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Vining House Plants

Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
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What solutions do you have for the trailing ends of your vining house plants?  I have a pothos trailing up and around the mirror in my dining room, some cuttings from the original plant taking over the top of my kitchen cupboards, Wandering Jew wandering across the top and off the edges of the book case, along with a Purple Heart threatening to grab my children as they walk past, a philodendron that has taken over a corner curio so completely I can no longer open the door, etc.  Sometimes I prune, which somehow end up in a glass of water as cuttings that eventually get potted up to emigrate to another area of the house (I've gifted a few, but no one I know is into indoor plants).  I like the trailing look.. but eventually they reach a point where the ends are just plain in the way.  I would love to see your plant displays for inspiration.  
Utah, USA.

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  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    Obviously this is a personal issue.  😋
    Utah, USA.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I've recently had to move a pothos into a pot with a coir pole as it was taking over the bathroom and that seems to have tamed the beast for now. I can't say I'm very fond of the look of it as a climber though but hopefully it'll fill out and change my mind. Most of my other trailing plants are happy enough in hanging pots or on high shelves with occasional prunes from passing toddlers.
    I try to keep this one clipped to reduce the length a bit. I wish I had the space for it to run riot though.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    edited October 2020
    @wild edges ‘prunes from passing toddlers', LOL!  Thankfully my youngest is six now, and the plants are more often accidentally pruned with foam balls or retrieval of a nerf bullet.  I love your hanging pot with leather cord, that looks so tasteful.  All I've really seen is the plastic or macrame, neither to my taste.  Is yours ceramic?  Did you buy the holder separate?  How do you have it attached to the wall/ceiling?  
    Utah, USA.
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