CHOP & EXTEND TUTORIAL - Grow large climbing plants indoors

Hi all,
In todays video I'm showing you my chop & extend method (again:P)

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[merielangharad]

Thanks to the camera person :) and Brad for making an appearance at the end :). Excellent video as always, Thank You.

[isaiahjohnrosales]

Followed your moss pole vids for my juvenile M. Pinnatipartita and now it's crawling onto the 2nd pole. Can't wait till it reaches the top so I can chop and extend. 😁

[chichak]

I live in Singapore and have 12 mosspoles with different climbing philodendrons in its juvenile stage. I started my journey 3 months ago and am seeing wonderful results. The variegated monsteras n Thai Con are susceptible to burning so i had to bring them indoors, otherwise all are doing fantastic. I did my 1st pole extension seeing how fast it grew. Thanks to your videos, my inspiration to growing philodendrons.

[kylejay]

Every single aspect of this video is perfect, extremely well done. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this!

[joaquin_]

Wow, it felt like a total magic trick when you picked up the new pole with the pot without them separating 😮

[surgeinc]

Greetings from S. Georgia, USA.
Attaching a garden support rod behind the moss pole is an excellent idea!

[lemorrisgalbreath]

Thanks so much for another informative video. It was perfectly timed. Today I started loading my greenhouse for the Texas winter. The ponytail palm that I've had since 1977 has had a syngonium growing in the pot for about 30 years. I usually keep it confined to the soil area but this summer I let it grow. It used the ponytail palm as a "moss pole", climbing beyond the top of the ponytail palm and falling over! I severed the main stems, carefully removed as many of the roots as I could, and put the roots into a bucket of water until tomorrow when I can pot it. Currently I don't have materials to build a real moss pile so will be using a coco fiber pole for now. I'm glad you described the aroid mix - I wasn't sure what kind of "soil" to use but I do have all the ingredients to make it. Thanks again!

[Lizzyjo]

I've put four plants on moss poles thanks to your videos and one of them has started to root into the moss, which makes me really excited. Thank you for the instructions!

[kimg]

OMG you are my planty hero! Airoids are my love but i have been unsuccessful at helping them mature. Your cebu blue is my goal♡.

[karinchristensen]

I've now watched most of your videos resulting in an order for supplies for poles and a few new plants - and rearranging the furniture to make space for them. I have tons of light so I am hoping for good results. Thank you for your excellent tutorials.

[corrinarose]

Thank you so much for the time & work you put in to making these videos. Very helpful tips indeed 🤗

[lupusdirus]

Love how informative and concise your videos are! I'm definitely going to start putting more of my plants on moss poles - in fact some supplies I ordered to do just that arrived while I was watching this!

[CeeCee]

You were hilarious in this video and your German accent somehow made it even better. Loved it!

[jackren]

Wonderful video! Now with what you mentioned around 08:08 about removing some moss at the bottom of the pole to prevent rot, I think one way to make it easier is to mix some perlite into the sphagnum for the bottom section of the top pole. A 1:1 mix of the two is a very common potting media used for nepenthes, as they have thin roots that need a lot of moisture and good drainage at the same time. My idea is that the added perlite can make it easier to remove the moss from the roots, and it can improve drainage in case a lot of moss ends up being left in the pole. I've never actually used a moss pole before, so it's just a suggestion. Maybe the perlite will end up making a mess, maybe it will impact your up side down water bottle technique of watering. It might also cause that section to dry out faster than the rest, and it might slow down root growth in that section. These are some potential problems that I can think of. I'm just throwing out my idea out there, and I hope you find it somehow useful.

[kvr]

Jan: If you don't spill half your aroid mix while you're potting something up are you even doing it right?

PREACH!! LOL

[mr.detley]

Hallo Jan, super Idee das nochmal ausführlicher zu zeigen. Dein erstes C&E-Video hat mich dazu gebracht, es mit den Mosspoles zu versuchen. Inzwischen habe ich 8, und meine M. Adansonii braucht vielleicht noch einen Monat bis zur ersten Verlängerung.😄Hatte mich schon lange dafür interessiert, aber alle anderen Tutorials haben den MP immer nur als Rankhife vorgestellt. Dein Konzept war sofort einleuchtend. Danke dafür und weiterhin viel Erfolg !

[hedgewitch]

Your moss poles are obviously brilliant. I'm trying that for mine. Thank you.

[AmberS-V]

Thank you SO much for your hard work and passion in making and sharing these videos!! They and you are INCREDIBLY helpful 💜
I can't wait for my plants to get big enough to chop and extend 😁

[chrisbuys]

Thanks, Jan, for the informative video! As always.

Never knew I could realise my Philodendron and Monstera obsession, until I started watching your videos. Thanks for making me realise my plant dream!

Getting a baby Pinnatipartita for my bday next week. Looking forward to an update on yours and some lessons you have learnt.

[sdh]

New subscriber here - I found your channel through Wild Fern, and I'm so glad I did. I've never seen a plant channel like this before. It's so informative, and you may be turning me into a pole-plant person (if that's a thing!).