How to Grow Pothos? A Full Guide to Practical Care Methods

Pothos is the most common houseplant. What insights do you have about growing pothos? Learn from other people's growing methods and compare them with your own so that your approach becomes more scientific. So, what are the care methods for pothos?

1. Pothos Care Methods

1. Light: The original growing conditions of pothos are in forests shaded by towering trees, so its heliotropism is not strong. But in the North during autumn and winter, to make up for the shortage 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 the leaves may be frostbitten within a very short time.

2. Temperature: In the North, pothos can safely overwinter at a room temperature above 10°C, and it can grow normally at a room temperature above 20°C. Generally, households have no problem reaching this temperature. What needs attention is avoiding too great a temperature difference, and also making sure the leaves are not close to heating equipment.

3. Humidity: This refers to the moisture content of the air in the plant's growing environment. Under the condition of ensuring a normal temperature, increasing humidity is extremely beneficial to plant growth. Humidity can be increased in the following ways. Place the plant near a humidifier; the humidifier should be running for more than 5 hours a day so the plant can enjoy the mist it sprays out; use a sprayer set 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 plant's local humidity through its evaporation; gently wipe the leaf surface with a cold wet towel or toilet paper, or lightly lay it on the leaf surface for a short time (1-2 hours per day); cover the plant with transparent plastic film to create a mini greenhouse effect, supplementing the plant's moisture through the evaporation of water vapor from the soil, for no more than 2 hours a day, since too long will affect the plant's ventilation and photosynthesis.

4. Water: Water every day to keep the soil moist, but there must be no waterlogging that breeds mosquitoes and insects. The amount of watering in autumn and winter should be strictly controlled according to room temperature. Before heating starts, the temperature is lower, the plant's soil evaporates more slowly, and watering should be reduced, with the amount controlled at 1/4-1/2 of the original. Even after heating starts, watering should not be too frequent; when watering, pour less into the pot and let water 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 uptake caused by overly rapid evaporation. In winter, water that has been left to stand for a day after drawing is better, because water that is too cold easily damages the roots.

5. Fertilizer: In the autumn and winter seasons 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 its effect can act directly on the leaf surface. Special fertilizer should be used for foliar fertilizer; ordinary inorganic fertilizer is not easily absorbed by the leaf surface. Beida Flower Guardian series and Japan-made Hana Ichiban, etc. can all be used as foliar fertilizer.

2. Precautions for Growing Pothos

The precautions are hard to talk about, because the most important precautions are all the most basic ones. Here is a simple summary:

1) The soil is best a soil with good air permeability; do not use garden soil dug from outside

2) Light: pothos avoids direct sunlight, so it can be kept in a shaded spot, but do not put it under the sun

3) Watering: those growing it in soil can check by eye or touch the soil with their hand, and water again if it is dry. Also, you should understand your own soil and see whether it tends to waterlog or drains well; this matters for watering.

3) Fertilizing: fertilizing can make the plant grow vigorously, but pothos is generally grown in small pots, so when fertilizing, be sure to use light fertilizer and apply it frequently.

4) Exchange: in fact, the most important thing in growing flowers is not to keep it to yourself, but to constantly compare notes with other flower lovers, so that you can keep improving. Flower lovers can go to the Yuhuagu forum to exchange ideas with other flower lovers.

The above gives an understanding of pothos care, and we now have our own insights into growing pothos. We hope you can also share your own insights on growing pothos, so that everyone can exchange ideas with each other and grow pothos with even more vitality.

In this way, everyone can exchange ideas with each other and grow pothos with even more vitality.