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Show me your climbers that aren’t on moss poles


I have a scindapsus growing on a moss pole. I feel the moss dries out so fast so was thinking of moving her to something else but not sure what. Show me what you use!

by RobynLC5678

36 Comments

  1. kikiiboo

    Comment for visibility because I was thinking about this question yesterday !

  3. SHOWTIME316

    how tightly packed is the moss? sounds like you need to increase its density

  12. SepulchralSweetheart

    I don’t use sphagnum poles for most of my climbers, but do for a couple of small scindapsus, and some particularly finicky philos and very large Monsteras (the latter climbs the walls too, it didn’t need the fancy messy moss pole). They don’t seem to care all that much about whether the moss is wet, they’ll find a way through anyways.

    My other climbing plants are just sort of chaos climbing wrought iron shelves, cedar boards, metal trellises, whatever they can attach to. My overdue for a chop pitcher plant tends to climb my hoyas, which is treacherous and sticky to resolve.

  16. Dangerous-Replies

    I think your scindapsus is actually a Marble Queen Pothos. Still a climber though so it makes no difference to this discussion. It’s very pretty!

  19. vrosev

    I’m an indoor horticulturist who services various locations. We usually have them growing on totem poles with a far amount of potting mix. You can definitely keep the moss on a totem for aesthetics but the plant doesn’t need that much moisture beyond its roots. I definitely recommend using potting mix for the base as sphagnum dries too quickly. Just let the soil dry out slightly before watering again.

    If it’s under a tree or larger plant I’ll usually let it climb up the tree a bit as that’s how they grow in nature. It looks great with Palms! I definitely trim it back often to not have it overwhelm the larger plant.

    At my house my Pothos is literally growing out of a fish tank and I use small stick-on hooks to attach it to the wall – lol.

  21. Stella807

    What is the thing you are using there? I’ve had nothing but failures with moss poles. I have an old pothos that I would love to climb to see how big I can get those leaves.

  24. WhimsicalKoala

    Is that a pole from Super Trellis? If so, it dries out much slower if you use the water reservoir. That’s literally what it is there for. If it’s a different brand that looks similar, then I suggest a cup or something with a tiny hole in it to drop from, it keeps the pole wet much longer.

  25. The_Urban_Spaceman7

    Scindapsus can climb, but they’re shingling plants by nature. Give a piece of flat wood a try. I’m constantly having to gently tease mine off the vertical panels of my computer desk. :3

  31. Titty2Chains

    I can’t get anything to root to a moss pole. However i have pothos and philodendrons everywhere rooted to the wall. 😂

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