The fastest method for propagating pothos by cuttings: roots in 3 days, a full pot in one month, 100 percent survival rate

There are many ways to propagate pothos by cuttings. You can root them in water or in soil. I think the fastest rooting method is propagating in vermiculite: rooting is fast, the slow-down period after transplanting is short, and the survival rate is almost 100 percent

Cut the pothos vines into small sections with aerial roots. They can have leaves or not, as long as they have aerial roots. Then fill a flower pot with vermiculite.

Insert the pothos sections one by one, with the leaves facing outward, and just bury the aerial roots in the vermiculite. Then water the pot thoroughly. You can also water from the saucer. Vermiculite has excellent water-absorbing and water-retaining ability, so in a short while it will absorb enough water on its own.

Then place the pothos in a ventilated spot with bright, indirect light, and keep an eye on the water in the saucer, maintaining it at about 1 cm at all times. After about 3 days, white roots will emerge, and after about 7 days, the roots will be quite long.

After about 10 days, we can transplant it. Because vermiculite contains no nutrients, we need to transplant the pothos into nutrient-rich soil.

The soil for transplanting must be loose and airy. You can mix peat moss, perlite and vermiculite, or use whatever materials are available locally, as long as the soil is loose, airy and fertile.

Now put a drainage layer at the bottom of the flower pot. I used large-particle coal cinders. Then fill the pot one-third full with soil, place the pothos sections with aerial roots into it, and then gently fill in soil around them. Do not press it down with your hands, because the newly rooted roots are very fragile and break easily, which affects the transplanting result.

After filling with soil, water thoroughly once, then place it in a cool, dark spot for about a week of care. The pothos will begin to grow. This kind of soil is very nutritious, so the pothos will grow very fast and soon fill the pot.