Tools and Materials
Tools
- Stake
Elastic Cable Ties
- Gardening Gloves
Materials
- Potting Soil
- Plant Pot
Plant Moss
Plant Cage
- Plant Ties
When to Stake Your Plants
It is important to take care of your indoor plants by providing proper support for their growth. This support should be provided by staking at the right time. You should stake your plant while it is actively growing, and you want to guide the plant with the help of a few stakes.
If you plan to stake a mature plant, you might damage its roots, which might affect its growth.
How to Stake a Plants
Before you start the process of staking your plant, make sure you are aware of different types of stakes and how to use them. Learn more about simple stakes, moss poles and plant cages, which are popular and easy to use even for staking a plant indoors.
How to Stake a Plant Using Simple Stakes
To stake a plant using simple stakes is an easy way to support your plant's stem. Simple stakes are easy to handle and make sure you follow the steps below to plant them properly.
How to Stake a Plant using Plant Cages
Plant Cages are mostly preferred for heavy plants, those with big leaves, like indoor hydrangeas and elephant ears. Follow the steps below to learn more about how to use a plant cage.
How to Stake a Plant Using Moss Poles
Plants like butterfly peas and tendrils have a natural ability to cling to the moss pole and plants like golden pothos need to be toed to the moss pole so they get support to grow upright.
Moss poles need to be maintained moist all the time.