In summer, pothos loves vinegar most of all; once it gets its fill, it grows like crazy and just won't stop

Pothos has always been my favorite, and I believe it's the favorite of many plant lovers too, because it's cheap and has very strong vitality, comes back to life in water, and is perfect for beginners. If you're renovating a new home, placing a few pots of pothos around makes a natural air purifier, absorbing all the harmful gases like formaldehyde and sulfur monoxide. Actually, getting pothos to fill out its pot is fairly simple; just do these few things well.

First: choosing your plant. Whether you buy online or at your local flower and bird market, you must know how to pick a healthy plant. Selection tips: the plant should be upright, not messy and disordered, with trailing branches and leaves neat and even; the leaves should be thick and green, with no missing leaves or broken branches, and most importantly no signs of yellowing leaves, pests or disease.

Second: sunlight and watering. Pothos is a shade-loving plant; indoors it likes a cool, airy spot with indirect light, so never expose it to blazing sun, as it scorches very easily. Watering is always a hard problem for plant lovers; pothos likes water, but not too much, and many yellow leaves come from waterlogged roots caused by overwatering. Pothos loves rainwater, because rainwater contains a small amount of trace elements that can promote plant growth, and this applies to many flowers and plants too.

In summer, water evaporates fairly quickly. For soil-grown pothos, generally just water thoroughly once the topsoil dries out; pothos has fleshy roots, so a slight lack of water won't cause problems. If you find watering hard to master and can't quite figure it out, you can buy a plant and soil meter; stick it into the pot and it can check the soil's water and nutrient status, letting you accurately time your watering.

Third: fertilizing. If you want your pothos to fill out its pot, you must take fertilizing seriously and be an owner who knows how to fertilize. Fertilize your pothos once every half month, using an organic nutrient solution specially made for pothos; it looks dark and glossy, like vinegar, and smells a bit sweet. Take 1ml and mix it with 500ml of water to drench the roots, or mix 1ml with 2000 times its volume of water to spray the leaves, so the pothos roots and leaves absorb it doubly, and then it will grow extremely fast; climbing the wall within a year is no problem.

For regular watering, you can use a little beer diluted at a 1:30 ratio, either to spray the leaves or to drench the roots, once a week. This is because beer contains carbon dioxide and amino acids, which can promote photosynthesis in pothos, and the leaves will be glossy green. Some plant lovers also share that watering pothos with fermented okara works really well, but right now in the middle of summer, fermenting this stuff at home all the time easily attracts bugs.