How to care for pothos

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How to illuminate?

How to water?

How to fertilize?

What to do with yellow leaves?

What to do about root rot?

Another pot?

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Lighting: It is most suitable to place it in a natural astigmatism environment. Pay attention to regular ventilation. Watering: Pothos prefers moisture. Water it about twice a week. Be sure not to accumulate water. You can spray water on the leaves to keep them green and full. Fertilization: Mainly use nitrogen fertilizer, and pour decomposed rice water every 15-20 days to replace daily watering.

How to illuminate?

How to light?

Pothos does not have very high requirements for light. It is generally best placed in a natural astigmatism environment. Generally, it can be placed in a relatively bright place such as the living room, kitchen, and bathroom. Be sure to keep it ventilated frequently.

How to water?

Compared with other plants, pothos prefers moisture. Water about twice a week. But this is just a reference. You can determine the frequency of watering and the amount of watering each time based on the specific conditions of the plant. Remember not to accumulate water. You can usually spray water on the leaves to keep them green and plump.

How to fertilize?

Pothos is a foliage plant and is usually fertilized with nitrogen fertilizer. You can pour decomposed rice water every 15-20 days to replace daily watering. Don't pour out the rice water at ordinary times. Collect it in a bottle and expose it to the sun for more than half a month before it can be used.

What to do with yellow leaves?

Although pothos is evergreen all year round, yellow leaves will inevitably appear during maintenance. So how should we deal with it?

Yellow leaves due to water shortage:

The leaves start to turn yellow and dry from the edges. This situation is caused by lack of water. We need to remove the yellow leaves, water them thoroughly, and wait until it recovers on its own.

Yellow leaves due to excessive watering:

The leaves are dark yellow and dull. The green leaves are also slightly wilted and lifeless.

At this time, we need to stop watering, move the pothos to a ventilated environment, and loosen the soil immediately to speed up the evaporation of water in the soil. Water again after about a week.

Yellow leaves due to exposure to the sun:

The leaves will have burn marks and become dry and scorched.

In this case, we should immediately move the pothos to a cool place and spray water on the leaves after about 20 minutes.

Yellow leaves due to insufficient light:

Newly grown leaves turn yellow, while older leaves are greener but lack luster.

At this time, we only need to move it to a ventilated and bright environment.

Yellow leaves due to lack of fertilizer:

The leaves are getting thinner and thinner, and gradually turn yellow starting from the roots.

In this case, you should fertilize the green radish, and you can use decomposed rice water.

Fat and yellow leaves:

The leaves are thick but dull, not smooth to the touch, and have densely packed light yellow spots on the leaves.

If the situation is not serious, we can loosen the soil, water more to dilute the fertilizer, and enhance ventilation. If this situation occurs on a large scale, it is necessary to change the pot and soil, and ensure that no more fertilizer is applied within 1-2 months.

What to do with rotten roots?

Pothos root rot usually manifests itself as large-scale yellow leaves, wilting, and lodging. At this time, we need to perform "major surgery" on it.

① Remove the pothos from the pot, remove the soil from the roots, and wash it clean.

② Cut off rotten roots, old roots, weak roots, and roots that are too long and dense.

③ And cut off yellow leaves and severely wilted leaves.

④ Use carbendazim solution to disinfect the roots of pothos for about 30 minutes.

⑥ Then transplant the pothos into a new pot of soil. You can use a 4:1 mixture of leaf mold soil and perlite. Be careful not to water immediately, wait 2-3 days before watering again. Wait until it comes back to life and then maintain it normally.

Another pot?

If you want to grow pothos from one pot to multiple pots, other than buying, you can just take cuttings. Pothos cuttings are easy to grow, try it now!

① Cut strong, healthy branches from the mother plant of Pothos, preferably with leaves, about 8-10cm.

② Make the incision of the cut branch into a 45-degree inclined surface, and apply rooting powder.

③ Prepare a bottle, fill it with 2/3 water, and insert the pothos into the water.

④ It will take about 15-20 days for the green radish to grow a new root system, and then just transplant it into a pot.

⑤ Soon, a new pot of green radish will grow.

Pothos has a very strong vitality,

but everyone still needs to take good care of it, and

treat problems in time,

otherwise no matter how strong the vitality is, It’s not even made!

How to water?

How to fertilize?

What to do with yellow leaves?

What to do about root rot?

Another pot?

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