Get a REALLY large box, then ship it to me in PA, thanks!
CarelessSeries1596
No advice, just wonder and amazement. This might be the most wonderful thing I’ve ever seen.
FanceyPantalones
I would think refrigerator or other tall boxes would be best to coil and lay them down stacked up. Hope that makes sense. I think this will be possible since you have it stranded out so well. Please document it! Good luck!
nick_riviera24
You are doing great. Just guide a runner towards your new house
Dpsnaps
Holy shit, this is marvelous
oxigeno1981
No advice, just commenting to congratulate you on your MAJESTIC PLANT 🤩
sinskas
I’m using this as proof that I could be far worse with my love of plants. lol. It’s sooooo beautiful!!!
kenedelz
How old is this pothos? This is amazing! No tips on moving it but I hope all goes well!
Inquirous
I want to see the pot this is coming from, that’s insane
CactusHoarder
A big box! A very large sterilite storage tub or appliance box would be good. I’ve used printer paper cases with great success, but my plants arent nearly as big as yours! Take each vine down gently, and layer towels/sheets between each.
Good luck! Untangling them afterwards without breaking a few is the hardest part.
Goobzydoobzy
How are some of your potho leaves sooooooo big???
dogscatsnscience
It’s time to enter a new phase of life.
Instead of 1 plant that is 1000ft long, propagate EVERY NODE and you’ll have 8 THOUSAND POTHOS.
tessalations_
I took an edible and literally thought I was trippin and then realized this was real I’m shooook but in a “that’s the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen” kinda way
Far_Stranger_1912
This is beautiful
rainbowsmokes
I unfortunately don’t have any help, but these are incredible and beautiful!! 😍
Livid_spider
Holy fuck!
Beautiful_Canary_585
I gotta ask, how many years did it take for all of that growth?? It’s absolutely beautiful
Ok_Ant_9815
emerg_remerg
When i moved mine (not as big as yours but still big) I looped the strands like coiling a rope, nice and big and loose coils. Then I put these in a garbage bag with a zap-strap looped around the tied-off top.
So I had maybe 6 or 8 of these garbage bag bundles.
I took a heavy-duty carabiner and put each zip-tie loop onto the carabiner.
Then I put the pot in a large Rubbermaid and used foam packing to make sure the pot couldn’t slide around.
Then I carefully rotated each garbage bag so it could lay inside the Rubbermaid.
This made it super easy to unravel each strand back into it’s original grouping.
Does that make any sense?
4o2fil
I don’t have answers but that’s a really cute puppy omg
Mememememememememine
Unpopular opinion: cut it and start over.
1Buttered_Ghost
If you did it once, you can do it again. Time to chop and prop! Or chop and not prop I guess. New house new plants!
Delhidelight
I think you should move your house to the new location instead of just the pothos!
Conquestriclaus
You don’t. Like, you probably can but it’ll be a complete nightmare.
It’s just chop and prop time.
thatboredchickster
I have no clue. Maybe call a plant shop or even a botanical garden and send them the pictures. They may be able to give advice on how to properly move it.
If it were me I would wait until you have everything else moved out of your house except that plant. Then start at the end and untack the vines and leave them either on the ground or counter depending on where they are. Don’t bother unwinding the vines because that’s more trouble than ours worth. Once you have all of the vines off the wall just wrap it in a thin plastic sheet or something similar. Like you are wrapping a really long present. Get multiple people to help if you can because then you need to gently roll the vines like you are rolling a garden hose and move them and the pot to your vehicle.
I have never moved a plant this large but this is how I would do it. Complicated but it may work. 🤷♀️
Any_Stage8287
Out of curiosity what does it look like in the pot? How many vines?
NoNeighborhood9223
Cardboard wardrobe box
Last_Store_7892
Cut the walls and bring them with you😡🫵🏻
steveex
Just don’t move
HeisHim007
🕷️: Ahh Yess I shall Rest Here
questionablecrisp
a clothing box or a massive plastic tote? Regardless, good luck girlie 😭 she’s gorgeous
Own-Trainer-6996
Is that all the light that it gets?
charlotte_clem
Do you have a picture of the OG pot all these bad boys are coming from
beefyqweef
No idea, my pothos are still pretty new and don’t have as long of vines but I used a big Rubbermaid tote and they sat shotgun on the 4 hour drive. They were last in; first out when packing my car and I only stopped for a quick restroom break once to avoid leaving them in a hot car in Texas.
Good luck on the move and I hope it all goes smoothly and the plants settle in nicely to the new house!
DCNumberNerd
Could you get one of those metal frames on wheels for hanging clothes, or a moving box made for hanging clothes, and hang the plant and loop as many of the vines as possible over the frame or in the bottom of the box? (Edit to add – I’m curious – how many pothos plants are pictured here? I can’t see the source pots.)
LuckNo4294
crazzymomma
It might be easier if you just leave the plants there. I’d move into your house, and you can start over. That way, you don’t have the headache of moving the plants. Good luck, safe, moving.
Excellent_Fail9908
I had a 9 year old pothos that took up my entire ceiling. When I moved the first time after nine yrs, I began at the end and wrapped it gently the width of my wrist to elbow in the same way you would wrap up a garden hose, keeping 3-5 ft unwrapped by the base.
I put the seats down in my car and with a different person carrying each vine stack, we walked the base to the car. I place 3 comforters around the base so no rolling. Each person gently placed their stack safely inside the car.
We took it out the same way.
I had no breakage. 2 leafs turned yellow in the new house.
2 yrs later I had to move again and I did as one of my previous helpers suggested and packed it all in a clothing box from U-Haul. We packed it the same we we began moving it the first time. The weight of each vine caused a ton of breakage and I had to do a major chop n prop.
