Extending Plant's Moss Poles + Planks 🌱 Plant Chores and Chat With @GoodGrowing 💚

Wow, these moss poles are outstanding. They're so extended. What happy plants these are. The most beautiful moss poles we've ever seen. Yeah. Or made. Yeah. Or created. Yeah. Or exist. Yeah. Hello everyone, welcome back to my channel. If you're new here, hi, my name's Claire and this is Yoli. I make videos all about house plant care, sharing tips and tricks I've learned over the years to help keep your plants happy and healthy. And today I'm here with Emma. Emma is staying for a couple of days and we're just doing some plant Georgie bits. And I thought I would bring you along for it because we're gonna be doing some interesting things. Yes. So yeah, I hope you enjoy it. Let's get into it. So the first thing that I want to do is extend my Monstera dubious plank because I do want to propagate this plant. And as you can tell, it's getting fairly large. So what we're thinking is extending it onto a section of moss poles so that it can root into the moss. And then when I come to chop it, it should be rooted and it should work a little bit better. So yeah, Emma is just chopping up some wire. She's got me doing the hard labor. I have. And then I'm thinking maybe extending some other moss poles as well. I've got my Monstera adansonii Indonesian marble. I never know exactly what it's called but I think it's an Indonesian marble. And then my Anthurium sp. lemon which is literally coming off the moss pole and wanting something to climb. So depending on how much moss we've got because that is, that's it there next to Yoli. We're gonna just do as much as we can. Oh, she's done it. A piece of wire mesh. Wahey! So you've got the plastic sheet. Yeah. It's just an A4 bit of like report cover. And then we have the wire mesh. That's gonna make it proper beefy. I mean, I guess you probably don't want it that beefy. Um, maybe I'll bring the duvia over and we can have a look at it. I mean, it's obviously a temporary measure but I might just trim a little bit of that plastic off. We're kind of thinking, so if there's that bit on the back there then obviously that contains the moisture so much better. It will allow it to root a lot quicker and then it will speed the process up. Yeah. And the plastic will keep it moist as well. I think you could probably get away with cutting like an inch and a half off, maybe two inches. Yeah, I think that's probably a good idea. Just a little trim. Thank you. Have you got a sharpie somewhere? I do somewhere. Let's have a... Both somewhere. Just so I can mark it so I know where to punch the holes. You are good. I just go ahead and punch. And then it doesn't look as good. I know, you're very good at being specific. I am so incredibly specific. It's probably bad. Perfect. Sharpie, perfect. The only thing that's weird about this is that it's not going to have a bottom. So if you're watering it... I think I'm just going to have to not actually water it when I do what I'm doing with the cups. On top of the poles there and stuff like that just so that it hybrids it without it. And you'll just have to learn how much it needs to hydrate. Well, I'm thinking this should only probably need to be like this for maybe three months. Max. Beat that, yeah. Probably less. Yeah. And I would just love to let this plant grow, but I just... I mean, firstly, it's not going to fit over there for much longer because its leaves are getting so wide. And also then if... I just want to have the option to be able to get a really nice mature plant growing because obviously the growth up here is starting to fenestrate. It's looking really beautiful. And then... I mean, if I don't want to chop it, I don't have to chop it, but it just gives me the option. Can I just go ahead and punch? Yeah, go for it. That's a ditty little hole punch. Look how tiny the little hole is. Oh my God. Oh, these will be perfect though. Yeah. I might do like two punches per. Yeah, that's fine. Just so it's not like tight. Yeah, I really should have gotten one of these with a bigger hole, but this was the first one I saw on Amazon, so. Yeah, I mean, I guess if it's all you need, you don't have to do it every day. Are you not punching holes every day? I'm using my glue gun every day. Oh, I wish I had a glue gun. You should get a glue gun. That's honestly the best purchase I think I've ever made. It's addictive though, I glue gun everything when I don't even need to. Well, so I think the problem is I already have so much craft supplies that I don't use. I go through phases with crafty stuff though. Sometimes I won't do anything for months and months and months and then I'll just be like, I want to do all the crafts and I'll make like 20 pots in a night and I'll make all the moss poles. I use moss poles and that kind of stuff with my crafts as well. Yeah. Because I used to like embroider stuff. Oh, that's cool. I've got all of the equipment for embroidery. When was the last time I embroidered? You should have brought it over. Probably 2020. Oh no, it was lockdown. All these creative lockdown skills that we picked up and never used again. I have a half made crochet octopus as well. Crocheted octopus, I don't think you've ever told me that. I've only half made it. It's because that's why I'm not showing it anywhere because I haven't finished it yet. Started that in 2022. 