If you are on a budget, trash cans make great pots. Have to add drainage holes yourself, which is easier with the plastic kind, but can get a masonry bit to drill through ceramic, etc. I use bathroom trash cans a lot for bigger plants. They are often really cute, too!
It helps to have a pot that’s perfect straight up and down and put the pole all the way to the bottom. I’ve generally had decent results that way. Angled or curved pots make that way harder.
I buy everything to mix it myself but it adds up quick! Especially when you start getting bigger plants and they need a ton of substrate. Inflation is crazy.
I disagree. Once plants get top heavy enough, they will still lean a lot in a plastic pot in a cache pot and potentially even fall over. Being planted in the heavy pot helps anchor them down better, especially when you have to start extending the pole. Plus the plastic will retain water more than the terracotta. For my large plants, this has been the most successful method in my conditions. Awesome if you’ve had success another way though!
Terracotta is the only appropriate pot type to use with airoids if you aren't using a cache pot. For my big plants if I use a liner pot I have to find a pretty pot that fits the liner pot very snug so it doesn't lean or fall. Or I secure my moss pole to an actual wall otherwise. Terracotta works because it absorbs excess moisture and helps prevent over watering and its heavy enough to hold large plants.
Im just starting with big plants. What kind of pot do you need? What makes it so expensive? I thought i could use one that i hVe already found. BTW it looks fabulous!
This one was expensive because it’s ceramic and I wanted something very specific, but if you’re less picky or ok with using plastic you can find cheaper options. I also ordered it online. I just like to keep my variegated monsteras in terracotta.
90 dollars for a pot and the mix is expensive? Like why? The mix keeps water from collecting on the leaves and helping them brown? Didn't understand that part either.
Helping them to not brown. A well draining substrate prevents the plant from sucking up too much water, causing it to accumulate inside the leaves and result in edema, which kills the variegated tissue really quickly and leads to premature browning. The pot was expensive because I wanted something very specific and I got it online so I had to just pay what it cost or find an alternative. The straight cylinder shape helps the pole lean less and I wanted something heavy since the plant is quite tall and ceramic pots can be really expensive once you start getting over about a 6 inch size. Big plants are just expensive to take care of in general, large pots are expensive, more substrate is expensive, more fertilizer, more materials for poles, stakes, more powerful grow lights if you need them. It all adds up but I wasn’t something I was expecting when I got a lot of these plants when they were really small. Continually upsizing everything costs way more than the plants themselves. Just wanted to highlight that for folks to are super budget conscious.
@PlantFriendDownTheStreet I wasn't intending to be rude, I just wanted to make sure you realized. It'll get huge as it roots into that pole and its crazy making a pole repotting a plant and seeing how big it is hahaha awesome job though
Looks great but sad to say. I think you could have bought a way bigger pot...I know they're expensive but yeah....you have a big plant that's going to cost.....too.....
I also have a lot of plants in terracotta and my potting mix is extra well draining to accommodate and with my watering regiment and climate this works really well for me. Thanks for looking out though!
If you are on a budget, trash cans make great pots. Have to add drainage holes yourself, which is easier with the plastic kind, but can get a masonry bit to drill through ceramic, etc.
I use bathroom trash cans a lot for bigger plants. They are often really cute, too!
Great idea!
I love my big plants!!!
Yes, caring for big plants 🌿💕🌵 🌱 is expensive, but indeed so worth it 😉
I don’t mind spending the money on the plant, it’s the pot price that always get me 😩
Get your pots in person if you can. So much cheaper!
Love it. Good job 👍
Thank you!
It looks gorgeous ❤
Thank you! 😊
😍😍😍
How big was pot you took it out of? And where did you get smaller pots?
I think it was like an 8in orchid pot and I get them from RepotMe. Sometimes RepotMe has links on Amazon.
Looks like you should give it a bigger pole now before it gets bigger
I can extend the pole when the time comes! I have the gardening mesh and zip ties handy whenever I need them. Ran out of daylight for patio projects ✨
@PlantFriendDownTheStreet do you find that is sturdy? Whenever I try to attach these kinds they fall over
It helps to have a pot that’s perfect straight up and down and put the pole all the way to the bottom. I’ve generally had decent results that way. Angled or curved pots make that way harder.
