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Chop and Extend help


Hello!!! I have this massive neon pothos. It was originally potted in Pon Substrate and attached to a coco coir pole. After a couple extensions of the coco pole, I decided I was going to add a moss pole instead. Well, it worked! My neon has rooted in and the leaves are growing massive.
Here's the problem… It's at 6feet now. My house has very poor lighting. I am using a grow light that's extended as tall as it can go but it's to the point that it's not reaching the top of the plant. So I'd like to chop and extend it. Chop it from the coco pole, pot the moss pole extension, and add another moss pole to the top of the existing one so that my leaves continue to size up. I don't want to just chop the top and start over with propagating it.
I've seen this done before but usually there are two moss pole connected together, they're taken apart, and the roots that are coming from the bottom of the top pole get potted into soil and on the plants grows. We mine doesn't have roots coming from the bottom of my moss pole. Below the moss pole, the roots are basically stuck to the coco pole.

So what do I do??? I won't have any roots to put inside a pot. The only root system will be inside the moss pole. Will this be enough to sustain it? Should I take a few leaves from the bottom (where I would cut it) and stick that in soil and hope it roots? Should I cut part of the bottom of the moss pole (once disconnected) and use the roots from that to put into the pot?

I really didn't think this through before I added the moss pole extension, which is odd because I'm actually an OVER thinker… In case you can't tell from my post 😂

I just don't want to cut my baby and then it not make it. I've worked so hard at getting the leaves so big and pretty. I'd be devastated if it died..

Any ideas or suggestions?? Thanks in advance!

by AnonymousAmyMakes

1 Comment

  1. Gnomesandmushrooms

    If there are good healthy roots in the section of moss pole then it should be fine to chop. Just keep the bottom section in its current pot and let it do its thing as a backup in case you have a mishap. But should be ok. Sydney Plant Guy has a bunch of [videos and tutorials](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x-1v3k29u8k) about doing it.

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