2022? It's already last year, you can still finish it. Yeah, maybe one day. Cool, this is going to look very strange at first. Yes. These are the moss poles I'm used to making at this point. I was going to say, a lot of you have asked about the moss poles with the plastic bat and Emma is the one that gave me the idea for that. They are honestly amazing. Well, so the ones that I originally got was from Grow Vertical, which is an Australian company and they sell the plastic and the wire, but it's coated wire, so it's not quite as lethal and it's pre-cut and it comes with the zip ties and they're like all really good sizes. And so you can DIY it like this, but I find it so, so easy to just like get those poles and you can bulk buy them and it's not actually that expensive because we have so many plants, we're going to need so many moss poles. You may as well. I quite enjoy making them though, it's quite fun. Well, you still get to do this part. True. You still have to build it. Save a little bit of money doing it this way, although I know it's good to bulk up. Oh yeah, definitely, this is the budget option. Yeah. And for the moss pole that I've got on my Anthurium SP Lemon, it is just a completely round moss pole like that and so long as you keep it hydrated, it works really well, but this one I have allowed to dry out, which I know isn't good, but with extending it, what I'm going to do is I'm just going to kind of count the squares of metal that I've got and then I'm just going to literally put, I'll show you when I don't, but I'm going to just put an extension on top. I don't know any other way of saying it, but I'll just put an extension on top. But that will probably be clearer when I actually start doing it. So do you put the moss in before and then close it up? I would usually, as I start, this is just me, but I usually cable tie the first and second and then I'll stuff a bit and then I'll kind of do it as I go. It's up to you though. I mean, I guess I am doing it, aren't I? You are? Sorry. I mean, it's not really a two person job. That's why I said I'd do this one because I'm like, we could both stuff the moss. Yeah, this isn't actually a two person job. I've just taken over. Yeah. But I've cable tied one side so it's attached. It makes it easier for filling because you can put the moss in and then cable tie it closed or you can shove the moss up in it. But with these ones, when it's wire, this is like lethal stuff. Yeah. So I might put the moss in first so I don't stab myself a thousand times with metal. It is really sharp. That's the only bad thing about it. And especially like, if you cut it, if you cut it on a flat side like that, then it's okay. It's a little bit spiky, but if you cut it like that, then that stuff, you have to always like bend it in or chop it off because not only will it hurt you, it is a nightmare for plant leaves. It's like getting a cactus up against this plant. It would just rip it to pieces. I also just realised, but they haven't even measured how tall. 18,000 feet. Do you like your poles packed very tightly? I mean, not like ridiculously tightly, but yeah, fairly tight just so that it stays. Moist. Stays a bit more moist. So I think I measured that correctly. You did, but it's not the end of the world. Not the end of the world. The apocalypse starts, because Claire cuts a wrong bit of wire. I feel bad I've just taken over your plant. Honestly, not at all. It's a pleasure to have you helping me with this. And also you're doing it a lot neater and kind of better than I probably would do. Yeah, absolutely. We may as well make it look nice. I'm just very persnickety. Persnickety you are, but I think that's a very good quality to have. And is that right? I actually don't know if that's exact. Then what I would do is I would just cable tie the moss pole together like that. And then, yeah. And then I'll just pop a little cup on the top with a hole in so it can all hydrate. And in theory, you shouldn't really be able to see the join. That's what I'm hoping anyway. So got a moss pole here with a plastic back to keep the moisture in. And I've left a proper space at the bottom. Perfect. And the top, so you can put a cup in. Amazing, amazing. So yeah, we're going to have to try and slide this. It's obviously not going to be immensely secure. Just wondering if we could... I've got a thick of cable ties that we could do around the back. Do you have a garden knife though? No, I don't. I could have brought some. Damn