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Apr 23, 2020 10:57 AM CST
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I LOVE me a totem of any kind. Here's a syngonium podophyllum albo variegata growing on a small moss pole I made from PVC; lining the stem up and then down to make it look bushy :)
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Apr 23, 2020 6:24 PM CST
Name: Adrienne
Ohio (Zone 6b)
I love that! I have that plant and also a pink one and I'm wondering if it might be right to get them on a totem. My issue, however is that I can NEVER get the totem to be sturdy! It drives me crazy. I don't want to reveal the full extent of my crazy plant lady issues, but let's just say I probably spent over an hour just today trying to determine some sort of plan to MacGyver the totem safely into the pot. For example, here are two (crooked) totems in my home.
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Never mind the hostas on the floor. I got them a bit too early in the season so I have indoor hostas until it warms up enough outside D'Oh!
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Apr 24, 2020 4:40 PM CST
Name: Gina
Florida (Zone 9a)
Tropical plant collector 40 years
Aroids Region: Florida Tropicals
Adrienne makes the BEST totems!
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Apr 25, 2020 10:11 PM CST
Los Angeles, CA
Gorgeous totemS!! I think I know someone who might need a totem D'Oh! he actually looks like he's almost growing in a circular shape 🤔
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Apr 25, 2020 10:13 PM CST
Los Angeles, CA
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Apr 26, 2020 6:05 AM CST
Name: Gina
Florida (Zone 9a)
Tropical plant collector 40 years
Aroids Region: Florida Tropicals
yep YOU need a totem (or 2!)
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Apr 26, 2020 2:04 PM CST
Los Angeles, CA
LOL, any recommendations on where to get them or what to buy to make one?
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Apr 26, 2020 4:47 PM CST
Name: Gina
Florida (Zone 9a)
Tropical plant collector 40 years
Aroids Region: Florida Tropicals
PVC pipe, sphagnum moss, and Monofilament line!
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May 16, 2020 9:14 PM CST
Name: Susan B
East Tennessee (Zone 6b)
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I can never get a totem or even a stick straight in a pot, either. I have a few vining plants and I'm always trying to come up with ways to cope with them. Last year was the year of the tomato cages. My vines will wind around anything near them, except for the tomato cages stuck in their pots, ha!
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May 19, 2020 10:10 PM CST
Name: Adrienne
Ohio (Zone 6b)
Let me know what you come up
With this year. I'm still trying to devise some sort of plan for this crooked totem debacle Glare
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Feb 11, 2021 4:41 PM CST
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Theres quite a few "totem" going on here heh.
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