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Sat, Sep 29, 12 at 19:09
| My mom always had a pothos/philodendron kind of plant that grew up a support that was made out of some kind of bark or peat moss or something natural-looking like that.
I would like to get one for my own plant, but I can't figure out what they are called to search online. Anyone? |
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- Posted by tropicbreezent (My Page) on Sat, Sep 29, 12 at 20:11
| Some people call them "totems". |
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| They are made of several things....tree fern, compressed coir fiber, bark, and even wire /peat moss. |
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| No luck finding them using "totems" or anything else I have tried--though that term leads to sales of tall plants already growing on the totem. Anyone have a link or an IRL place where they can be purchased? |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Sun, Sep 30, 12 at 8:27
| You can get the same effect with any branch or thick stick. What's outside? |
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- Posted by strobiculate none (My Page) on Sun, Sep 30, 12 at 8:41
| Go to local garden center...for this purpose, lowes or home depot count. You are looking for a liner for a wire hanging basket, most likely made of coir. Take liner, wrap around stick of some kind, tie in place. Bamboo works well, yellow pine. In a pinch you could use multiple layers of burlap. Or use chicken wire or hardware cloth to create a small diameter cylinder, fill it with packing peanuts, line it with coir, sheet moss, etc. or skip the packing peanuts. Or visit a local garden center, pull out a house plant they most likely have in stock growing up a pole, and point at the pole, saying, this is what I want. |
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| They are called 'moss poles' here and are widely available. Lots of hits come up when I Google that term. You could try it and see what you get in the US. |
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- Posted by hopefulauthor z5IL (hopefulauthor@sbcglobal.net) on Sun, Sep 30, 12 at 11:52
| Leafy, are you talking about a planter similar to this one? http://www.lakeside.com/Garden/Planters/Solar-Caged-Glass-Planter/prod 31129.jmp?sorted=Y&navAction=push&fm=leftnav&categoryId=cat52162&navCo unt=0 Hope it works..Toni |
Here is a link that might be useful: RE: What do you call it?
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| Thank you Flora UK. That did the trick. Moss poles it is! |
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- Posted by silentsurfer 6A OH (My Page) on Sun, Sep 30, 12 at 23:14
| try Michaels, Hobby Lobby, or local equivalent 'craft' type stores that sell fake plants (oddly enough) :) |
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| Leafy, they aren't called "moss poles" here. If you go to a garden center and describe them - the poles you grow ivy on, for instance, or print a pic of one, they'll know what you're talking about. |
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- Posted by hopefulauthor z5IL (hopefulauthor@sbcglobal.net) on Mon, Oct 1, 12 at 12:11
| Another name is topiary. There are different types of topiary's, including some w/moss, shaped like various animals. So very pretty.. |
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- Posted by emerald1951 4 (rstrobel@mchsi.com) on Mon, Oct 1, 12 at 15:03
| HI...."moss plant pole" google that..and then images... I find these at garden centers....there about $20.... glasshouseworks.com sells them...good luck in your hunt...linda |
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- Posted by WilliamSalemOregon (My Page) on Tue, Oct 9, 12 at 21:14
| Found many places out of stock; As of today 10-09-2012 found the 'Mosser Lee 'Totem Pole(TM) Extendable Plant Supports' ' at the Mosser Lee company and at Amazon. http://www.mosserlee.com/product/532_TotemPoleExtendiblePlantSupports. aspx |
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| Great question. I was actually thinking the same thing recently. I was in Lowes last week and I saw an arrowhead vine climbing one of these moss poles and was like WOW! I need to get one of these. All day I was thinking of how I could make one and/or where I could buy one! THANK YOU!!!! |
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- Posted by greenlarry UK 8/9 (My Page) on Wed, Oct 10, 12 at 6:17
| I know them as moss poles. |
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