it. Because that would have been perfect just to cover this bottom bit. Just because this is obviously, it's not that secure how it is if it got knocked. I mean, I don't think... I mean, it's not bad. I more so want to just like make sure that this is flush against the back so it doesn't knock anything. You could get a massive cable tie and kind of... We could cable tie it on. Yeah, I have got some big ones. So we're just trying to make sure that this goes flat so it doesn't keep like rubbing into that leaf there because we don't want that. My hands are very shaky. Now fishing is harder than me. I don't know if this is going to be long enough. It's literally... You can do it, you can do it, you can do it. You can. I can do it. Can you? Yeah. Yeah, okay. Do you want me to like hold it at the front or anything? No. Whoa. It just needs to click like once. Yeah. It has. Yay. So I'll turn it round so you can see what we're going to do. We were just trying to cable tie that section. We've weaved it through the wire so that it's just kind of held flush and it's not going anywhere now. But it's going to do the trick. I think that's going to work really well for that. I think you will have to be quite careful watering it for a while. Yeah, and in fact, I should probably put some mesh there or something so that the moss can't fall out. Do you have a staple gun? You know I do, but I don't know where. I'll just pin it. We can pin it. I don't know where my pins are. Blah. So I think for now that's going to have to do the job. I think that's going to have to do the job. But it is a temporary measure, so. So yeah, and then cut with the hole in the bottom. We'll just go straight on top. Can't see that. Straight on top. And then that is how that section will be watered. Cool, okay. Yeah, easy peasy. That was way easier than I thought it was going to be. That was a lot easier. I thought we were going to spend an hour doing this in the video. Oh my God, I know. Put this one back over here for now. Oh my God, I need to account for the fact that it's now a hell of a lot taller than it was before. It's so tall. Do you reckon we have enough moss to do this one as well? Well, it depends how much of an extension you want on that one. If you tell me how many spaces that is. It is probably 10, 11, 11. And then I can get it. Yeah, perfect, thank you. Get it cutting while you go. This moss actually does go such a long way. You got that from B&Q, didn't you? Yeah, I've got a few bags from B&Q now, but every single time I'm like, that's not going to be enough. And then, like when we did my pink princess moss bowl, we only used half a bag. Yeah. We only used half a bag of moss. No, I know, but I thought it would be a whole bag because the size of her moss bowl is enormous. Oh my God, yeah, that moss bowl is huge. She's another one that I am thinking I might chop. I know, I know. Let's do it. Can we do it? Can we chop in this video? Let's do it. I don't know if I'm ready. No, I don't know if I'm ready. I don't know if I'm ready to do that. I want to chop it. I am so scissor happy. What's the worst that could happen? I'd regret it. But would you really regret it? I don't think you would regret it. I'm not sure. So, her moss bowl, again, is not very hydrated at the moment. I think I would want to make sure she was rooted into it before I did that, just because. Fine. If it fails, she's so big and beautiful. She's not going to die off completely. You'd still have the bottom. Yeah, true. Yeah, but then I'd have to try and work on getting that gorgeous, mature growth back again. I mean, how much are you chopping her up? I don't know. I was thinking of literally chopping her back to maybe just keeping the top section of growth and starting a massive plant. Oh. Yeah, that's a potential thought process. Should I do this whole section? Yeah, why not? Why not? Yeah, this is one that, again, I know I could chop and prop, but I really like the way it's growing for me. It is so beautiful. I tend to just let it keep going. You may as well. Yeah. And it isn't really getting away either because it's quite a thin, spindly plant and light passes through it very easily, so. Because it's got so many holes. I know. And look at that leaf. That is barely a leaf. It's the weirdest leaf. Some of its leaves are like that. Those aren't leaves. Those are- It's very bizarre. Yeah. Like, sometimes I really like the look of the variegated abyssinia, and then other times I'm like, it looks unwell because the variegation. And I think the, I think I'm right in saying the Indonesian marble has a slightly different form that is more similar to, like, Ghesglato. It has a slightly different form to the variegated abyssinia because a lot, although even just normal ones, there are abyssinia can be quite strange in its concentration. It's a little bit more predictable, I think. Yeah. And this one is weird. It is really weird. Yeah. I'm