How do you grow pothos so it climbs the wall? Just pay attention to these 4 points

Having a few foliage plants at home is a very common thing now. After all, foliage plants are lush green all year round and are easier to keep alive than flowering plants, making them the best choice for many flower lovers or beginners.

Take pothos, for example. It is now a green plant grown in almost every household, because it needs hardly any fuss to care for, and it will basically survive from a single cutting. Whether grown in water or in soil, it does well. Sometimes a skilled grower even trains it into a "climbing ivy," filling the home with lush green that looks fresh and pleasing to the eye.

Actually, turning pothos into a "climbing ivy" is not too hard, because pothos itself is a climbing plant. As long as you master certain techniques and let the vines slowly grow longer, it can become a green waterfall. Below, Huahua will tell everyone how to grow pothos big and thriving!

1. Fertilizer is essential

If any plant is to grow fast and vigorously, fertilizer is absolutely essential. Because pothos has a long growing season and grows very quickly, its fertilizer needs are greater. If pothos lacks fertilizer during the growing season, it will not only fail to send out new vines, but sometimes even its leaves will turn yellow. We can regularly give pothos a dilute fertilizer water containing nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus, about once every half month. That way pothos will grow faster, and its vines will grow longer and longer!

2. Prune the vines regularly

Although we need pothos to have long vines, regular pruning is still indispensable. Because if some vines grow too long, they will affect the nutrient absorption of the other vines, and at that point the whole pot of pothos will not grow vigorously. When we prune the vines a bit, the nutrients can be distributed evenly to every vine. With such balanced development, the pothos waterfall you grow will look good. Otherwise, an uneven, ragged look is uncomfortable to see, isn't it!

3. Change the potting soil once a year

Because pothos grows quickly, its root system is also relatively large. If we do not repot it for a long time, then all the roots are squeezed into a small flowerpot and simply have no way to absorb the nutrients they should. So changing the potting soil once a year is very necessary. We need to choose a pot one size larger, then select fertile soil with good air permeability. Before repotting pothos, it is best to prune the roots a little, as this helps increase its future growth rate.

4. Place it up high during care

You should know that both waterfalls and climbing ivy start spreading from a high place. So if we want to achieve that kind of effect, it is best to place the pothos in a higher spot from the very beginning. That way the vines pothos grows will slowly hang down, and over time the other vines will do the same. After growing this way for a while, a pothos waterfall or something like it will be all done!

Pay attention to the 4 points above, and Huahua believes the pothos in everyone's home will grow more and more vigorously. If there are also flower lovers who like pothos poles, you can also make a support, so pothos can grow along the support. If you have any better methods, you are also welcome to leave a message and tell Huahua!