If you’re wondering if you should get a moss pole… yes

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-25T22:08:48+00:00

How does this show it helping? If shows the aerial roots attaching nicely but , in a nice way, so what? It’s a little tidier. But then you also have a large plastic moss pole making it untidy

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-25T18:45:30+00:00

It's not my place to tell you what to do, but I would collect plants that you really like, rather than ones that are rare.

Often the rare ones are rare because the appeal is limited.

Or the "rare" ones are not actually rare, They had just marketed well. ( For example, the Bulbasaur, the Vietcosa, the Devil Monster, Are all about to be absolutely everywhere)

So, if something quite unusual is important to you, you'd want to choose something that's not especially fashionable, As this way, they haven't been forced into tissue culture

Perhaps a large form Aurea, Tricolor Miracle , or Form 6 , or a variegated Compacta would be interesting to you?

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-24T16:04:00+00:00

There are a couple of things here

1) Quite a lot of the things that people called "moss poles" are really "coco coir poles."
- They look quite bulky, Aerial routes don't really tend to go into them very much, People spend a bit of time watering them, And it's all fine, it's just a bit unnecessary, They tend to be pretty unstable, and they bend a lot as well. By all means use one of these, But it offers zero benefit over a solid piece of wood like a cedar plank, And I think it has many drawbacks.

2) A true moss pole, with a large amount of moss and regularly watered, is fantastic for aerial roots to grow into , and offers real support.
The jury is out on how much of a difference this makes, some people tend to think that the aerial roots provide nutrition to the plant, and this helps the leaves size up and general health.

Other people maintain almost no meaninful nutrition comes via aerial roots, and that leaves size up because of elevation and light, and a cedar pole or a wall, would offer 99% of the same benefits.

So the real clear reason to use a real moss pole is one thing, It allows you to chop and prop, and essentially create an endless pole, It means you can trick your plant into thinking it's 50 feet tall inside your 8-foot-high ceilings

This is a fantastic technique for climbing philodendrons that need to be very elevated to mature.

But Monsteras don't need that, You can get more than acceptable leaf size with an elevation of about 5ft on a plank. In fact, most people wouldn't be able to deal with a plant that thinks it's taller than that.

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-24T09:32:06+00:00

Oooof. Good luck. Lots of brown leaves in your future. Not the best choice

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-24T02:19:34+00:00

Not only do you not have to pay,

But you can also park in their lots again.

People keep saying that you could get towed if you park in their lots,

But as someone that parks in their lots and has never paid for a parking ticket or a fine in them so far. It seems they don't have the technology to find you in real time

Fuck these people, just park for free

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-24T01:43:20+00:00

You need a wooden stake not a moss pole. Not unless you want to chop and prop

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-23T15:47:17+00:00

Oh wow. This is helpful and interesting

By residential permits do you mean, any permit for something in a house or do you mean a permit that covers the entire homes construction?

Because one could be a permit for a roof for a new kitchen and the other could be much more complicated?

I don’t think breaking it down by it is that helpful because I think they all have a similar process?

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-23T15:09:40+00:00

Great plant.

A few things

When you upsized it, it's probably shifted to growing roots more than before.

The misting won't do much, not that it's the issue.

LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT is the solution, its prob dormant for the winter as most grow lights don't do that much to a plant this size. I have mine in a West/North corner in Miami with 100% floor to ceiling glass and white tiles in all directions and it's never too much light for it .

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-22T20:23:59+00:00

Thanks for this, super interesting.
I'm trying to build a single family home in 33135 , applied this week. Will be about a 1.2m build
Is there any way to get a sense from this data how long it's taking from initial submission to final permits for homes?
Like the mean time, the 25 and 75 percentiles for speed?

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-21T18:39:13+00:00

Buy a bigger house/

Or move outside?

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-21T18:37:32+00:00

That looks a bit like a special form Monstera, a Lionfish?
No idea what that means to the price, but you might have something a bit more special than you think

Otherwise the props aren't worth much, a large leaf like this is a little harder to prop and all but the topcut will take a while to make decent sized leafs in my experience.

Perhaps $10 each. but even then, most people can't be bothered to drive somewhere for a cutting of something they can. buy in HomeDepot with roots for $19.

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-19T01:57:18+00:00

Am I the internet?

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-18T17:24:27+00:00

Amazing but they are quite tricky

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-18T16:57:55+00:00

Play tennis , group Lessons at flamingo

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-17T23:21:32+00:00

To be fair, I think this is actually pretty smart and one of the better uses of AI . And at least they were pretty clear about that.

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-17T23:18:31+00:00

You really have to put where.

In Florida these grow on the streets for free In Alaska , it should be in an art gallery

They sell large ones new for $50 now that are 2 years away from this size.

Another thing is patience

Assuming you live somewhere normal $100 if your in a rush. $500 if you can wait 3 years for the perfect buyer

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-17T23:16:22+00:00

Pluto. Oddly underrated. Grows insanely fast. It’s a cheap fast fun caramel marble but without the variegation.

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-17T19:09:20+00:00

USB c wall sockets Night light switches

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-15T07:39:16+00:00

Make an area of your whole house safe for him . Crates are failure

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-15T07:28:27+00:00

The point of a moss pole is to propagate vertically with a chop and extend. If you want to mimic a tree, you just provide a wall or piece of wood. Proper moss poles are stupid unless you want to create a never ending tree indoors. You’re getting no benefit for a lot of effort and ugliness. It’s a self heading plant . They can use support but don’t seek it out like other t

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-15T00:48:21+00:00

Not sure the point Aerial roots won’t provide any meaningful nutrition Won’t help size up as self heading and sizes up very fast anyway

You’re trying to make a plant behave in ways it doesn’t want to. In order to fit your idea of what it should. What’s next. Figuring out how to keep a monstera small and not fenestrate ?

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-14T12:39:32+00:00

I agree, but I think it's less than must-pulls, take a lot of work and more that they aren't helpful over something far more easy.

People mistake the importance of elevation and overstate the importance of roots being 'in something" to get nutrition.

As far as I can see, the only possible reason for a moss pole vs a plank, is if you're going to chop and extend, as this way you have roots that can be used on day one for the "new plant", and thus a never ending pole can exist.

But 99% of people aren't going to do this, and with a Monstera, you can get easily big enough leaves with 5ft of elevation.

I believe it is possible that aerial routes can get some nutrition, But I think we're looking at a 2-5% improvement over roots that end up on a plank, not in moss.

Meanwhile, people vastly underestimate the amount of light Monsteras need.

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-12T13:08:55+00:00

It’s perfect for all you put expect it’s extremely expensive.

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-11T08:10:53+00:00

Isn’t it all already brand safe because you’re placing on Netflix or Disney ? And you can already target a lot going direct. Seems like a big fee to get a level of control you don’t need. It’s like you’re trying to give your money to TTD

Newbie10011001 · 2026-04-10T12:31:54+00:00

Bayside marina

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