getting tornadoes with metal all over your carpet. Oh, fun. I've done that before. Waggy of you looks very sleepy. Oh. Bless her. Oh, good girl. Do you keep these sides? Can you cut them off? Offcuts. Or the spicy sides. Yeah. Yeah, I usually just like- Weave it in? Yeah, kind of like tuck them in. As I say, what is your, if you had to say, like, favorite type of moss pollen? Is it the Gregasculine? It's, yeah, so a D-shaped moss pole with the plastic backing. Honestly, so I've tried normal moss poles where it's just kind of like that with wire and moss. I've tried the self-watering ones. To be honest, I've not had the best of luck with them, personally. I think, in general, because I am an underwaterer. Yeah. And so I don't end up watering them nearly enough for the plant to be happy. And so I find the D-shaped ones so much better because they've got the plastic on the back. I think the roots just like it a bit better in my experience. Yeah, no, I totally agree, actually. So I don't have any moss poles that aren't the D-shaped ones or the lazy moss poles are also D-shaped, but they just don't have the mesh on the front. Yeah. It's just the plastic. I still haven't tried them. I know you showed me how to make one of them and I haven't tried it yet. If you haven't tried one, I definitely suggest you watch first Unplanned Parenthood's video on them. Yes. At how? They don't work. I'm fine, I'm completely fine. But yeah, I suggest you watch her video on them because, I mean, they're not my invention. I didn't come up with the idea and so I can't take any of that credit. And I feel like she did a lot of like testing to figure out what worked best for her and her plants. Yeah. And it's different for everybody, but they're so minimal. Yeah. It's almost like you can't see them, which is quite nice. Small spores aren't particularly attractive things, are they? Yeah. I'm gonna be honest. I don't like how this looks. Yeah. I mean, I'm not a massive fan of how it looks, but I tend to just turn my plants to face into the room when people come over so they don't really have to see the small spore. Yeah. I mean, that's completely fair, but I like how the D-shaped poles look. I don't know why. They look a lot neater and slicker, I think. I think that is part of what it is. Like this kind of looks rustic, which is fine in a lot of people's homes, and it looks great in here. I don't think it looks bad. Yeah, I think. But it's not really, it doesn't go with my home decor. Yeah. My home's like very industrial. Decor? I actually never know how you say that word. I think it's a decor, but I don't know. I'm from America. Yeah, I know. I get that. I'm not from here, Claire. I wonder if my accent's gone. I don't notice it. I think it's because- Whenever I speak to you, I will speak more in a British accent. People commented on one of my last videos. They're like, why is Emma speaking in a British accent? And I'm like, I don't know. It makes so much sense, though, because you are half British, and when you're around someone with a British accent, you're obviously gonna go more into- Brit mode. Yeah, Brit mode. Brit mode, activated. Do you find it's different when you're just with your mum or just with your dad? I don't know. That would be interesting. I don't think so. But in general, if I'm speaking to someone who's American, my American accent will come out more, or if I'm telling somebody about how I am American, it'll come out more, because I feel like I need to just- I don't think consciously, but I think my brain feels like it needs to justify that I'm like- Yeah, yeah, yeah. I really am. I'm not lying. That sounds dumb, but whatever. No, I don't think it does at all. I really don't think it does. But I think it's actually quite a common thing. In the video that I made talking about sort of why I moved to the UK, where my accent comes from, et cetera, a lot of people said that they have similar- Yeah. If they've moved, like either if they're in the States and they've moved into the South or away from the South, their accent has come and gone like that. Yeah. Or like Aussies and stuff like that, moving to the UK or the US. I'm not sure, but I mean, it actually does make perfect sense, doesn't it? Because, you know, you hear about people moving away, like you said, Aussie. I know someone who has moved to Australia and has got such a strong Aussie accent now after like seven years of living there. Yeah. But she comes back here and you almost, you can kind of detect a hint of it, but nowhere near as much that you hear her talking to her Australian friends. How's it going? It's fine. I'm just trying not to stab myself. And I'm like, so like, I need this pole to be round. Yeah. I mean, to be fair, you're going to be doing a much neater job. Even this, I can tell, is a little bit wonky. No, that looks great. So I've stuck it on and now I'm just cable tying it. I'll probably cable tie it at the