Chive Mofo mini light grey porcelain hanging planter with no drainage styled with a plant.
Chive Mofo mini light grey porcelain hanging planter with no drainage styled with a plant against a concrete wall.
Chive Mofo mini light grey porcelain hanging planter with no drainage.
Three Chive Mofo mini porcelain hanging planters in white, light grey, and black styled with plants against a concrete wall.
Chive Mofo mini light grey porcelain hanging planter with no drainage styled with a plant.
Chive Mofo mini light grey porcelain hanging planter with no drainage styled with a plant against a concrete wall.
Chive Mofo mini light grey porcelain hanging planter with no drainage.
Three Chive Mofo mini porcelain hanging planters in white, light grey, and black styled with plants against a concrete wall.

Mini Mofo Porcelain Modern Hanging Planter - Light Grey

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$49.50
Hanging Planter
Rope Included
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Some corners need a plant, not an announcement. Light grey is for those. It's the quietest Mini Mofo, the smaller take on Chive's original, at 7.5 inches wide and 4.5 tall in matte porcelain.

It holds a medium trailing plant and then stays out of the way while the plant does the interesting part. A string of hearts falls off the cord, the grey sits behind it, and nothing competes. Buy one for the spot that's been empty. Buy more when one turns out not to be enough.

Product detail
  • Color: Light Grey
  • Material: Porcelain
  • Glaze finish: Matte
  • Finish variation: Natural variation between pieces
  • Drainage: No
  • Saucer: No
  • Hanging Sting: Yes it's included
  • Dishwasher safe: Yes
  • Indoor / Outdoor: For indoor use and covered outdoor temperate weather use
  • Designed by: Chive Studio
  • Year Designed: 2018
Dimension
  • 7.5 inches diameter and 4.5 inches tall
Plants that love this pot
  • Pothos
  • String of pearls
  • String of hearts
  • English ivy
  • Heartleaf philodendron
  • Hoya
  • Burro's tail
  • Spider plant

Potting a Trailing Plant

  1. Choose a trailing plant with a root ball that fits the planter with a little room to spare.
  2. Add well-draining potting mix appropriate to your plant. Not garden soil. We know your grandmother used garden soil. She was wrong about this one thing.
  3. Transplant from the nursery pot, leaving about ½ inch at the top for watering.
  4. Water until the soil is evenly moist, letting any excess drain before you hang it.
  5. Hang it where the foliage has room to fall, in bright, indirect light.

Which pot size for my plant? →

Repotting guide →
Pot Care instructions
  1. Dishwasher-safe. Can also be hand-washed with warm soapy water and a soft cloth.
  2. The glaze is dipped and kiln-fired — it is sealed, durable, and not looking for trouble. No special cleaning products required.
  3. For pots with saucers empty the saucer periodically. Standing water in the saucer defeats the purpose of having a drainage hole, which is a thing we feel strongly about.
  4. Not frost-safe. Designed for indoor use and covered outdoor temperate weather use. Freezing temperatures are not recommended.
Shipping & returns

Shipping

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  • International Ships: to 40 countries — rates at checkout
  • Packaging Ships: in outer box to protect gift box

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Returns

We accept returns within 30 days of delivery on unused items in original packaging. If your piece arrives damaged, contact us within 14 days with a photo and we will replace it at no charge.

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Same Nerve, Reasonable Ceiling

The Mini Mofo is a 7.5-inch ceramic hanging planter, the smaller version of a planter whose name we are not going to print in full. The original Mofo was a smash hit, which is true of basically anything we have ever decided to call Mofo, a word that has quietly become a predictor of success around here.

When it came time to make a smaller one, nobody seriously considered another name. Mini Mofo was the obvious choice, the only choice, the name that wrote itself the moment the smaller mold came out of production. It carries the same energy in a more reasonable size, which is either a contradiction or exactly the point, depending on how you feel about big things getting smaller while keeping their personality.

This one is finished in Light Gray. At seven and a half inches across, it suits a medium trailing plant: a pothos, a hoya, a string of hearts with somewhere to be.

It is the Mofo for people who liked the Mofo but not the part where it takes up a foot of ceiling, which turns out to be a great many people.

It turns out a great many people wanted the Mofo and a smaller ceiling, and the Mini Mofo is the one concession the studio made to that entirely reasonable request, with no loss of nerve in the process.

Potting a plant with Chive

  1. Place a 1-inch layer of small stones or LECA pebbles at the bottom of the pot. Optional, but it helps with airflow.
  2. Add well-draining potting mix appropriate to your plant. Not garden soil. We know your grandmother used garden soil. She was wrong about this one thing.
  3. Transplant from the nursery pot, leaving about 1 inch at the top for watering.
  4. Set the pot on the matching saucer.
  5. Water thoroughly until water runs out the drainage hole into the saucer. Empty the saucer once the plant has absorbed what it needs.
Repotting plants with Chive | Chive Studio

The Ultimate Repotting Guide

For those who have killed a plant. Or several. Or, frankly, many.

