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title: "I think she needs an upgrade on the pole but how do I do it 🥲 Like…"
description: "I think she needs an upgrade on the pole but how do I do it 🥲 Like getting the roots out isn’t the problem actually but how do I put them back"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Emmyyy"
published: "2026-09-09T09:28:14.327759Z"
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# I think she needs an upgrade on the pole but how do I do it 🥲 Like…

_Posted by Emmyyy on 2026-09-09_

I think she needs an upgrade on the pole but how do I do it 🥲  
Like getting the roots out isn’t the problem actually but how do I put them back

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## 23 comments

### Amateur plant mama commented on 2026-09-09

She is stunning!!

#### Emmyyy replied on 2026-09-09

Aww Thankyou! 🫶🏻

### Reptile0 commented on 2026-09-09

Unless the problem is that the pole is too thin, I would just add another pole on the top of the original one. Not sure how you would attach it though.

#### Emmyyy replied on 2026-09-09

There’s no way of attaching another one onto it

### Hopper House commented on 2026-09-09

Put a taller pole behind it and strap them together, but buy poles that can be extended going forward so you only have to double up once

#### Emmyyy replied on 2026-09-09

Ye I see how that would work but honestly the look of it will annoy me and I’ll hate it 😂

### Hopper House commented on 2026-09-09

That coconut coir pole is likely hollow inside, you might be able to saw off the top and make it stackable

#### Emmyyy replied on 2026-09-09

Ye it’s a hollow one. Only thing is both poles I have are the same size so I can’t just stack them.  
The bigger one is 70cm and would be the last one it has but tbf I do wanna go to a moss pole instead.  
This pole seemed massive when I first added it.  
I really didn’t think about future Emmy problems with this 😂

### Hopper House commented on 2026-09-09

The stake end should slide into the open top

#### Emmyyy replied on 2026-09-09

Mine didn’t. I wanna get rid of it anyway. I had it before I knew they were crap 😂

### Hopper House commented on 2026-09-09

I have mine on real moss poles. I had a pink princess philodendron that had a coconut coir pole at the store and it had rooted around the pole and I verrrrrrrrry carefully peeled the roots off and put the plant on a real moss pole that I can extend and then used a chopstick to poke holes into the moss and gently guided the roots into the new moss. Not sure if it will be successful but I don’t like the coir so I took the risk.

#### Emmyyy replied on 2026-09-09

Ye mines rooted atm but they aren’t deep so I think it’ll be easy getting them off cus I’ll just cut the pole up as I go 😂 it was the reattach to the new upgrade I didn’t know how to do but the chop stick way seems most likely to work!

She’s more than happy on the pole tbf but kinda out growing it now soooo it’s time for the new home 😂

#### Hopper House replied on 2026-09-09

Fingers crossed! Pothos are fighters so I’m sure she will be ok!

#### Emmyyy replied on 2026-09-09

Mine are crossed aswell 😂

#### Hopper House replied on 2026-09-09

Dont force the roots into the moss, if they prove to be difficult, you can lay them across the surface and they will find their way into the moist substrate

### Reptile0 commented on 2026-09-09

I still don't really understand what the problem is, could you specify?

#### Emmyyy replied on 2026-09-09

Not too sure how you don’t understand when there’s a conversation about it in the comments 😂

### Reptile0 commented on 2026-09-10

Do you need a taller moss pole? Is that the only problem? (Sorry if I missed something obvious)

#### Emmyyy replied on 2026-09-10

I assumed that was obvious from the post 😂

### Reptile0 commented on 2026-09-10

Okay, I have an idea.

### Reptile0 commented on 2026-09-10

The idea is... to make/get a taller moss pole!

#### Emmyyy replied on 2026-09-10

Woooooah NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT

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