I wanted to find a stylish way to support one of my plants, a Golden Potho.
I was looking online and found a few pictures of Moss Poles to support plant growth and to help them stand upright.
My search led me to a few ideas. Here’s one of the posts I found:
I went to the Dollar Tree to grab a couple supplies. I grabbed a Plunger for the Wooden Handle and Base, a Little Bag of Spanish Moss to allow the roots to grow into the moss, and some twine to wrap the moss around the wood.
My plant is a Golden Potho, it’s a trailing plant. In order to get started, I opened up the center area of the plant and separated some of the leaves, making room for the moss pole. Then, I carved out a little hole in the soil to plant the pole itself.
As far as the pole goes, I took off the rubber piece of the plunger and planted it into the soil, and since there was a glaze adhesive from where the rubber part used to be, I planted that end in the soil.
Then, I used the twine to wrap the moss around the pole and sprayed it down real well, then wrapped the leaves around the pole and wrapped them with a little bit of twine. When placing the leaves, I made sure the nodes were facing the Spanish Moss so they could climb up the remainder of the pole.
The total cost of this project was $3.50. Most of the comparisons online were $15.00-$20.00 and this only cost $3.50. With that, I had enough material for several more, all I needed was the base pole.
Here it is!
