Growing a Large Pot of Pothos This Way Adds a Touch of Freshness to Your Home

When growing pothos at home, most people buy a large pot, put the pothos in the pot, and let it grow naturally. Although pothos is a vigorous plant, you still need to know the techniques when growing it. So how do you grow a large pot of pothos? Take a look at the relevant knowledge below.

Pothos is easy to propagate, tough, and fast-growing. From the office of the White House in the United States to ordinary people living in poverty, its presence can be seen everywhere. It belongs to the easier-to-grow category of foliage plants. As a plant from the tropics and subtropics, pothos likes heat and humidity, with an optimal growth temperature between 20°C and 30°C, and it can adapt to temperatures above 65°C and other conditions. The autumn and winter in the north do not provide these conditions, so care in autumn and winter becomes a crucial part of the pothos growth cycle. Creating a growth environment in winter as comfortable as that in summer can keep pothos lush the whole time.
During care, pay attention to the following aspects:
1. Light: The original growing conditions of pothos are in forests shaded by towering trees, so its heliotropism is not strong. But in the autumn and winter in the north, to supplement the lack of temperature and photosynthesis, its light exposure should be increased. The method is to place the pothos in the brightest spot indoors, or move it to a sealed balcony at noon to bask in the sun. At the same time, when the temperature is low, open the windows as little as possible, because in a very short time the leaves may be frostbitten.
2. Temperature: In the north, with a room temperature above 10°C, pothos can safely overwinter; with a room temperature above 20°C, pothos can grow normally. Generally, households can reach this temperature without much problem. What needs attention is avoiding too great a temperature difference, and also making sure the leaves do not get close to heating equipment.
3. Humidity: This refers to the moisture content of the air in the plant's growing environment. While ensuring normal temperature, increasing humidity is extremely beneficial to plant growth. The following methods can be used to increase humidity. Place the plant near a humidifier, with the humidifier running for more than 5 hours a day, so the plant can enjoy the mist sprayed out by the humidifier; use a sprayer adjusted to the mist setting to spray water on the plant's leaves, stems, and aerial roots several times a day; keep an appropriate amount of water in the flower pot saucer, and increase the local humidity around the plant through its evaporation; gently wipe the leaf surface with a cold wet towel or toilet paper, or lightly apply it to the leaf surface for a short time (1-2 hours per day); cover the plant with a transparent plastic film to create a small greenhouse effect, supplementing the plant's moisture through the evaporation of water vapor from the soil, for no more than 2 hours a day, as too long a time will affect the plant's ventilation and photosynthesis.
4. Water: In autumn and winter, the amount of watering should be strictly controlled according to room temperature. Before heating, when the temperature is lower, the soil of the plant evaporates more slowly, so watering should be reduced, with the amount controlled between 1/4 and 1/2 of the original. Even after heating, watering should not be too frequent. When watering, pour less into the pot, and water should seep through the coir. In addition, water should also be sprayed at the places where aerial roots grow on the coir pole, to reduce insufficient root water absorption caused by overly rapid evaporation. Water used for watering in winter is better after being left to sit for a day, as water that is too cold can easily damage the roots.
5. Fertilizer: In the autumn and winter in the north, plants mostly grow slowly or even stop growing, so fertilizing should be reduced. Before winter begins, mainly apply liquid inorganic fertilizer by watering or spraying, about once every 15 days. After winter begins, fertilizing should mainly be foliar spraying, applied mainly through the stomata on the leaf surface, so that the fertilizer is absorbed through the stomata on the leaf surface, and the fertilizer effect can act directly on the leaf surface. Special fertilizer should be used for foliar fertilizer, as ordinary inorganic fertilizer is not easily absorbed by the leaf surface. The Beida Huhuashen series and the Japanese-made Hua Yifan, among others, can all be used as foliar fertilizer.
How do you grow a large pot of pothos? The article introduces some care methods for a large pot of pothos. If you are growing a large pot of pothos, you can follow these methods to help it grow. Besides pothos, what other plants are suitable for placing in the home? If you want to learn more details, you can pay more attention to No.1 Home Network.