What Nutrient Solution for Hydroponic Pothos? A Detailed Guide to Fertilizing Potted Plants

Pothos is one of the best air-purifying plants. It can be grown both hydroponically and in soil, but no matter which method you use, watering and fertilizing are very important if you want it to grow well. However, the fertilizing methods for hydroponics and soil culture are different, so how exactly do you fertilize potted pothos? Let's take a look below.

What Nutrient Solution for Hydroponic Pothos

For hydroponic pothos, you can buy a general-purpose foliage plant flower essence, available at a nearby flower and bird market, or purchase it online.

How to Fertilize Potted Pothos

Pothos fertilizing is mainly nitrogen-based, with potassium as a supplement, applying light fertilizer frequently. You should buy liquid fertilizer and water it after dilution, otherwise it is easy to burn the roots. If you fertilize without knowing the right amount, you can compensate by watering, using the soaking irrigation method to dilute the liquid fertilizer again and reduce fertilizer damage.

Before the spring growing season, appropriately increase fertilizing, trying fertilizer once every 10 days, with the amount also appropriately increased. During the growing season, fertilize as usual, once every 15 days, and at other times appropriately increase or decrease fertilizing according to the growth of the pothos. Stop fertilizing in winter. While watering and fertilizing, pay attention to more ventilation and sunlight.

How to Grow Hydroponic Pothos

1. First, choose good pothos stems. Healthy, strong stems with aerial roots are the good candidates for hydroponics. After cutting off such stems with aerial roots and placing them in clean water, they can quickly adapt to the hydroponic environment, and in about ten days they will grow water roots.

Note that the part of the stem placed in water must not have leaves, otherwise the leaves soaking in water can easily affect water quality. In addition, you can also select a potted plant with a good plant shape, wash off the soil from the roots, cut off excess old roots, and place it in clean water, and it will also easily survive.

2. In the first few days of hydroponics, pay attention to changing the water, changing it once every two or three days with water at the same temperature as the room. After water roots grow, change the water once a week. After new leaves grow out, you can add nutrient solution once about every ten days, and you can also spray some diluted nutrient solution water on the leaves, which can make the leaves green and glossy.

Precautions for Hydroponic Pothos

1. For hydroponic pothos, pay attention to frequently cleaning and trimming the root system. If the roots are too long, cut them short in time to avoid nutrient loss.

2. If the roots rot and become slimy, also clean them in time, cut off the rotten roots, and soak them in potassium permanganate solution for disinfection before resuming care. In the first few days of resuming care, do the same as at the beginning of hydroponics, changing the water once every two or three days, and after fully recovering growth, change the water once every ten days.

3. Choose clean tap water or purified water to grow pothos, because it contains a large amount of minerals.

4. In the hydroponic pothos growing method, special attention should be paid to temperature, because pothos is native to the Indonesian archipelago and likes warmth, so it is easier to grow in a milder temperature environment.

Hydroponic pothos is relatively easy to grow, and the hydroponic effect has a unique flavor, but hydroponic pothos also has many points to note, especially its relatively high water requirements, otherwise it will affect its growth. In addition, the advantage of hydroponics is that you can clearly see the growth condition of its root system.