I would recommend using cling wrap and sphagnum moss to air layer. You can monitor the progress of the roots through the clear plastic & it's very easy to ensure it stays moist. It might take a couple of months also, but you can keep it on until you see a good root system. (btw commented at around 4 mins in)

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

Great suggestion! Thanks

@360revolucion8

7 ай бұрын

​@@EverythingPlantsAre you stapling the plant stems onto the wood plank? If so, doesn't that choke the plant?

This was one of thee most beneficial videos EVER in the plant community!!! I tried moss poles once early on in my plant parent journey and immediately knew as an underwaterer that it just wasn't for me. I went wood plank on everything and was kind of at a loss on what I should do once i have mature leaves. This video was helpful beyond words!!!! I now know that plants I really want to mature and propagate, that they need a moss pole. Thank you SOOOOO much for showing your journey and how you adjusted to moving to moss propagation!! Priceless INFO!!!!

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

I haven't given up on the plank idea quite yet... I'm hoping to fabricate a plank slightly modified like I showed in this video. Planks are a low maintenance and low-cost method of getting larger leaves. This is just one stepping stone to perfecting the plank method. Moss is good as well but like I mentioned it can get quite expensive

@DionneRoxanne

7 ай бұрын

@@EverythingPlants yes, I like your idea of making a cut out to air layer. I broke down and got a pole similar to Thiccly for my Manjula and Thai con. I wish I started my albo in moss. Now I've got to air layer it. I might try it on another plant since I haven't air layered before. I just got some of those pods.

We hit Hawaii every year, I got into plants this last year because of what I see here in Hawaii, (we’re here now just got married and on our honeymoon) so we visited the botanical gardens this time, OMGOSH, everything I own at home, but a hundred times bigger, more vibrant, and everything flowering I didn’t know DID flower! 🌺 I got enough photos to cover 5 homes’ walls! And of course legally bringing home what cuttings/seeds I can!! I’m in heaven ❤ never noticed the pothos before this year thought it was something else, as big as a car tire, fenestrated, STUNNING, WAY up on the palms etc

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

That's so awesome. The large pothos leaves are what I'm trying to achieve here in my Canadian home lol

The sound effect when you clipped the bottom splendid leaf off 😂

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

I have to admit that I saw this on another youtube video once and LOVED it lol

@heatherdegreeff1092

7 ай бұрын

@@EverythingPlants it was funny regardless!

@Jennoriafly

7 ай бұрын

I came here to say the same thing xD It was so unexpected and was definitely a welcome laugh 😂

i recommend the stalk of ceiling floodlights which you can buy used quite cheap. their sections are screwed with each other and you can just prolong them adding another section.

I love how clever and creative you are! And adventurous! Adding a moss pole to a stake? Love it! I have stuck sticks into moss poles as extensions- but those are not nearly as effective as what you’ve created. You have just inspired me to start a marble pothos and a cebu blue on moss poles. That’ll be my next project for the winter. And I’m starting a philodendron pink princess, too. Just chopped her up today. I always learn something from you! Thank you. Sorry about your beautiful cebu blue. That must’ve been very disappointing. Thanks again for your informative and fun clip.

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

It's all part of the learning process for me....and I just happen to film it hahaha The good, the bad and the ugly

@ildikojones7073

7 ай бұрын

@@EverythingPlants … and it’s a learning process for your viewers, too! Thanks!

Jeff have you experimented with rooting in distilled water vs filtered tap to see if there is a difference? I root in distilled water and maybe it’s just luck but my cuttings root really fast. Your high tech drawings are the best. 😂

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

Haha. Thanks for appreciating my high quality drawings haha. That is actually a great experiment. Thanks for the idea 💡

Great video 🎉💓! I love learning and being prepared with what to do next.😁🤩😍

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Kim! I'm not giving up on the planks

I too am an underwater and won't tolerate high maintenance plants. When I lived in FL I saw so many of these plants thrive with barely any care so I know it is possible to get them big without babying I have had little success with moss poles! Particularly my Monstera Pinnapartina - despite adequate light it refuses to attach to the moss pole so I am going to try a plank. Thank you for all of this information. The best method likely greatly depends on the specific plant type.

