Methods for Fast Rooting of Hydroponic Pothos and Tips for Dealing with Root Rot

If you were to ask which plant is most likely to be grown in the home, the answer would definitely be pothos. This plant has an extremely tenacious vitality, and it can be said to survive upon touching water. Many friends do not grow pothos by buying it, but simply take a section from a friend, a flower shop, or another place, bring it home, and put it in water. However, with this method, what people want most is to know how to make it root quickly.

How to Make Hydroponic Pothos Root Quickly

1. Aerial Roots

1. What Are Aerial Roots

The key point to whether hydroponic pothos can root lies in these aerial roots. If the aerial roots are used well, more than half of the task of fast rooting is accomplished. At the joint parts of the stem there are raised bumps, and these are the aerial roots. If you make good use of these aerial roots, you can also easily grow lush green pothos.

2. How to Cultivate

Since they are called aerial roots, they naturally cannot be placed directly in water. Prepare a bottle, fill it with water, and insert the end of the pothos that has aerial roots into the water. Be sure not to let the water completely submerge the aerial roots; half of them can be submerged in the water, or all of them can remain above the water surface. Within a few days, you will find that the aerial roots have extended many water roots, and the root system will be well developed.

2. Points to Note

1. Aerial roots are very important, but changing the water after planting is equally important. In the early stage, just change it with fresh water once every three days.

2. A flower friend left a message asking whether white sugar can be used to make pothos root quickly. White sugar is used to delay the flowering period. The method for cultivating pothos is simple and easy to do. Personally, I think there is no need to use white sugar rooting water, but if you are impatient, you can also prepare rooting water yourself. The method for preparing rooting water: mix white sugar with hot water at a ratio of 1 to 9, let the sugar water cool to room temperature, put the pothos stem sections with aerial roots into it to soak, and after a few hours they can be used for hydroponics.

What to Do If Hydroponic Pothos Has Root Rot

First, change the water often. If the water is not changed for a long time, the oxygen in the water is exhausted, and the roots rot easily.

Second, pay attention to the water level. It is enough for the water surface to cover the highest point of the roots; it is even fine if the upper part of the roots is slightly exposed above the water surface. If it is too deep, part of the stem is buried underwater, and because of lack of oxygen it easily rots from there.

Third, choose a wide-mouthed open bottle to increase the contact area with air, making it easy for oxygen in the air to dissolve into the water; or place it in a ventilated spot, with the same purpose; if you only have a narrow-mouthed bottle, that is fine too, as long as you follow the first rule and change the water often.

What to Do If Hydroponic Pothos Has Yellow Leaves

1. Sudden environmental change.

Generally, newly bought pothos will go through a process of adapting to a new environment when it arrives home. At this time, it is normal to have yellow leaves. Just cut off the yellow leaves in time.

Solution:

You can place the newly bought pothos in the bedroom or another place at home with scattered light, and slowly wait for it to settle in.

2. Insufficient nutrients.

The nutrients in water are not as abundant as those in soil, and insufficient nutrients can also cause pothos leaves to turn yellow.

Solution:

Pothos is also a foliage plant, and it is mainly given nitrogen fertilizer. Besides urea, we can use decomposed soybean water diluted 20 times and add a little to the hydroponic bottle. Usually, you can also spray water on the leaves.

3. Poor water quality.

Some flower friends directly use tap water from home to grow pothos without any other treatment. The chlorine in tap water is unfavorable to the growth of pothos and easily causes yellow leaves.

Solution:

Change the water frequently. It is enough to add water to about 1/2 of the bottle in the hydroponic bottle, and change the water once every 2 weeks. When changing, there is no need to take the roots out; just pour it in along the side of the bottle.

How to Make Fertilizer for Hydroponic Pothos Yourself

1. Prepare Nutrient Solution

1. First, find a discarded water basin or another container, then dig up some soil with rotting leaves and put the soil in the basin. This kind of soil with rotten leaves is the best, because its nutrients are the most abundant.

2. You can use tools such as a shovel to dig out about ten cm of soil. The more soil in the basin, the better. Then fill the basin with water, next find a stick, and stir it in the water basin with the wooden stick for a while, about ten minutes.

3. Then leave it to sit quietly. After half an hour, you will find that the water is still a bit cloudy, but at this time the water is the most nutritious. If you want clearer water, wait a little longer. When you are satisfied with the clarity of the water, you can pour out the clear water on top and use it for hydroponics.

2. Other Fertilizers

1. You can also use rice-washing water. After fermenting it for half a month, pour it into the water-grown pothos, and then no other fertilizer is needed; it can grow especially well.

2. Or use the water from raising goldfish to grow it. In this way, it can grow very robustly, and the leaves will be even more emerald green.

In the text above, the editor also explained in detail that the key to enabling hydroponic pothos to root quickly lies in its aerial roots, that is, the raised bumps at the joints of the pothos stem. So when everyone takes pothos stem sections, they need to pay attention to this point.