I just posted a few days ago about my first moss pole repot that I did three weeks ago and I’m already out of pole for her to grow on? I don’t really want to add on to the pole cause I don’t have the clearance space for it. ( I have a corner shelf with the plant lights about six inches above the top of the plant)But I also don’t want her growing up my wall. Would it be safe to repot again this soon to a shorter pot with a taller pole? This photo is from my post a few days ago and all the new leaves at the top here have opened and are pushing more new leaves out already. What would yall do????
by RiceKrispie1011
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Growing, climbing, and getting bigger leaves is the point of a moss pole mount. Putting a pothos on a moss pole and then asking it to stay short so it fits on your table is like trying to keep a husky dog in a studio apartment and then acting surprised when it chews your couch.
Yes, you could put this pole in a shorter pot, that might buy you a few weeks, but you put it on a pole which tells it to grow upwards so that’s what it’s going to do.
I just extended this moss pole. It started as two three-leaf cuttings on a 24 inch pole about 6 months ago and outgrew the 24 inch pole in six months.
https://preview.redd.it/b3txnm0v00pf1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9efb509091d7ba74595118dc9da36c4ee6bfde5
Is that a flat moss pole? How are you keeping it moist? I tried one and I had to spray it twice a day.
You can definitely go ahead and repot again, just water her substrate (not the moss pole) thoroughly to help it stay together and place the whole plant, soil, and pole into the new pot. Top with additional soil if needed.