Is this a regular marble pothos? Wow!

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

Ya! It continues to amaze me with the beautiful variegation

Possibly a once in a million result but I was able to cut my plank soil pothos, placed the plank and attached roots into a pon semi hydro and it hasn't missed a beat and still sizing up😊 Your videos are both information and inspirational... Tyvm and Keep 'em coming!

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

That is very interesting...never even thought of something like this. It would be neat to see the setup you have

@MsHDDriver

7 ай бұрын

​@@EverythingPlantstried uploading a video twice but don't see it yet (not tech savvy) 🤷

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

@@MsHDDriver you can try sending it to my Instagram messenger

@MsHDDriver

7 ай бұрын

​@@EverythingPlantsOkie just sent message to Instagram 🤞

New subscriber here! I’m a pretty descent gardener outdoors but am somewhat baffled with houseplants. I can’t have any in my home due to having 9 cats. We have many many house plants where I work and don’t want to kill anymore!

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

Hey Alice! Welcome to the channel!

This was my question when I first saw the videos!! I love that you're digging into this so intensely! I'll be following along.

Great little projects, done n dusted so quick and easily 👌🏼 Can't wait to get a spare day to do those little jobs that I keep putting off. Your newest Splendid leaf is magnificent 😮 Thanks for sharing Jeff

I was thinking of using slats from my kids' old bunk beds, too! I was hoping it was ok for the plant with the wood being treated. I'm glad to see it worked for you!

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

Yes...it's been fine. Someone recently told me that if you are worried about rot (which I'm not) then you can burn the end of the plank before you place it in soil

This was so fun and informative! Thanks for taking us along with you

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Learning a lot with both of you . Thank you 😊

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

So nice of you....thanks for watching!

Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing plants lovely collection beautiful happy thanksgiving to you and the family lovely day

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

Thanks again Jillian! I think you watch every single video and I thank you for supporting the channel!

Hi Jeff! Do you have any Syngoniums on moss poles or planks? I have some reclaimed barn wood I want to use as planks, but I also have 3 of those plastic things for moss poles. When I was first married, I had a VERY hot west facing window in my NJ apartment. I bought it with a beautiful bark covered wood plank already in it. That plant was GORGEOUS!!! It loved being about 10 feet from those said windows. We then bought a house with really lousy placed windows for house plants and subsequently everything I had died including my Syngonium. It was just your everyday White Butterfly, but it was gorgeous. There was another in the window of my vets office living it's best life! Had to be at least 3 feet around! It belonged to one of the workers and she has since taken it home. But let me know what you think about Syngoniums growing on poles or planks. Thank you!!

think a plank is ok , but its lacking texture like having a bark , which i notice it holds moisture better and some bark can trap dirt in it , just look at the rain forest tree

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

I agree....it's not ideal but it still works!

Good vid; thanks for sharing Jeff!

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

thanks Carol

I hope you can buy/use an angled soil scooper for more efficiency in gathering soil mix. My mom used a bamboo pole before instead of a plank, and the lower portion became mushy or rotted after some months due to having a bigger pot than required and overeatering as well as low light.

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

I've wanted to buy an angle scoop so thanks for reminding me lol

Would it matter that the moss was only on the “front” of the stem? If you had loosened the vine from the planks and wedged moss in BEHIND might the air layering have been successful?

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

100% my fault...yes. I did want to see if the roots would grow this way, so I definitely pushed the limits and it didn't work out. My goal is to not have to detach the cutting and still be able to chop and prop.

Have you watched Sydney Plant Guy chop and extend videos? I think he does what you are suggesting with fantastic results.

