Is A Plank Or Pole Best For Staking Indoor Plants? The Answer Will Suprise You…

Is A Plank Or Pole Best For Staking Indoor Plants? The Answer Will Suprise You…

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Ashley is a soil scientist who has had a passion for plants since she was a small child. In the long summers as a child, she would garden alongside her grandmother and it was then that she realized her love for greenery. With years of great studying, Ashley had begun her post-secondary education at the University of Saskatchewan.
At first, her second love, animals, was the career path she chose but while doing her undergrad she realized that her education would take her elsewhere. And with that, four years later she graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a bachelor’s degree in science and a major in Soil Science.
Some of Ashley’s interests are YouTube, in which she posts informative videos about plants and gardening. The focus of Ashley’s YouTube channel is to bring science to gardening in a way that is informative but also helpful to others learning to garden. She also talks about the importance of having your own garden and the joys of gardening indoors. Ashley continues to study plants in her free time and hopes to expand her YouTube channel as well as her reach to up-and-coming gardeners.
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[elcosalteco]

Thank you for explaining this so effectively, efficiently and so easily.

[carolstuff]

I love the “glueing stone on a plank.” Thanks for the info. it’s much appreciated!

[cadgon]

I think use of moss poles will work for people who have the time to keep the moss moist. I work full-time and study part-time, and had poor experience with moss poles.

[lindam]

The homemade moss poles with the chicken fence are an eyesore, just my personal taste and the store-bought with coco coir are kind of expensive for what you're getting, so all the other alternatives are right up my alley! Thank you, Ashley!

[hossenfeffer]

I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your work, Ashley. Thank you so much. I have noticed that my ancient pothos will glue itself to my kitchen wall, and this since I repainted with a matte paint that has a bit of texture to it. Clever pothos. I am delighted to find out that I can make my plants’ lives better with thoughtful choices of support. ❤🇨🇦

[passionateplantperson]

Amazing video! Eye opening and very informative! Thanks Ashley!

[mumu]

Just wanted to comment that I’m absolutely in love with your channel. I’m a student for zootechnics (also a plant addicted) and we have loads of soil management classes, so to be able watch such scientific takes on soil and house planting is fascinating! Thanks for your videos!

[annafink]

I think Sydney Plant Guy has thrown a wrench in all our prior ideas. Also, propagation plays a role in what you choose.

[falklund]

Did you try drilling holes into a plank? I did, and my Cebu Blue loved it!

[kkmeilicke]

I have a scindapsis exotica climbing a big willow branch I got for cheap at the garden store. I've secured a few vines with plant tape, but it obviously likes it. Moss poles are nice for air layering if you can keep them wet. I prefer good support (like the branch) then sealing moss in plastic wrap around the nodes I want to root (requires less watering).

[polynation]

had no clue what plank or pole was !! thanks for this one !! Always raising the bar IMO ! I love this channel ! I don't even have any plants that would use either of them . But now I want some lol

[literallyjustsomegirl]

Have you experimented at all with the moss poles that you manually fill up with moss? I've been using the d-shaped plastic poles and filling them with sphagnum moss (instead of the coco coir that's usually wrapped around the other ones), and I've found that because there's so much less exposed surface area, they retain moisture super well! My philodendron glorious and splendid seem to really love it.

[catherinewilliams]

what do you think of challa wood? as it has holes?

[krisyallowega]

Yeah, my attempt to secure my Anthurium did not work too well for her. It is not quite large enough so she still has quite the curvy figure. I would guess the stem is 14-15 inches long and quite "robust." So, I think she does appreciate that little support for now just from the thick stem and quite vigorous growth. There are 3 distinct babies around her that I may separate from momma before they get too attached to each other.

[oceansoul]

Thank you for this, Ashley! If I may ask you a question, I just checked my new tomato seedlings that I potted on yesterday. They're 20 days old. Weird...the undersides of their leaves are PURPLE!. Why? What does this mean or are they aliens sent to make me crazy? Thank You Very Much

[anitatyvm]

Besides Hoyas, I don't think I've every see an aroid travel around the circumference of its support even if it was a smaller than 4". Instead, it just travels upwards instead of taking the round about scenic route. I am firmly in the camp of moss poles specifically d-shaped ones. I find it's dual purpose of support and airlayering advantageous roots to make the most sense in my arid environment. It's not very pretty and it's a lot of work to keep the moss moist to encourage anchoring but it's so worth IME

[larsschurmann]

I love your scientific videos because there are basicly just anecdotes out there. Sometimes i guess not wholistic like the peat videos. I could only find the pro peat side. Here I miss the whole humidity part and relationship to dirt and mosses on the bark. I have 60% humidity and air roots just die off. No matter if it is a plain plank, a plank with jute or a big chunk of bark from the terrarium shop.

[DimaculanganPunch]

That's not a moss pole. That's a coir pole. Big difference. Coir pole is trash.

[Chija]

nice video.
i'm thinking of using a bamboo stake