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How to grow pothos so it quickly trails down

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If you want your pothos to trail down, the first thing is to make sure the plant you are growing is a variety that can trail. Then you need to water and fertilize it so it grows vines long enough. After that, you can cut off the stems growing upward, hang it up high, and give it light shining from below, so it grows downward and trails from above.

1. Choose the variety

These days there are many, many pothos varieties, and many of them do not trail. So before growing one, you need to check with the seller first to make sure the plant you buy is a variety that can trail.

2. Water and fertilize

If you want the plant's vines to trail down, you first need to make sure it has vines long enough. While growing it, you need to water and fertilize it in good time, making sure it has enough water and nutrients to grow and can produce vines long enough.

3. Prune appropriately

Since you want the plant's vines to trail down, you need to prune it appropriately, cutting off all the vines growing upward and keeping the ones growing downward.

4. Place it up high

Since you want the plant's vines to trail down, you cannot put it on the ground; it is best to hang it up high, so its vines can naturally hang down due to gravity.

5. Angled light

Because plants grow toward light to some degree, if you want its vines to trail down, you cannot give it light from above; it is best to give it light from below. That way it will have a tendency to grow downward.

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