THE GREAT POTHOS RACE 6 Month Mark

[@beckypackqualls2745]

You’re killing it, buddy! I’m loving your sarcasm and home defense references. You and Jeff are the only plantTubers I watch now. I used to watch all the plant channels, but too, too much bs. ❤

[@TechplantChannel]

Happy to hear such kind words! Thank you!

[@teartamother1892]

Coming along steady, personally I find my pothos love's humidity making it grow lush and fast and these plants love light,you could put the plant in a heavy outer pot so it won't fall in the tent.keep up the good work and remember it's a competition definitely more feed ❤

[@EverythingPlants]

Wow...Those roots are impressive! I can't believe that one root grows down almost into the soil.

[@TechplantChannel]

Yeah I kinda hope the new setup won't stop it in its trackss

[@EverythingPlants]

@@TechplantChannel I don't know how you could test it, but it would be neat to see if there was a correlation between length of aerial roots and overall plant growth/health

[@christine6316]

Thanks for the update! I really like cuts in the plank, it kind of elevates the look of the plank instead of just a hunk of wood stuck in the pot. Good luck in the race!

[@ypytshorts]

Congratulations for the baby 🎉

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

I started a pole with pothos when you originally did your first video and my pothos is over a meter tall, I also use a few cutting to make it more bushy, I keep mine in a rooms that's around 24c all the time with a humidity of 50%.

[@TechplantChannel]

Very nice! That's huge

[@karinasyn]

It would be so interesting to do a side-by-side of stems in water vs soil propagation. Both leafless and with leaves. Trying comparing cuttings with 1 vs 2 nodes would also be cool. Last year I was inspired by your videos and threw a bunch of leafless rootless pothos stems into a closed moist coco coir filled container with a clear lid and a black bottom. I lined up my stem cuttings by length on top of the coco coir and placed the container next to a window. I noticed that the smaller the cutting was in length, the smaller the new growth was, once leaves had formed. The growth also seemed to be slower on the shorter stems. Stems with two nodes clearly outgrew the stems with only a single node, even if same in length. I added root booster and watered with fertilizer as needed and had full bushy plants at about 4 month mark.

[@RuffTranslation]

Thank you for sharing that interesting experiment!

[@vindictivetiger]

That is an excellent idea. When it goes up for sale I'm buying a few of them! Good luck with the pothos race.

[@TechplantChannel]

Kk I will make a formal announcement. Just trying to make sure I have very good tooling because I don't want someone to buy some months later and they are not compatible. I want good consistency

[@beastamer1990s]

If it doesnt work as a product you can always sell the jig as a product for people to make their own or even sell access to a 3D printable model of the jig. Just more options. This seems really cool

[@RuffTranslation]

A 3D printed model would solve the rot problem and be easier on the seller compared to doing the work and shipping them out. I love that idea.

[@moralespozo]

You could use a foliar spray made of diluted molasses and potassic soap (you can add soluble fertilizer as the brand instruction for foliar feed). Once every 1 or 2 weeks. I do this every time I repot a plant or every time the reining season begin in my part of the world (less sunny days for several months). It works really fine. Glucose on the leafs is like an energy infusion directly to the inside of the plants. I don’t use it with succulents though. Good luck with the race.

[@Nikonfanboy1982]

Hey brother, I am so glad I found your channel, I just got into house plants in December, and I am a woodworker. I know the pine is cheap and everywhere, but I’d spend the extra few bucks on a better wood. There are a ton of cuts us woodworkers cannot use and you could probably get them for free or nearly free at saw mills / timber yards. I’d try to find someone more rot resistant like at the least Cedar or Red oak. I noticed you had some mold and that is attracting bugs. By the time you start dipping and spending a bunch of time and money you could have just gotten better wood. But if you must dip you may want to try shellac

[@frannypie.]

congrats on the baby and the sick roots!!

