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Once a plant has initially attached, you’ll likely have to continue to guide your plant up the moss pole for a while.
Remember, you can help them root – and therefore bind – by misting the plant regularly and providing as much humidity as possible.
Eventually, you can expect your plant to get the message and it’ll take over the process of climbing itself.
You can also remove the bindings from the lower sections if they’ve securely rooted themselves.
What to do When Plants Reach the Top of the Moss Pole?
Moss poles are sometimes designed to be extendable, or you can probably adapt whatever you’ve got to add some extra height.
You can often just lop off the tip of your existing moss pole and drop in another pole with a slightly thinner diameter. Provided the base of the extra moss pole is long enough, it should lock it securely into place.
Alternatively, it could simply be time to propagate your champion grower.
You can keep removing the top of your plant, and so it’s going continue to re-grow that section with bigger and bigger leaves.
Types of Moss Pole
Sphagnum Moss Pole
The most traditional moss pole, these are filled with preserved sphagnum moss and bound with twine or wire.
Sphagnum moss makes for a great support material as its incredibly water retentive, highly resistant to rot and its fluffy consistency is easy for plants to root into.
They are largely the same in terms of performance and can look really fresh and dynamic, but they’re hard to keep that way in my opinion.
I sprayed my live moss pole daily and kept it in a room that averages 75%+ humidity and it would dry out all the time.
Despite their water retention, I still find it’s a challenge to keep a sphagnum moss pole moist consistently.
Coco Coir Pole
Coco coir is a material made from the husks of coconuts, and has many of the same qualities of dried sphagnum moss.
The coconut fiber is still water retentive (though not as much as sphagnum) and is also resistant to breaking down.
Arguably where it really shines is its availability and sustainability.
Which is probably why its fast becoming the de-facto material of choice for moss poles.
These days, this is what I prefer to use where I can.
Sphagnum moss still has its uses, but for plants that mostly need moss poles for support rather than for nutrients, coco coir should be more than enough.