Pothos grown dry for one month grows black "whiskers" and becomes even better at absorbing formaldehyde
Pothos has become a popular houseplant because it is easy to grow and looks good, and it can absorb formaldehyde. That is why pothos has found its way into countless homes, especially for families that have just finished renovating a house. The owners will buy many pots of pothos and place them in every corner of the home and on every piece of furniture, so that the pothos can fully absorb harmful substances left over from the renovation, such as formaldehyde, benzene and toluene.
According to survey data, 70% of all households that grow flowers have a potted pothos at home, so among all household flowers, pothos is the mainstay. Many netizens say that when they are at the flower market, the plant they see the most is pothos, and that is exactly why. Although pothos is a very easy plant to grow, if you want it to fill out its pot, you really do need a few small tricks. In fact, if you want pothos to grow dense and vigorous and send out very long vines, you need to make its "black whiskers" work, that is, its aerial roots. So the topic I am sharing with you today is:
Grow pothos "dry" for 1 month, and it grows this kind of "black whiskers," absorbing formaldehyde even more fiercely!
Those who have grown succulents may already know that succulent plants have aerial roots. In fact, pothos also has aerial roots. Many flower growers may have seen pothos aerial roots but not paid attention to them. The aerial roots of pothos are actually the place where roots grow every time a pothos cutting is taken, that is, the small black dots on the opposite side of the spot where pothos grows leaves.
For pothos, a vining foliage plant, aerial roots play a very key role. After pothos vines grow long, their demand for nutrients gradually increases, and the root system can no longer satisfy the nutrient supply, so pothos grows aerial roots from the vines to absorb nutrients and water and supply them to the front ends of the vines. The most common example is large-leaf pothos. The pothos vines grow around the palm pole in the middle, and the aerial roots tightly wrap around the palm, absorbing nutrients and water. Only in this way can the leaves at the top grow quickly. So if you want pothos to grow dense and vigorous and to grow longer, you must let it grow aerial roots to absorb nutrients.
Promote pothos to grow aerial roots
If you want pothos to quickly grow aerial roots, you need to control watering and make sure to water only when the soil is dry and let it dry out between waterings. Because many flower growers, when growing pothos, always think pothos likes water, so they keep watering it constantly. In fact, watering pothos too frequently will instead slow down its growth rate. So water pothos once every two weeks, and water again only after the potting soil has completely dried out. After two cycles of this, pothos can grow several aerial roots. This is because after the potting soil dries out, aerial roots will grow to absorb moisture from the air and supply it to the plant for growth.
After the aerial roots have grown, spray water on the aerial roots every time you water, so that the aerial roots can keep absorbing water. This can induce the aerial roots to keep growing and keep absorbing nutrients to provide nutrients for pothos growth. If you keep this up, pothos will grow denser and denser and more and more robust, becoming a long vining plant, and then pothos will be even better at absorbing formaldehyde and purifying the air.
Moreover, pothos with aerial roots also has a very high survival rate when propagated by cuttings. Generally, after trimming off pothos that has aerial roots, you can directly place it in water or bury it in soil. The aerial roots are equivalent to the root system of pothos and can quickly absorb nutrients and speed up the growth of the vines.
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