hi hope you're keeping safe and doing super awesome if we've not met before my name is james
and i'm from sydney australia we've unfortunately been in lockdown for the past 61 days 8 hours 51
minutes and 58 seconds but anyway i thought this was the perfect opportunity to show you how to
build a moss pole from start to finish remember if you liked today's video don't forget to give
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so to be honest i've been putting off this moss pole build for the longest time simply because it
is such a tedious exercise to do now today is the day i've committed to do it and hopefully
this video helps you on some tips and tricks what you can do when you're embarking your diy solution
if you're wondering whether you should be using one at all it can facilitate
some amazing growth now when i started using one on my monstera thai constellation i saw aerial
roots produce more aerial roots that i had never even seen before so it's an absolute no-brainer
if you want luscious and plenty full of growth so let's talk about what you need i purchased
all these items from bunnings australia and flower power and i'll leave a link to the description box
with all the items that i used in today's video if you wanted to create a shopping list for yourself
i've got a pvc metal garden stake over here which measures 90 centimeters roughly about five dollars
from bunnings i've got garden mesh which is from a brand called whites the grid is 12.7 millimeters
by 12.7 millimeters and costed me about 38 this measures quite nicely with the garden stake
because the width is 92 centimeters and basically this creates the foundation and the base for your
moss pole i've got a 500 gram sphagnum moss bag over here however you can purchase the
150 grams because you don't need that much we had a huge shortage of sphagnum moss here in
australia because every time i went to bunnings in the past couple of months they were always
out of stock when i saw this at flower power i jumped at the opportunity to buy the big packet
because i wanted to use this for propagation in the future you'll also need scissors a strong
pair of cutters i've also got a pair of pliers here in a rubber band because i wanted to tie up
that sphagnum moss bag once i'm done with it a bucket and optional you can use measuring tape
hold on i'm gonna have to stop myself here i forgot to mention you're going to also need pvc
coated garden wire the pvc coated garden mesh that i purchased from bunnings already comes with pvc
coated garden wire if you don't have it this is an absolute must as it's used to stitch up the pole
if purchasing separately this costs approximately three dollars in total you're going to spend
about to 80 australian dollars granted you already have scissors cutters pliers and a bucket in your
inventory unpause all right let's get started so the first thing you want to do is grab your bucket
and fill it up i think i'm going to fill about a sixth of the bucket with lukewarm water
this is so we can prepare the sphagnum moss before we actually embark on the moss pole build so once
you've done that put that to the side and grab your sphagnum moss and cut it open of course
i'm going to strategically do this on the side so i can seal this later
so grab some of this spaghetti musk with your hands
put that over your bucket so you don't make a mess
and then loosen it up a bit because it is quite compact but if you can see that
so i've got my rubber band and i'm just going to tie this up so i can use it later
put that on the side and then now we want to work with this sphagnum moss so
moisten it and then just work your hands through that bucket so then it's nice and moist you can
opt to do this over your laundry sink if you don't want to put it in a bucket but i just find that
using a bucket is easier let's start getting into our garden mesh so i'll cut this one open
and then i'm just going to tear this away
and be very careful with your hands because garden mesh is actually very sharp
so what's also great about this garden mesh is that it already comes with these wires
which you'll use to stitch up the moss pole when you're ready but if yours doesn't come with it
make sure you've also got some wires on hand so you can use that to stitch that up later
see that i'm just going to undo it
so when i was first making moss poles i cut myself on these edges because it's very pointed hot tip
if you're purchasing this product don't pull all the wire out as it will unravel the full
length of the mesh but anyway we won't pull the whole thing out but basically i want to start
cutting this garden mesh this is where your strong cutters will come into action
and a typical moss pole measures about 20 to 21 centimeters
so if you really wanted to measure that you could measure this from the ends basically cut
that grid from that length so i'm going to do a guesstimate because i want mine to be a bit bigger
so you want to try to fold it sort of massage and
shape it the way you want it grab your strong pair of cutters and then start cutting it down
all the way so this step took me about three minutes in real time but be absolutely careful
with the garden mesh as iterated before this is sharp a strong pair of scissors or cutters is
essential to pierce through the mesh once you've cut that through you've got your base
all right now i'm just going to fold it and curve it again to how i like it hot tip
shape it to how you like it it can be circular or oblong it's up to you so once you've shaped that
you can start stuffing it with the sphagnum moss now this is why i'm doing it over my sink
but basically this is all pre-moistened and you don't want to just put that directly in
but here i'm gonna grab that moss and then squeeze it and wring out that excess water
okay wring that out
and then start stuffing it
start putting it sparingly throughout that garden mesh
squeeze
and then stuff it again
now we're going to start stitching this up we basically grab the garden wire
we have here grab your tough pair of cutters and cut these into little pieces
these will thread into the moss pole for the garden mesh and then you tie these around
so tip you can actually grab a pair of pliers
to help you thread this but i think this is the trickiest part
so if you find that it's not going in trying to bend that mesh a little bit further in
and honestly this is the toughest part and the part that i hate the most is stitching it
so i'll cut a whole bunch of these so then i can have these pre-ready to stitch
okay so what you want to do is grab that wire thread that through fold it
grab a pair of pliers and then try to twist so the ends can stay firmly in place so here twist
okay so this footage is sped up two thousand times in real time it took me about ten minutes
to finish this is the hardest part of the build two options here as mentioned you
can use your pliers to clamp the wire ends and twist or simply use your hands to tie the wire
after you're done here you can grab the ends of each of the stitch points and rotate it inwards
towards the moss so that the finish looks tidy so once you've done stitching it you've pretty
much got yourself a moss pole now if you want to increase the stability this is why i've got
a garden stake on the side and then you basically just stitch this on top this allows it to increase
the support and the stability of your moss pole that's optional of course but if you feel like
this is sturdy enough for your needs then by all means skip the next step here you're
going to need to cut a few more wires that are a couple centimeters or inches in length and using
the same stitching method tie this around the stake and the wire and twist the ends
i just used my bare hands in this case and went a little ham and tied about seven wires
but i've got poles that have survived on four ties to the stake so it's up to you
when you're done you want to go back and rotate those ties inwards to give it a nice finish
make sure you place your pole in the bottom of your pot so that it's sturdy and fill your pot
up with your desired substrate tada and you've got yourself a moss pole if you made it to the
end of this video i just want to say thanks so much for watching i really really appreciate it
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