Pothos cuttings in 20 days: a gardening enthusiast turned one stem into a whole big pot

Most gardening enthusiasts who have grown pothos know that pothos is very easy to propagate. You can just cut a section of pothos stem and grow it in water, or stick it straight into soil, but this way is especially slow, isn't it?

The enthusiast below is really impressive. In only 20 days, they rooted a single section of pothos stem into a whole big pot of pothos. No wonder the pothos in flower shops never runs out. Let's take a look at what exactly this enthusiast's secret to rooting cuttings is.

1. The cut pothos stems

First take the small sections of pothos stems out of the water. The purpose of putting them in water is to make them sprout quickly (some will also grow a few fine roots).

2. The flower pot with a bag over it

Why does the flower pot for cultivating pothos stems need a bag over it? Keep reading and you will understand.

3. Pour a certain amount of water into the flower pot

4. Add growing medium

5. Now the pothos stems can be placed in

6. Tie the bag shut

Now you understand the purpose of the bag, right? The purpose of doing this is actually to keep it warm. The higher the temperature, the faster the pothos stems grow.

After 4 days the pothos stems had grown like this. Is that fast or not? But you have to pay attention to temperature control. If the temperature gets too high, you can no longer tie the opening shut.

7. Spread a layer of coconut coir over the young pothos seedlings

At this point you can start applying a little liquid fertilizer, such as urea, compound fertilizer, etc. Dilute it with as much water as possible, otherwise if the roots get burned, all the previous effort will be wasted.In addition, pay attention to pest control and sterilization. You can add a little potassium permanganate to the fertilizer water.

In less than a week, the rooted pothos had changed appearance again.The key is proper control of temperature, fertilizer water, and pathogens.

At this time the pothos is growing very vigorously, so next you need to increase the fertilizing intensity further, otherwise it will delay the little pothos from growing.

After about 20 days or so, the pothos had become like this! When the rooted pothos has grown about enough, it should be repotted. The enthusiast deliberately left an empty space in the middle, to make a pothos pole when repotting into a larger pot later.

Personally, I think the reason this enthusiast could root and propagate pothos so quickly is that mastering temperature and fertilizer water is the key. What do you think?