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@narico - I can make some suggestions about how to help your Scindapsus pictus. You have the right idea with the pole - but that coconut fibre doesn’t hold enough moisture to be appealing to the plant. I use only sphagnum moss-filled poles that I make up myself using close-gauge plastic coated wired mesh from Bunnings. I make a tube 16 squares around, clip it closed into a tube (you can use wire or cable ties. I use some fancy fencing clips).
Soak the moss before you stuff it down the wire tube, don’t pack it in tightly - just enough to not have any huge gaps. Leave 6” unfilled with moss as that will go in the bottom of the pot - stuff potting mix in that lower portion and place that end into the pot. Take the plant out of the current pot and carefully prop it into the new one - I make wire plant pins (like hair pins/bobby pins) to secure the vining part onto the moss pole. Fill the pot with free draining chunky mix.
@narico You won’t need to water the potting mix after the first watering, just to settle the mix about the roots. Water the moss pole only, don’t let it dry out. Over the next few week, keeping the moss damp, will cause the nodes and roots to grow into the moss. Start the first pole as long as the current length of the vine. You can easily extend the moss pole with a green garden stake to support it all at the back. I have great success with this method. @ausgardentags hope this helps.
Mid Spring 2022
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Mid Spring 2022
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How can I get this guy to fill in better?
Hi Alexandru 👋 Thanks for posting your first photo. 👏 You can find other like-minded gardeners to follow by tapping Discover and "Popular" or "Recommended". If you need to reply to a user or just want to say "hi", simply @username an individual i.e. @teamgardentags and that person will get an alert. Finally, if you'd like guidance on getting the most out of the app, please check out our tutorial videos: www.gardentags.com/tutorials Enjoy using GT! 😃
@robynee may have some advice for you.
@narico - I can make some suggestions about how to help your Scindapsus pictus. You have the right idea with the pole - but that coconut fibre doesn’t hold enough moisture to be appealing to the plant. I use only sphagnum moss-filled poles that I make up myself using close-gauge plastic coated wired mesh from Bunnings. I make a tube 16 squares around, clip it closed into a tube (you can use wire or cable ties. I use some fancy fencing clips).
Soak the moss before you stuff it down the wire tube, don’t pack it in tightly - just enough to not have any huge gaps. Leave 6” unfilled with moss as that will go in the bottom of the pot - stuff potting mix in that lower portion and place that end into the pot. Take the plant out of the current pot and carefully prop it into the new one - I make wire plant pins (like hair pins/bobby pins) to secure the vining part onto the moss pole. Fill the pot with free draining chunky mix.
@narico You won’t need to water the potting mix after the first watering, just to settle the mix about the roots. Water the moss pole only, don’t let it dry out. Over the next few week, keeping the moss damp, will cause the nodes and roots to grow into the moss. Start the first pole as long as the current length of the vine. You can easily extend the moss pole with a green garden stake to support it all at the back. I have great success with this method. @ausgardentags hope this helps.
Excellent and comprehensive advice @robynee many thanks!
@Narico if you look through @robynee feed you'll see many examples of her success with poles.