front and back just to make sure it's properly attached to the one below. If you are extending a moss pole like this as well, if you're really worried about the stability of it and if it becomes really top heavy, you can put a stake down through the whole thing. And, or at least even just going from there to there of the plant, and it'll hold it just a little bit steadier at that joint, because that's going to be the weakest part of the moss pole. A hundred percent. I think that is the good thing about using the really kind of, the really strong metal wire, because obviously it is very malleable, but it does mean that it holds its shape very well when you just roll it into a shape and stuff it with something. It's not just going to flop over as opposed to if you were using- Oh, the plastic stuff. Yes. It just bends. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But at the same time, I have gone far and wide. I say gone, I have scoured the internet. Been on many a journey. Been on many an internet Google search for this sort of, this size mesh. So it's a centimeter or so size hole, wire mesh, but coated in PVC or plastic. That is, that's what I get on my holes from Grow Vertical. And that is my preferred as well, because then you're not at risk of it like rusting or corroding or going weird. Not that any of yours has, but I feel like just having it be a bit protected. If anybody has any leads, if you know where to get that- In the UK specifically. Please drop us a comment down below, because I would also, I would much prefer to use that. Cause I've found online, I think they use it for like chickens or something. It's not, obviously not chicken wire, or like small animals. You can get it for their like cages, but the hole size is 2.5 centimeters or an inch. Oh my God, that's way too big. It would be fine, but the moss would probably fall out. It wouldn't work as well as I would want it to for my plants. That's why I've not started making them myself. And moss poles are messy anyway. They can be very messy anyway. If you can avoid having massive holes in them, then it's probably a good thing. Yeah, you can avoid having huge holes in them. Though, that being said- We say that, we just left a massive deep hole in the back of my teeth for your moss pole. The moss is literally just gonna plummet. And also in the lazy poles, you're not really putting that much on the front of them. Oh yeah, of course. It's literally just a strip of plastic, isn't it? I guess it's fine if the moss stays hydrated. You've gotta be really good at being on top of it. So I guess if you're struggling to stay on top of it, then maybe it's a good way of doing it, being like, you must do that or else it's gonna make a mess everywhere. It's definitely something that I've been looking for in the UK. I just have not been able to find it, unfortunately. And I've kind of given up looking at this point. I'll just buy them, which sounds bad. I mean, it's something that I almost imagine that I've seen in shops before. People say B&Q, but I have never, I've not seen it on the online. A craft store of some sort. I don't think it's like a very crafty material though. A pet shop? Yeah. Should we get a pet at home? We've got, there's actually not one that close by, but there is a pet shop fairly close. I don't think they didn't even sell flea treatments. I hate that. Yeah. And they were also out of tennis balls. So yeah, maybe we don't go there. I don't think they'll have plastic coated wire mesh. Probably not. For niche animals that you keep outside. Okay, cool. That one is done. And that does feel, feels fairly secure. I've just, yeah, cable tied one there on the joint and then one, oh, can you see it? Probably not. At the front, just there, which I mean, to be honest, as soon as the plant starts growing a bit more, you're not going to notice that. And yeah, I could tie it on to the pole, but I'm almost thinking, once its roots get going, if I keep that hydrated, I think it should just kind of grip on by itself. I don't know. I'm a big fan of tying it on. Do you think I should? It's up to you. It'll probably be fine, but I like pushing it kind of against the moss a little bit because it likes the hydration and it'll kind of encourage the roots a little bit better, potentially. Very good point. But you don't have to do that. I mean, there's no harm in doing it, isn't there? Maybe I will just do it. I started using computer Velcro. You said that that's, I think the one of the plants you gave me had computer Velcro on it. Yes. And it worked brilliantly. So instead of garden Velcro, which tends to be quite expensive and is bright green, I like to get computer Velcro because you can buy it for typically cheaper and it's black, which more lends itself to my flat, but obviously isn't for everybody. Yeah. I think that's a really good idea. Really good idea. A little dupe for you. What does that mean? I don't know