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

Yes, but I wanted to find a way to achieve the same results with a plank as a moss pole. Moss poles can get very expensive and time consuming

I wouldn't throw bottom pothos or anything in the compose. There are many people that would love to prop from that. I've given so many of my unwanted clippings to others to spread the love. You know the saying "someone else's trash is other's treasure". Pleasure share your love. Love your experiment, by the way. I'm new to polesand I really appreciate this

Would you consider wrapping the plant around the moss pole or plank as it grows? It would hopefully cover the whole pole to make it look fuller.

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

Once it roots into the moss and as the stem thickens it would be very difficult I think. You could always keep a couple stems on the pole for a fuller look

plant support is really something i m struggling with atm. i have 1 mosspole in use currently with my adansonii and it grows into it beautifully, leaves becoming huge aswell. there is a big BUT however. 1. i need around 6-10 more mosspoles now or pretty soon and even 1 mosspole is allready a mess. maintenance is a pain, i get gnats again, had to fight some mold on it too and its so expensive and annoying to do. i feel like im kind of enslaved to the mosspole. if i need one, i have to order stuff online for alot of money, while i can go to homedepot whenever i want and buy a cheap huge plank all the time. in some regards the downsides of the mosspole also conflicts with my mind a little. i switched everything to leca this year and my plants love it. i did that also to streamline things and make things more simple and to get rid of gnats... now with the pole, gnats are back and its more complicated than ever

I prefer planks. It's a matter of choice

@EverythingPlants

Ай бұрын

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Instead of using plant Velcro… could you use the “cage” of the moss pole (that attaches in front) and place the cutting behind as you build the pole?

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

Yes! Just place the cutting behind the 'straps' and let it grow!

I'm just curious as to why you didn't keep that pot of pothos roots and a section of stem. Wouldn't that have grown?

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

It 100% would have grown.... I took some of the top cuttings but I literally have no room for another pot. I usually give them away

Wow, what an interesting video.

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! It's always a learning process

@planttherapy1860

7 ай бұрын

@EverythingPlants I literally have 2 planks waiting to be used. I want my cebu blue cuttings to look like yours. The moss poles...I am terribly lazy about keeping them wet, and I simply hate sphagnum moss. Maybe I can use a different medium with the poles... Jeff, you have passed 75k. Wow! You're the best!

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

@@planttherapy1860 I'm trying to make a plank that works like a moss pole.... Just because moss is fairly expensive. Thanks so much and I can't believe I've reached 75K

pine is one of the best woods to use for this so you are wrong there, pine is very natrually rot resistant and is used in outdoor applications for that reason

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

Oh very interesting....thanks

I'm not much a fan of the wooden planks bc I tried 3 of my philodendron on them and when friends visited us they ask us why so many wood around our plants n it was only three..so I took them apart after and returned to my beautiful moss pole which no one complained about after..and to be honest they look more planty with the moss pole..lol..but if it works for you that's great my Canadian friend.

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

Hey....planks didn't work for philodendrons, at least for me

Now I'm wondering if I should try my Scindapsus pictus on a plank. Has anyone here ever tried that?

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

I have a jade satin on a modified plank and I'll find a way to make them work. Once it outgrows the plank, you can always chop the top and put it in water. I'm still trying to figure out a way to make it easy for the chop and prop with a plank. This video was just showing my failed attempt at doing the air layering method..... Which really should have worked. Don't give up or second. Guess yourself on using a plank. It's a low-cost and low maintenance method of getting larger leaves.

that good nz moss is so expensive i have been mixing it with chunky coconut husk in my diy poles and so far great results.

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

That's good to know. I'll will design the perfect wood plank to be able to chop and prop

My grandmother she 95 told me that her mom in Puerto Rico used to burn the tip were the plank going to the soil and it works is to burn the tip of the plant that going to the soil so the plank wont root and will work as charcoal i'm going to be doing a tiktok explaining ❤❤❤❤

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

That is actually genius!

@sdqsdq6274

7 ай бұрын

hmmm the japanese has done it , its call Shou Sugi Ban

In nature philodendron do climb on trees.