Before you put a plant into your new pot, you have to get it out of the nursery pot — a process that ends badly more often than any gardening influencer will admit. We wrote a full guide: when to repot (early spring, and not when you're feeling impulsive in October), which soil to use, how to tell your plant is root-bound, and how to avoid the three mistakes that kill perfectly healthy plants within a week of a well-intentioned repotting.

It is the guide we wish someone had handed us twenty-five years ago. It is written by people who have personally committed most of the errors in it.

Read the guide we wish we had
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More From the Hanging Planters

The Mini Mofo in Light Gray is a single note in a set tuned to match, the same finish at a different scale so nothing on the shelf argues with anything else.

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The Whole Collection Hangs Together

The Mini Mofo in Light Gray is one of many in the hanging planter collection, and the collection is built so the sizes line up cleanly as a plant grows.

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Water It Like You Mean It

Even the right pot like the Mini Mofo in Light Gray cannot fix a bad watering habit, but a proper can or mister can, and ours are made to stay out rather than hide.

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The Berkshire Botanical Garden Did Not Ask How It Was Finished

Chive Studio designs hanging planters, pots, and ceramic flowers, and runs every shape through more revisions and arguments than anyone budgets for, because we are incapable of making something we do not mean. We design everything we sell, license nothing to other manufacturers, and have never sold to a big-box retailer.

Botanical institutions keep choosing the work, which we credit to buyers who can tell at a glance whether an object is what it claims to be. the Berkshire Botanical Garden carries Chive. So do the New York Botanical Garden and the Chicago Botanic Garden. We ship to over 40 countries, and the matte surface wipes clean and outlasts most of the furniture it hangs near, a claim we can make only because we have watched it hold up for years.

None of it is luck. It is the same standard applied to every planter we make, the small quiet ones and the ones named after words we are not going to print, every time.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Mini Mofo Light Grey porcelain hanging planter good for?

The Mini Mofo is a porcelain hanging planter for indoor plants. It works well for trailing plants like pothos, string of pearls, and ivy and suits modern, boho, and minimalist rooms. As a mini porcelain hanging planter, the Mini Mofo fits a ceiling hook, bracket, or rod and pairs cleanly with the rest of the Chive pot range. This listing is the Light Grey colorway.

Does the Mini Mofo hanging planter have a drainage hole?

No, the Mini Mofo is an indoor hanging planter without a drainage hole, so it is best used with plants that tolerate less frequent watering or as a cachepot. Either plant pothos directly and water lightly, or drop a nursery pot inside and lift it out to water. Without a drainage hole, the trick is to add water slowly and avoid leaving any pooled at the bottom.

What size plant fits the Mini Mofo mini?

The Mini Mofo mini is a porcelain hanging planter that holds a nursery plant of a similar width, so match the grower pot to the opening rather than the mature size of the plant. Good choices include trailing plants like pothos, string of pearls, and ivy. For a mini indoor plant pot, size up by about an inch when you repot so roots have room without swimming in soil.

Does the Mini Mofo come with a saucer?

The Mini Mofo does not include a saucer, which suits its use as a hanging planter. If you plant directly in it, water lightly so nothing collects at the base, or set a nursery pot inside and lift it out to water over a sink. A small cork pad underneath protects furniture if you keep the Mini Mofo on a shelf. As an indoor hanging planter without a tray, it is forgiving as long as you water with a light hand.

Is the Mini Mofo pot porcelain?

Yes, the Mini Mofo is a porcelain plant pot. Porcelain is fired hard, holds glaze color well, and does not break down with watering the way untreated materials can, which makes porcelain plant pots a reliable choice for indoor plants. The Mini Mofo is glazed to seal the surface, so it wipes clean and keeps its finish on a sill, shelf, or table.

How do I water a plant in the Mini Mofo?

To water the Mini Mofo, add small amounts and stop before anything pools at the bottom, since this hanging planter has no drainage hole. The easiest method is to keep the plant in its nursery pot, lift it out to water over a sink, let it drain, and set it back. Watering a pot without drainage is mostly about restraint, less water, less often.

Is the Mini Mofo good for pothos?

The Mini Mofo is a good porcelain hanging planter for pothos. Trailing stems spill over the rim and hang well from a hook.Succulents like the tighter, fast-drying conditions of a pot without a drainage hole, as long as you water lightly. For anyone searching for a porcelain pot for pothos, the Mini Mofo covers both looks and function. Match the nursery pot to the opening and the plant settles in without fuss.

How do I hang the Mini Mofo planter?

The Mini Mofo hangs from a sturdy hook or bracket rated for the filled weight, which matters once soil and water are added. Hang it near a window for a trailing plant and leave room below so the foliage can drop. As an indoor hanging planter, the Mini Mofo works in a corner, over a sink, or beside a shelf where floor space is tight.
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