have stems in the soil gonna rot away?😶🌫
your El salvador is to die for. I want to grow mine like yours too but i just can't get the lighting right, mine just gets really leggy
Incredible. thanks.
Hello Jan, I really do enjoy your videos and find them very informative, as a matter of fact some of my plant purchases were based on info you provided, so thank you! I would like to know which plant that is to your right with the variegated leaves please??
It’s a thai constellation or maybe u’re referring to manjula pothos :)
And thank you !! :)
Thank you so much. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video. Has anyone a link to a video where J is potting up a Deliciosa on a pole please? 🌿☘
I’m wondering if you started with the roomier plastic moss pole to begin with, would the plant have gotten bigger sooner?
Me too, I have been wondering about that for a while. Starting (in Summer) with a bigger pot, bigger moss pole.
Jan, the next time you cut your laniata, won't it be a problem if the steak is inside the d-shaped moss pole? you have to lay it horizontally to get the top part off.
That’s not really a problem :)
What is the name of the purple plant in the background? Also, what is the clear plastic sheeting called that you’re using to convert the moss pole?
Wouldn’t the bottom plant grow larger leaves faster? I would think the top cutting would go through the process of shedding all of the buried leaves and then growing a new underground root system, stunting its growth and I would think the bottom cutting being re-potted with fresh soil and a new pole would grow larger foliage faster since it already had an established root system and large leaves. I’d love to correct my thinking if it’s wrong so can someone help explain please?
The bottom leaves are older and are already deteriorating, while they will re-shoot and can produce large leaves again soon, the plant is just not as easthetically pleasing :) of rooted properly, the top half will not shed leaves :)
Thank you for this vidéo 💚🇫🇷🙏🌿
Is there a specific type of plastic u use?? Ty😎
How do you deal with the moss in the pole breaking down and acidifying? Do you have to fully replace the moss every year? With orchids I know they get very sickly when the moss gets acidic and I was curious if it is the same for these aroids.
I haven’t really noticed any issues and some of my poles are over a year old :)
When you have small climbing plants how soon would you start them on the moss pole and how big a pole. Love your videos
Hi Jan, are all philodendron plants climbing? I'd like to give them a go at climbing but unsure if the ones I see at the garden stores are all potentially climbers if given the moss poles. Thanks.
No not all are climbing :) best to research the plant before buying to see its natural growth pattern if you’re not sure :)
Do you have philodendron selloum and red congo? I will know about it, care a d watering, lights... thanks
Another killer video Jan!
Unrelated question but pls HELP...
I just bought a Verrucosum cutting that has 2 nodes rooted into it's moss pole. The leaf is beautiful but has been getting more and more droopy for the 3 days I've had it. It's going to start browing or die if I don't help it soon! It's got medium / bright indirect light, a moist pole, 70% humidity, 22ish degrees, and the base is planted in MAB.
The only thing I can think of to help it is to plant the base in moss with some Growth Tech rooting hormone. Maybe the base which has no roots and is too dry. The plant looks de-hydrated to me. Maybe I should air layer the nodes for now as well?
Any tips appreciated!
Wow. I want to help you film a video in exchange for a plant 😂
You have to do this with a variegated one! Is it possible?🤔
What is the pretty silver plant off to the right?
Actually on this note - i really want to try this with a couple of mine while they are smaller and more manageable. But i do not want to import grow verticals to the UK to only use the backing (tho im defo going to buy some for new projects) - does anyone know what the plastic is used ? So i know what sheets to search for ?
Hello, I'm from Brazil, I love your videos, I would like to know if you send a small seedling to Brazil of your plants, thank you.😊
Que perfeito e muito lindas ❤❤❤
Lindas plantas. 🌿
How u can cut the top of cutting adansonii still alive
The bottom leaves and stems won't rot if you cover them with medium?
Yes they will go yellow eventually but that’s okay:) leaves won’t live forever anyway:)
Soooo I have a question for Yan or anyone else who may know... I have a monstera that's about 2 years old. Very big and wild and never put on a moss pole. I did use a wood steak that hasn't been much help for the last year maybe but she's a bit unruly. Can I still repot her onto a moss pole? Although the bottom may look a little weird because of the shape of it now but should I leave her or try to change her? She isn't growing as much anymore. And she's currently in a pretty large pot. Any advice?
Also, for this video, what if you do the same thing you did with more wire mesh and just did a half chop?I hope that makes sense in text lol
Ultimately there is no right or wrong ... it really depends on what you want the end result to look like. I personally would take a propagation, root it & then start in fresh on a ole. However, I if we're talking about a deliciosa, I don't think you really need a moss pole for growing purposes, maybe for propagation purposes eventually :)
What is airoid mix?
Looks like a bunch of stones.
You are a genius Jan! Your videos are great! 😊. Natalie 🪴💚
Thanks :)
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Why not start with a fatter pole?
Because it takes a lot of moss & is not needed at the beginning. I started this pole 3 years ago …
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Love this! What is the plastic material used for the back of the pole?
It's from a company called grow vertical - always linked in the description :)
Wawwww
Hey. Why don’t you train cockatoos to come to your balcony 😊
Because my cat will go mad 😅
It looks like a Christmas tree
Vooo
It's monstera blanchetii
It’s not :)
@@sydneyplantguy Is it just a really happy regular adansonii? I just bought one & it's a tiny little guy.
I also believe it’s a blanchetii…
Your plants look amazing and big. But I want to point out something. This is not realistic if you for example live in Northern Europe or Northern America. If you don’t have a greenhouse with perfect conditions. So please people who live there. Don’t think or try to grow your plants like this, they will never grow as big, and don’t need to. This man lives in Australia with perfect weather conditions to grow plants this massive……..
So will the bottom cutting grow very small leaves?
No :) the new growth will be based on the root system, the size of the cutting snd the maturity of the cutting :)