I have moved quite a few times since and I still have the mother, 30 years later. I continue to move the way I’ve been successful and that’s a planter in the car with comfy surrounds. The only time I waned from this was when I moved 1800 mi in which I had an entire U-Haul just for plants. They were placed in the same way, gently on itself not on the base.
You will feel like The Plant Whisperer when you move this momma successfully!
Go slow. Listen to your common sense. And ultimately it will grow again should something happen to it.
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Get a REALLY large box, then ship it to me in PA, thanks!
No advice, just wonder and amazement. This might be the most wonderful thing I’ve ever seen.
I would think refrigerator or other tall boxes would be best to coil and lay them down stacked up. Hope that makes sense. I think this will be possible since you have it stranded out so well. Please document it! Good luck!
You are doing great. Just guide a runner towards your new house
Holy shit, this is marvelous
No advice, just commenting to congratulate you on your MAJESTIC PLANT 🤩
I’m using this as proof that I could be far worse with my love of plants. lol. It’s sooooo beautiful!!!
How old is this pothos? This is amazing! No tips on moving it but I hope all goes well!
I want to see the pot this is coming from, that’s insane
A big box! A very large sterilite storage tub or appliance box would be good. I’ve used printer paper cases with great success, but my plants arent nearly as big as yours! Take each vine down gently, and layer towels/sheets between each.
Good luck! Untangling them afterwards without breaking a few is the hardest part.
How are some of your potho leaves sooooooo big???
It’s time to enter a new phase of life.
Instead of 1 plant that is 1000ft long, propagate EVERY NODE and you’ll have 8 THOUSAND POTHOS.
I took an edible and literally thought I was trippin and then realized this was real I’m shooook but in a “that’s the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen” kinda way
This is beautiful
I unfortunately don’t have any help, but these are incredible and beautiful!! 😍
Holy fuck!
I gotta ask, how many years did it take for all of that growth?? It’s absolutely beautiful
When i moved mine (not as big as yours but still big) I looped the strands like coiling a rope, nice and big and loose coils. Then I put these in a garbage bag with a zap-strap looped around the tied-off top.
So I had maybe 6 or 8 of these garbage bag bundles.
I took a heavy-duty carabiner and put each zip-tie loop onto the carabiner.
Then I put the pot in a large Rubbermaid and used foam packing to make sure the pot couldn’t slide around.
Then I carefully rotated each garbage bag so it could lay inside the Rubbermaid.
This made it super easy to unravel each strand back into it’s original grouping.
Does that make any sense?
I don’t have answers but that’s a really cute puppy omg
Unpopular opinion: cut it and start over.
If you did it once, you can do it again. Time to chop and prop! Or chop and not prop I guess. New house new plants!
I think you should move your house to the new location instead of just the pothos!
You don’t. Like, you probably can but it’ll be a complete nightmare.
It’s just chop and prop time.
I have no clue. Maybe call a plant shop or even a botanical garden and send them the pictures. They may be able to give advice on how to properly move it.
If it were me I would wait until you have everything else moved out of your house except that plant. Then start at the end and untack the vines and leave them either on the ground or counter depending on where they are. Don’t bother unwinding the vines because that’s more trouble than ours worth. Once you have all of the vines off the wall just wrap it in a thin plastic sheet or something similar. Like you are wrapping a really long present. Get multiple people to help if you can because then you need to gently roll the vines like you are rolling a garden hose and move them and the pot to your vehicle.
I have never moved a plant this large but this is how I would do it. Complicated but it may work. 🤷♀️
Out of curiosity what does it look like in the pot? How many vines?
Cardboard wardrobe box
Cut the walls and bring them with you😡🫵🏻
Just don’t move
🕷️: Ahh Yess I shall Rest Here
a clothing box or a massive plastic tote? Regardless, good luck girlie 😭 she’s gorgeous
Is that all the light that it gets?
Do you have a picture of the OG pot all these bad boys are coming from
No idea, my pothos are still pretty new and don’t have as long of vines but I used a big Rubbermaid tote and they sat shotgun on the 4 hour drive. They were last in; first out when packing my car and I only stopped for a quick restroom break once to avoid leaving them in a hot car in Texas.
Good luck on the move and I hope it all goes smoothly and the plants settle in nicely to the new house!
Could you get one of those metal frames on wheels for hanging clothes, or a moving box made for hanging clothes, and hang the plant and loop as many of the vines as possible over the frame or in the bottom of the box? (Edit to add – I’m curious – how many pothos plants are pictured here? I can’t see the source pots.)
It might be easier if you just leave the plants there. I’d move into your house, and you can start over. That way, you don’t have the headache of moving the plants. Good luck, safe, moving.
I had a 9 year old pothos that took up my entire ceiling. When I moved the first time after nine yrs, I began at the end and wrapped it gently the width of my wrist to elbow in the same way you would wrap up a garden hose, keeping 3-5 ft unwrapped by the base.
I put the seats down in my car and with a different person carrying each vine stack, we walked the base to the car. I place 3 comforters around the base so no rolling. Each person gently placed their stack safely inside the car.
We took it out the same way.
I had no breakage. 2 leafs turned yellow in the new house.
2 yrs later I had to move again and I did as one of my previous helpers suggested and packed it all in a clothing box from U-Haul. We packed it the same we we began moving it the first time. The weight of each vine caused a ton of breakage and I had to do a major chop n prop.
I have moved quite a few times since and I still have the mother, 30 years later. I continue to move the way I’ve been successful and that’s a planter in the car with comfy surrounds. The only time I waned from this was when I moved 1800 mi in which I had an entire U-Haul just for plants. They were placed in the same way, gently on itself not on the base.
You will feel like The Plant Whisperer when you move this momma successfully!
Go slow. Listen to your common sense. And ultimately it will grow again should something happen to it.
Even your doggo seems amazed