[@RuffTranslation]

I love seeing progress updates and how you both are innovating! The grooves on the plank and the modular attachment system are so clever. But I’m pretty worried that you’re going to cook that plant in the chamber with the growth light blasting! Crossing my fingers for you! Regarding the plank slightly rotting, with my most recent plank experiments (two Cebu Blue), I placed the planks on the outside of the plastic pots and the screwed them on from the inside of the pot. It makes it way easier to lean against the wall totally stable, I can pick up just the plank and the pot securely moves with it, and no worries about rotting. You can even use a smaller pot because you don’t want to worry about the plank fitting inside. So far I’m not seeing any downsides; highly recommended. By the way, I was inspired to experiment from watching you and EverythingPlants - so with my Cebu cuttings, I set up two planks, two moss poles, and two trellises, each of them with two plants each. They all got the same soil mixture. I’m super excited to watch them grow in different ways. My own pothos on a plain plank, with minimal care, has leaves that are 5”. I’m happy with my little guy! I love seeing the “caterpillar” roots, but unfortunately I’ve twice jostled the plank/plant while checking on them or adjusting Velcro straps and pulled those roots off the plank. Great job, me. If your leaves don’t get to fenestration within 1 year, maybe you will continue the race for another year?

[@nackedgrils9302]

Ok, I need to try this climbing pothos thing too. My feeling is that your pothos is growing extremely slow, mine who are in a shaded area under my grow light push out about one leaf per week but they're not in a climbing setup. I also just found a pothos collector, I'll be buying a few cuts from him and try this, it looks quite exciting!

[@SaskiaSketches]

love these update videos! this is one of my favourite series on YT atm!

[@TechplantChannel]

Happy to hear this!!

[@omaeve]

Lol and my husband went overseas. I came home and got a job at a furniture factory and they wanted to shoot little straight staples. The idiots in my area of the factory so I turned around with my 3 inch staples that I used to join Wood with and asked them if they wanted me to fight back.

[@TechplantChannel]

Lmaooo

[@kbm4409]

I looked at your short on your grow tent ...are you doing a video on how you made the grow tent?

[@TechplantChannel]

Yes

[@carlossoares712]

people who likes plants, look good leaves, trunk and specially nice flowers prople who do plant looks for healty roots

[@sallofatani]

4:13 are these beneficial bugs?

[@TechplantChannel]

I forgot the name but they are not pests, I have these and a soil mite in all of my pots. Not sure if they are beneficial in any great capacity.

[@AntoninJezek]

One of my monsteras has chlorotic leaves also. I don't know what happened. Maybe too much light? I never realized there could be such thing with a growlight.

[@TechplantChannel]

I often leave them on foe multiple days so maybe? I've noticed some plants did better once they were out of thr lights foe a couple days 😆

[@quiquiqui]

Love this series 🤭😀

[@TechplantChannel]

Glad to hear it. Both me and Jeff really enjoy it as well. Even tho it's just pothos it's a lot of fun

[@quiquiqui]

@@TechplantChannel Thats what makes it even better! Everyone has pothos, it makes it more relatable I guess. I am so over moss poles, so always looking for another ways how to grow my plants and what better plant to experiment than the OG

[@JustJ0nathan]

What substrate are you using? Is it one marketed for aroids? That could be the reason your plant is suffering from chlorosis. In my experience, those aroid mixes are too chunky and alkaline for pothos. You probably are aware, but I thought I’d mention these plants need slightly acidic soil to properly absorb nutrients. I had the same issues with my pothos plants using these chunky mixes. Even fertilizing regularly with a slightly acidic fertilizer with sulphur didn’t help. The growth also became stunted. Adding more peat moss, which is acidic, fixed the problems in a matter of weeks and growth exploded. Make sure your substrate is at least 50% peat moss. Personally, I use 75% peat moss and 25% inert material. I’ve never had a problem with root rot. Good luck!

[@loriedmundson782]

So fun!

[@TechplantChannel]

Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching

[@checkplease7735]

3:55 mealie bugs probs not helping with the discoloration

[@ThePlantUtopia]

That does look like a mealy, I am surprised he missed it.

[@lhharrison89]

Think it was a reflection honestly

[@lukki7ster]

Look agaim, that is a fuzzy root. Not a mealie bug lol. However at @4:12 there is something that looks like a few thrips in the crevice of the wood.

[@xzorby]

And is that a big scale insect on the root at 6:35 ?