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

Yup, they sure do!

did you try applying rooting hormone to the air layer site?

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

No. It's a complete rethink of the process lol

When you air layer, are you cutting into the stem at all? I have seen the process done where you remove the outer-most layer of flesh before applying the rooting media, but I feel like that was more for tree cuttings. Have you used any rooting hormone on the layering sites at all? Good video as usual. Thanks for sharing.

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

I have air layered many different types of plants in the past with great success. When it comes to a pothos plant, you do not need to cut into the stem. Plants like the ficus elastica you do have to remove the outer bark casing in order to grow roots while still attached to the stem... Like you mentioned with tree cuttings. I've rarely used rooting hormone for any propagations. What I should have done is removed the plant from the plank and placed the cup around the entire stem.

@mydogsnameisbob

7 ай бұрын

@EverythingPlants i do like your notching method, i am interested to see how it works moving forward. I have a few things trained up boards like you, so I will get the benefit of seeing how that works out for you. If you ever want to change up the aesthetic of the planks, burnish them with a torch and then use a wire brush to remove the layer of char. On a cedar board, it almost looks like walnut. Looking forward to whatever is next.

Is the solution just to chop and then prop the top cut in water? Why doesn't that solve the problem? Is it too slow?

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

You definitely can, but I wanted to first establish roots before I made the cut. I just like to try new things and push the limits with plants on this channel..... Just experimenting

@fmbutt

7 ай бұрын

@@EverythingPlants I get it. It does appear that moss poles are just going to be easier and faster for chop and prop since they already have roots ready. The downside, of course, is that moss poles are maintenance heavy. The good news is that aerial roots tend to root pretty easily in water 🙂

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

@@fmbuttwater might be my better choice next time lol

Gorgeous eyes, especially the eyebrows!! Sorry, got diverted to a wrong topic. I hope your wife doesn't beat me 😂😂😂 Jokes, apart, what should one use as an alternative to Orchid Bark in soil mix for Aroids as I don't have it available in my country?

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

Hahaha...thanks so much! I would just use perlite in the soil and that should be good enough.

@abc_cba

7 ай бұрын

@@EverythingPlants thanks for that

Jeff, the wood notching is a genius idea! How would you hold the moss in the middle though? Would you just wrap it with plastic wrap, or make a cup holding device? TIA👍🏽

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

I would like to make some sort of plastic rectangle container and use small screws to secure the box to the back but also the planks to each other... There will be a need for some sort of quick release bracket for the top and bottom plank. That's the plan anyways. I'm trying to make an affordable, low maintenance method that produces similar results to the use of a moss pole

@lastcastproduction4030

7 ай бұрын

@@EverythingPlants I would def look into Japanese jointing style. Its like a super fit jigsaw puzzle that connects 2 woods without nails that can disassemble one way but not the opposite. I might do some notching one day for sure and try this method of yours with some tweaks. Awesome thanks again Jeff👍🏽.

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

@@lastcastproduction4030 hey...anytime!!!

when you place the plants in the shower, are you using filtered or tap water? im always so careful to use filtered, but would love to shower them. your videos are so helpful, thank you!

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

I have a garden hose which I have attached a filter to it and run the hose to my shower. We have a water softener and that will kill my plants haha

Do you have issues with fungus gnats with your moss poles?

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

Ya....I have seen a few floating around

I was wondering about your electric bill. With all those grow light how does that effect your electric bill?

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

I honestly don't know lol the only thing I know is that it keeps going up because of Canada's carbon tax haha

Are you selling any cuttings?

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

Are you in Canada? Right now I have an abundance of cuttings and even more on the way with chop and props...

@360revolucion8

7 ай бұрын

@@EverythingPlants I'm in California, USA

@EverythingPlants

7 ай бұрын

@@360revolucion8 dang....I doubt I can ship to the US. We can do an exchange...plants for bonide systemic please 😂