what dupe means. Oh, like a tip for some information? No, a dupe is something that very closely resembles something else. Duplicate? Yeah. Oh. But isn't that, and typically it's cheaper, so you can get makeup dupes. I see what you mean. I thought you were saying dupes in like little, like, oh, bet you never knew this, like very useful dupes for you. No, it's like, it's a little duplicate or something similar. I see, I see. I do understand. Sometimes I wonder if I haven't been taught lots of cool things. I just don't think you're on the internet as much as I am. Maybe not. It's also when people always say spill the tea, I know what it means, but I'm also like, why do they say that? Steaming, piping hot cup of tea. Yeah, I know. That, it just means gossip, doesn't it? Yeah, but like spill the beans, same thing. But that's the old version. Spill the beans? Oh, I see, okay. I always just get a bit confused by stuff like that. You're not hip with the lingo. I don't think I am, I think I'm old before my time. I'm definitely not hip with the lingo. You don't need to be hip with the lingo. I always pretend that I know what everything means all the time, and that's got me through life so far. Maybe, maybe it's just because I'm like quite on the cusp, I believe, of millennial and gen Z. I feel like I've, I don't think I'm hip. Also, the word hip, I swear that's, down with the kids. No, I don't think I'm hip, but I think like, whereas a lot of millennials were really late onto like sort of TikTok and that kind of thing. Yeah. I was up in there in 2019, baby, like. You haven't existed then. Yeah, it got me through lockdown, to be honest, it was great. I think I would have had a, definitely more entertaining lockdown of like. And everyone was like, oh, TikTok's the worst thing ever. And I'm like, no, it's literally the best. And then people are like, oh, I watch Reels, they're so funny. And I'm like, yeah, that was a trend on TikTok like three months ago. Yeah. Like been there, done that. Can I finish this moss? Or do you plan on doing some propagating? That is fine. Do you need it for the giveaway? Me and Emma are going to be doing a giveaway, which is really exciting. And we've got some amazing plants to give away. We're going to be planning that, well, getting everything together and like posting that later today, which is very exciting. We can put the details in the description, but it'll be over on Instagram. So head over there. And I think we've got some very exciting things. Yeah, we've not done a giveaway together. I've also not done one in ages. I think because of all the like the stupid bots that making the fake accounts. I know. That kind of took me off it a bit. It's such a shame, because it's just a bit of fun and it gets everyone involved and people always have to ruin it. People that make fake accounts. Oh my God, I'm trying to scam followers out of money. That stressed me out so much during my last giveaway. That is weird. It's very teeny. I just kind of had to go off what was already there on the bottom. Yeah. Oh, I'm going to get my exciting sprayer. It's here. I just think it's like an aerosol sprayer. Okay, it's not doing its thing properly now. And you're barely in frame. Okay. It's really good for rehydrating moss because obviously if you just water a dry moss pole, the water's just going to bounce straight off it. But if you do this like five minutes before you water it on all sides, it will just, it will water beautifully and everything will be absorbed. And I just think it's wonderful. The joy of hydrophobic dry moss. Mind you, the only con to this sprayer is that it really doesn't hold much water. So a bigger one would be even better. You could get an electric one. Ooh, I didn't even know that was a thing. Yeah, I think there's like a rechargeable electric sprayer and you just kind of push the button on it. Not even, you don't even have to hold down the trigger or keep pressing it. And it'll just... Oh wow, amazing. I think it's quite a fine mist. I think Fern uses one. I really hope I can get this to fit now that I've made my own pole. I mean, at the end of the day, if worst case scenario, if it doesn't, there will always be more poles needed. Perfect. And yeah, that leaf has got so big so I really hope that now it's got something more for the aerial roots to attach into. It's gonna just get bigger and bigger and bigger. Although I'm not looking forward to when the leaves start doing their weird mature thing. Have you showed them what they look like? I did. I'll put another picture on the screen if I can find it again. But there's not that many photos of this plant mature. And it looks so strange. Like at the moment, they're obviously really lovely, long, delicate leaves. And the mature leaves split into kind of three sections and it always looks like three leaves have been stuck together. And I don't like that very much. So although I want this plant to