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title: "I just got my first pothos should i set it up to climb?"
description: "I just got my first pothos should i set it up to climb?"
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community: "Planet Pothos"
author: "mkeana kile"
published: "2026-10-23T05:43:31.334783Z"
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# I just got my first pothos should i set it up to climb?

_Posted by mkeana kile on 2026-10-23_

I just got my first pothos should i set it up to climb?

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## 3 comments

### jlsKenzy commented on 2026-10-23

It's your choice in the look you want or even where you will put it. If you like the climbing up a trellis or pole look, go for it. But, they are happy to be placed on a higher shelf or in a hanging basket and left to trail down. 😀

#### MIPlantMomFL replied on 2026-10-27

If you love seeing the big leaf potential, go for it. I have half of mine on poles

### Emmyyy commented on 2026-10-24

After having one hanging and up on a shelf I prefer the hanging, you get bigger leaves on a pole but you can only have so many vines on that thing before resizing is not worth the stress 😂 hanging you can propagate from the longest vines you have and make it fuller and let it just go wild as the leaves stay smaller in a juvenile state. You could always propagate from the hanging one once it’s matured abit and put some on a pole also

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