you ever used normal string or rope that broke hanging plants indoors and outdoors so you gave up hanging them they sit on a table well you gotta use fishing string its tough to break by hand you need really sharp pair of scissors to cut the string enough to hold them up especially on the porch you can have multiple plants up each pot with a wire on them you don't want to make it to small where you can Get them offto clean them out or add something to the plants make sure it's enough space but tigh enough that it won't fall down on the ground