do well and I want it to grow well for me, I'm like, I don't want you to get mature. I would love these leaves to just stay as is and just get bigger. Can't control nature, can we? Right in front of FaceTime. Oh, sorry. No, I didn't. There we go. All done. So I have made the extension. Lovely. And I've left a gap in the bottom here so that I can kind of push it around. Oh, perfect. The pole. That's actually, I didn't do it that way. That's a really good way of doing it. And I've just stabbed myself. Oh no. It's okay. And then you can kind of bring it together at the join. I haven't. That's fine. We can just weave some cable ties. Yeah, they kind of just need to be shoved through properly. So if you try and get, so if you go through the new moss pole and you go through the old moss pole as well, it just, it might be obvious, but it just attaches them together. Does it? That's what happens when you do that. It means that they are joined and they cannot be easily separated, which is the goal. It is. I didn't know. And then you can also put them around the whole bottom as well, but that's kind of harder to do. You can worry about that, to be honest. I think that's secure and I don't think that's going anywhere. I'm going to tuck these corners in so they don't stab anybody. All your roots are insane. Don't know if you can properly tell on camera. I'll zoom and see if you can see that. They are going to appreciate this a lot. Yeah, that's pretty secure. It's a bit crooked, but I think I find that when you do a join like that, where it's actually overlapping. Actually, if you stand back, that doesn't look crooked at all. Oh yeah, it actually looks really good. It looks fine. I think it's just the... Yeah, it's just top heavy. Carrying a lot of weight. Yeah, cool. Oh, and that'll go perfectly. You just take one of these off and tie it up there. That will be your mission. If you can do that, then... What do you mean if I can do that? Why wouldn't I be able to do that? Because I've tied it so tightly. Would that be easy to do? Just string it. Oh, yeah. If you can do that, then go for it. Tying it tight might be hard, though. That's what I mean. I've already got some cut here if you want to use these. No. Are you sure? Because they're here. No, I'm committed now, Claire. Okay. Good luck, Emma. I'll leave you to do that. Okay, I've untied it, so... Well done. I'm just going to shove the little cut back at the top. That's not going to fit in there. Oh, it will. It was doing this before. I just have to really... You should show them what you're doing. I'm trying to really push it down in there. You're doing okay. It doesn't really matter what it looks like. It's there to serve a purpose. A little bag of water might also work. Yeah, but you definitely worried about it piercing with the metal. That's a good point. Okay. That doesn't look... Terrible. It doesn't. Close. And in regards to the cups on top as well, I know some of you have asked before how often I fill them. And to be honest, I usually just feel kind of towards the bottom of the moss pile. And if that starts to feel a little bit dry, then I would just hydrate until I can feel that that's moist again. I won't let the moisture go all the way down to the bottom because obviously you don't want to accidentally overwater. But I find it works really well. And it usually means that I just have to fill them. I mean, I usually do it every morning, but just every few days. Yeah. So with my D-poles, I'm currently filling them maybe every two or three days at the minute. Which isn't bad. They've got the plastic bags to contain the moisture so much better. I mean, they're not this tall. Yeah. But the ones that I have that are like a meter, they, yeah, about every two or three days is when I refill them. And that seems to be fine. But it just depends. It depends on your home and how humid your home is and how warm your home is. I was going to say at this time of year as well, everything dries out so quickly because the central heating's on. It's, yeah. It just drains so much humidity. You saying that, my stuff doesn't dry out that quickly. Really? Yeah. How strange. Yeah. I don't think, also I think I have a fairly humid home in general. Yeah. With a dehumidifier on, a dehumidifier is 50%. What? Oh my God. See, since I've moved here, I've been really battling with humidity way more than I was before at my mum's house. But yeah, it's been way more of a struggle to try and keep the humidity up. And I've been running all sorts. I think it depends on your home. I really hope that you have enjoyed this video and I hope you found it useful. If anyone has any questions about extending moss poles, then drop me a comment down below and I will do my best to help. Also, me and Emma have got a giveaway coming up, so I will link all of the details down below. So we'll link all the details below. 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