How do you care for a pothos? Here are a few practical growing tips

   When growing pothos, pay attention to the following points:

(1) Temperature: in winter, pothos can safely overwinter above 10°C, and generally grows normally above 20°C. Therefore, an ordinary home environment is quite suitable for pothos growth.

(2) Light: pothos does not have a strong tendency to lean toward light, so when growing it, place the pothos in a spot indoors with good light, and at noon you can put it in the sun for a while.

(3) Water: when growing pothos, do not water too much; you can spray water at the rooting area, which can reduce the rate of water evaporation.

(4) Fertilizer: fertilize the leaves of the pothos. Since ordinary inorganic fertilizers are hard to absorb, you need to use a special fertilizer.

How to grow pothos: how to grow a potted pothos at home

Soil environment

Pothos is easy to grow, and the preparation before planting is very important; the first thing is the choice of soil.

Make the soil as fertile as possible; most of the pothos's nutrients come from the soil. Try to get some soil from a field, mix some animal manure into the soil, and put some finely crushed dead leaves in the soil. Pothos likes loose soil; the dead leaves and manure serve to increase soil fertility and make it loose and breathable.

Placement environment

Pothos often appears in newly renovated homes, looking attractive and purifying the air. As everyone can see, pothos is suitable for growing indoors. Pothos likes a humid environment and moderate light, so when caring for it indoors, appropriately increase the air humidity and spray it often, avoid having the pothos exposed to direct sunlight for long periods, and just give it light at intervals.

Moderate watering

The growth of pothos requires a lot of water, so water the pothos regularly and often. Each time you water, water thoroughly, soaking the roots. In summer or when the indoor temperature is too high, spray the leaves and the surrounding area often to increase humidity.

Beautifying the potted plant

If you do the above steps for the pothos pot you bought and brought home, there is basically no problem; what is left is how to beautify your pothos!

The editor's personal opinion: plant a tree trunk in the pothos pot and let the branches and leaves grow upward along the trunk, or hang it up high and let its trailing stems hang down, adding a distinctive charm to your home. Try it if you do not believe it!

Water culture at the right time

When your pothos is growing well, you can take the branches and leaves with small fine roots on the trailing stems, remove them and plant them in a pot, or grow them in water. The method is very simple (for detailed methods, read How do you grow pothos in water?), and before long it will be another wonderful sight.

How to grow water-cultured pothos well: growing tips for water-cultured pothos

Water-cultured pothos is a climbing vine foliage flower; its stems are very thin and soft, and its leaves are emerald green and delicate. If you like a pastoral style, you can place water-cultured pothos on top of living room furniture and let it grow and droop naturally, spreading everywhere like a natural green waterfall dotted in between, very beautiful. How do you grow water-cultured pothos? Compared with soil culture, the growing method for water-cultured pothos has many details that everyone needs to pay attention to. If it is not cared for well, it very easily develops yellowing leaves and soft, rotting roots and stems. Today we will introduce the growing tips for water-cultured pothos.

When to change the water for water-cultured pothos

Basically, when pothos is grown in water, if it has just been put in water not long ago and new roots have not yet grown, you can change the water more frequently; at this time you can change the water once every 3-4 days. Water-cultured pothos generally grows roots in about a week, and the plant gradually grows robust. After that, when changing the water, you can add some nutrient solution. When the pothos is growing strongly, you can change the water once every 10-15 days, and in order to maintain higher air humidity, you can often spray water on the pothos leaves; this way, the leaves will also look brighter.

Basically, when growing pothos in water, it is best to change the water once every 10-15 days.

Growing tips for water-cultured pothos

Choosing branches and stems

First, choose the pothos branches and stems well. Healthy, strong branches and stems with aerial roots are the good choice for water culture. After cutting off branches and stems with aerial roots and putting them in clean water, they can quickly adapt to the water culture environment, and in about ten days they can grow water roots. Note that the part of the branch and stem put into the water must not have leaves, otherwise leaves soaking in the water easily affect water quality. In addition, you can also choose a potted plant with a better shape, wash the soil off the roots, cut off excess old roots, and put it in clean water; it also survives very easily.

Pay attention to changing the water

In the first few days of water culture, pay attention to changing the water; change it once every two or three days with water at the same temperature as the room, and after water roots grow, change the water once a week. After new leaves grow, you can add nutrient solution once about every ten days, and you can also spray some diluted nutrient solution water on the leaves; this can make the leaves emerald green and glossy.

Pay attention to cleaning

The roots of water-cultured pothos should be cleaned and trimmed often. If the roots are too long, cut them shorter in time to avoid nutrient loss. If the roots rot and become sticky, also clean them in time, cut off the rotten roots, and soak them in potassium permanganate solution for disinfection before resuming care. In the first few days of resuming care, do the same as at the beginning of water culture: change the water once every two or three days, and after growth has fully recovered, change the water once every ten days.

Pay attention to sunlight

Water-cultured pothos needs sufficient scattered light to have spreading leaves and emerald leaf color. Usually it is best to place it where there is enough scattered light. If the environment where it is placed is too dark, you can move it about every ten days to a place with enough scattered light to receive several hours of light, which can also maintain the glossiness of the leaf color.

Pay attention to humidity

Pothos itself likes a warm and humid environment. In dry seasons, spray water on the leaves often; while increasing the environmental humidity, it can also clean the leaves. In winter, the place where it is placed should be away from heating, and pay attention to preventing freeze damage. Water-cultured leaves are delicate and very sensitive to temperature changes, so pay attention to keeping the room temperature as normal as possible and do not allow large temperature differences.