How to grow pothos in water? Detailed guide to water culture care

Water-cultured pothos is a climbing foliage plant with very slender, soft stems and fresh green, delicate leaves. If you like a pastoral style, you can place water-cultured pothos on top of living room furniture and let it grow and trail down naturally, spreading in all directions like a natural green waterfall accenting the space, very beautiful. How do you grow water-cultured pothos? Compared with soil culture, the water culture method for pothos has many details to pay attention to. If it is not cared for well, yellowing leaves and soft, rotting roots and stems easily occur.

How to grow pothos in water

1. Choosing the water culture container: you can use a vase, a beaker, or other transparent containers (such as a glass bottle).

2. Choosing the water: water is the key element for water-cultured pothos. Tap water, well water, clean drinking water and so on can be used, but it should be left to stand for one or two days before use.

3. Cutting method: it is best to choose healthy, strong pothos stems with aerial roots as the water culture material. The stem length is 15cm~30cm, and basically the leaves of 1~2 nodes are removed before placing in water; you can also choose a potted plant with a good shape, wash the soil off the roots, cut off excess old roots, and then place it in clean water, which also roots easily.

4. Water change cycle: in the early stage of water culture, change the water frequently, once every 2~3 days; after rooting, change it once every 7~10 days. You can buy water culture conditioning solution to disinfect and sterilize and promote root growth.

5. Root pruning: if the roots are too long, cut them short in time to prevent nutrient loss. If the roots rot and become slimy, also clean them in time, cut off the rotten roots, soak them in potassium permanganate solution for disinfection, and then resume care. Follow the water change schedule of the early water culture stage.

6. Temperature and light: in winter in the north, a room temperature above 10°C allows it to overwinter safely, and only above 20°C can it grow normally. At the same time, avoid too large a temperature difference, and do not place it near heating equipment. Water-cultured pothos needs sufficient scattered light for its leaves to spread out and stay emerald green. It should be placed somewhere with enough scattered light, such as a sealed balcony with light or a spot indoors with good light.

7. Humidity: there are several ways to increase humidity: place it near a humidifier, spray the leaves, stems and aerial roots with a sprayer, gently wipe the leaf surface with a cold wet towel or toilet paper, and spray water at the place where aerial roots grow.

Key points for growing pothos in water

To grow pothos well, you first need to understand its growth habits. It is better to choose thick, sturdy pothos with aerial roots for water culture. Sturdy pothos has a stronger ability to adapt to the environment and roots faster. When placing it, be careful not to let the pothos leaves touch the water, so as to avoid leaf rot affecting water quality and appearance.

Second, in the first few days of water culture, pay attention to changing the water, and also make sure the water temperature is in harmony with room temperature. After the water-cultured pothos becomes stable and water roots appear, you can appropriately extend the water change interval; generally once every seven or eight days is enough. After another period, when the water-cultured pothos is quite stable and new leaves grow, clear water can no longer meet the growth needs of the pothos, and you need to add one or two drops of plant water culture nutrient solution every ten days to half a month. You can also dilute the nutrient solution and spray it on the leaves to improve leaf glossiness.

In the process of water culture, also pay attention to light. Pothos likes light and a warm, humid environment, but because pothos is a vine plant and the plant is relatively weak, it cannot tolerate too strong direct sunlight. Reasonable light can also improve leaf glossiness. In winter, do not place it too close to heating, and also pay attention to preventing freezing damage; the temperature difference should not be too large. Clean the roots of water-cultured pothos in time and prune the roots promptly to avoid nutrient loss.

Precautions for water-cultured pothos

1. Change the water frequently. For water-cultured pothos, frequent water changes are very necessary, generally once every two to three days. The reason is that pothos has extremely high requirements for water quality, and adding nutrient solution is also necessary to make the pothos shine.

2. Suitable temperature. The temperature for pothos to overwinter safely is above 10°C. At a room temperature above 20°C, pothos can grow normally. Too large a temperature difference will affect the growth of pothos. At the same time, be careful not to let the leaves get close to heating equipment.

3. Choosing water quality. Clean tap water or purified water is used to grow pothos. The correct choice of water quality matters because it contains a large amount of minerals.

In fact, there are two kinds of water-cultured pothos: one is purely water-cultured, and the other is to fill a pot or perhaps a teacup with vermiculite and then fill it with water. Of these two, the vermiculite one is relatively simpler. To grow pothos well, you still need a certain amount of patience.

Of these two, the vermiculite one is relatively simpler. To grow pothos well, you still need a certain amount of patience.