@@PlantFriendDownTheStreet that's good to know! I will try it
Also the gardening mesh I have is like a really stiff plastic. I have to cut it with shears. I’m sure that’s part of it.
To save money on soil i buy everything to make my own.
I buy everything to mix it myself but it adds up quick! Especially when you start getting bigger plants and they need a ton of substrate. Inflation is crazy.
Better idea to use a big cheap nursery pot and insert it in a pretty cache pot.
I disagree. Once plants get top heavy enough, they will still lean a lot in a plastic pot in a cache pot and potentially even fall over. Being planted in the heavy pot helps anchor them down better, especially when you have to start extending the pole. Plus the plastic will retain water more than the terracotta. For my large plants, this has been the most successful method in my conditions. Awesome if you’ve had success another way though!
Terracotta is the only appropriate pot type to use with airoids if you aren't using a cache pot. For my big plants if I use a liner pot I have to find a pretty pot that fits the liner pot very snug so it doesn't lean or fall. Or I secure my moss pole to an actual wall otherwise. Terracotta works because it absorbs excess moisture and helps prevent over watering and its heavy enough to hold large plants.
Im just starting with big plants. What kind of pot do you need? What makes it so expensive? I thought i could use one that i hVe already found. BTW it looks fabulous!
This one was expensive because it’s ceramic and I wanted something very specific, but if you’re less picky or ok with using plastic you can find cheaper options. I also ordered it online. I just like to keep my variegated monsteras in terracotta.
Where did you get the pot?
I got it on Amazon
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How big is the pot
12 inch diameter
90 dollars for a pot and the mix is expensive? Like why? The mix keeps water from collecting on the leaves and helping them brown? Didn't understand that part either.
Helping them to not brown. A well draining substrate prevents the plant from sucking up too much water, causing it to accumulate inside the leaves and result in edema, which kills the variegated tissue really quickly and leads to premature browning.
The pot was expensive because I wanted something very specific and I got it online so I had to just pay what it cost or find an alternative. The straight cylinder shape helps the pole lean less and I wanted something heavy since the plant is quite tall and ceramic pots can be really expensive once you start getting over about a 6 inch size.
Big plants are just expensive to take care of in general, large pots are expensive, more substrate is expensive, more fertilizer, more materials for poles, stakes, more powerful grow lights if you need them. It all adds up but I wasn’t something I was expecting when I got a lot of these plants when they were really small. Continually upsizing everything costs way more than the plants themselves. Just wanted to highlight that for folks to are super budget conscious.
what is that pole?
I made it out of gardening mesh and zip ties. I just put my chunky mix and some extra sphagnum moss inside of it.
thank you for the info@@PlantFriendDownTheStreet
Sure!
What’s the soil you use?
I have another short that shows it. I mix it myself!
Please share the link as not able search in the video list@@PlantFriendDownTheStreet
You need a larger pole already
Yep, I extended the next day when there was more daylight for patio projects. The plants doing really well. Thanks!
@PlantFriendDownTheStreet I wasn't intending to be rude, I just wanted to make sure you realized. It'll get huge as it roots into that pole and its crazy making a pole repotting a plant and seeing how big it is hahaha awesome job though
No worries, have a good one!
Looks great but sad to say. I think you could have bought a way bigger pot...I know they're expensive but yeah....you have a big plant that's going to cost.....too.....
I probably could have but I couldn’t find anything bigger! Big pots are really hard to find unfortunately ☹️
The pot has one whole and this pot retain moisture
It’s terracotta, it’s moisture wicking, it won’t retain moisture
Im talking from experience I deal with them all the time I have 27 plants on terracotas not all plants are meant for this pots
I also have a lot of plants in terracotta and my potting mix is extra well draining to accommodate and with my watering regiment and climate this works really well for me. Thanks for looking out though!