[@checkplease7735]

Look again it's clearly a meal bug and those aren't thrips those are springtails because of the plastic he's put there

[@Firefenex1996]

You mentioned you plant looks "caloric." Anychance you have a video or know some links that talk about that more?

[@TechplantChannel]

I say the word wrong but I'm talking about chlorosis

[@Firefenex1996]

@@TechplantChannel Thanks. i need to look into it more I have a pothos that has gotten to the top of a 4 foot pole and has been pushing out some very large leaves the past 3 months. the latest is 13 inches but also showing signs of chlorosis.

[@dlfoster311]

So my idea is it may need more nutrients with more light.

[@dlfoster311]

nvm you went over this

[@TechplantChannel]

I think you correct in your thinking!

[@danmagnuson8889]

This is cool but so much effort for a plant that will grow in any condition

[@TechplantChannel]

Lmao true, maybe we'll start a monstera race 🏁

[@danmagnuson8889]

@@TechplantChannel that's a great idea.

[@TheRipdub]

Told ya it would.

[@TechplantChannel]

Would what?

[@Planty-Mandy]

I think the plastic wrap is kind of cheating, so let’s build a hyperbolic time chamber! 😂

[@TechplantChannel]

Lmaoooo

[@MyLocsMyPlants]

very cool !

[@r-b-k]

There is one idea I'd really like to share here: Making a moss-pole in combination with automatic watering inside of it (Arduino+moisture sensor+water pump) Maybe we will find some people to make this happen 😅

[@TechplantChannel]

I do have arduino and some relays lol

[@r-b-k]

​@@TechplantChannel Nice. A simpler solution and probably just as effective would be a small waterpump with a timer. Additionally a higher-than-usual planter could function as a water reservior while keeping the inner pot above the water.

[@xzorby]

When you say caloric, do you mean to say chlorotic?

[@TechplantChannel]

Yes lol

[@jaketheplantguy]

What’s the story to this race? Moss poles seem to be a simple enough tool for a growth battle. This set up seems rather elaborate. 😂

[@TechplantChannel]

That is sort of the shtick we are just having fun seeing what odd things we can do with planks.

[@lisaanglim9588]

There’s no rules, remember so the plastic isn’t cheating

[@wizdumb420]

aquarium water... aquarium + pothos == huge leaves + aerial roots

[@TechplantChannel]

I'll use some

[@bassekaman8315]

FINALLY 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@se6619]

wwwwwhats up guys

[@teuth]

LISTEN UP MATTY I AM ABOUT TO SEND YOU AN EMAIL SO YOU BETTER BE CHECKIN THAT SPAM FOLDER THIS WILL ROCK YOUR WORLD

[@TechplantChannel]

I saw and it was great

[@GreenWitch1]

You can’t improve on a moss pole. That piece of wood is ugly & there’s no way to keep it moist. I don’t get it. You can’t remove it from a plank without ripping the roots, but you can pull the roots out of moss.

[@TechplantChannel]

The planks are modular so you can cut and restart. You sound like Big Moss Pole just trying to stop Plank Chad's from succeeding.

[@GreenWitch1]

@@TechplantChannel 😂😂😂 No. I just have 40 years of experience growing plants! You don’t obviously have much. I don’t care what you do, but those plant roots can’t be removed from that ugly piece of rotting wood without massive damage 🙄

[@TechplantChannel]

​@earthcandleco I think you are still missing the modular part of this I can cut the plant at the top and plant the top most plank and continue without removing the plant. Each section can be done like that. I'm not sure why you are so aggressive but it doesn't take 40 years of experience to see people have a preference in growth style based on individual needs or environments. You can grow a giant pothos on a moss pole or a plank.

[@GreenWitch1]

@@TechplantChannel Aggressive? Im not aggressive. Assertive maybe, but never aggressive. You’re very sensitive or you wouldn’t have taken my comment so personally. To each his own buddy. I’m just sharing what works best. You can try to reinvent the wheel, but it’s already been invented. I’m not saying everybody loves the look of a moss pole, although I personally find them attractive, but I don’t think many people want their plants growing up wide planks of wood either. Id rather put an upside down bottle on my moss pole than wrap every node in cellophane and spritz daily. Again…To each his own.

[@TechplantChannel]

@earthcandleco I guess so