How to Grow and Care for Pothos (Epipremnum aureum) to Make Your Home Lush and Green

Pothos is an ornamental plant, and many friends love growing it; this lovely plant can purify the air and also decorate a beautiful room. But do you know how to grow pothos and what to watch out for? Let us take a look below.

I. How to Grow and Care for Pothos

How to grow and care for pothos should mainly be analyzed and handled from the following 5 aspects; as long as you meet the requirements in these 5 aspects, you will certainly grow very good pothos.

1. Growing pothos indoors at home: use loose, well-drained soil for potting, and pothos is suited to slightly acidic soil.

2. Temperature: the suitable temperature for growing pothos is 20 to 30 degrees; it should not go below 15 degrees at the lowest, and around 10 degrees it will freeze to death. Of course, most homes have growing temperature conditions suitable for pothos; you just need to pay attention to keeping it warm in winter, and when the climate is too cold you can keep pothos warm by opening the windows less.

3. Light: because pothos originally grew in dark primeval forests and is naturally shade-loving, its light requirements are not strong. Therefore, when growing pothos, you usually just need to place it indoors where it can see sunlight; you can also take it into the sun at noon for a little while so it can carry out photosynthesis better, then bring it back indoors to display. Although pothos is very tolerant of shade, it cannot be kept in a dark place for a long time; at least about every half a month it should be exposed to strong light.

4. Water: when growing pothos, do not water too much; at most just spray water at its roots, as long as the soil is kept moist. If water accumulates, it will breed mosquitoes and insects, seriously affecting the growth of pothos and its ornamental effect. In summer, you can water appropriately more; the principle is to keep the potting soil moist but not waterlogged. In winter, watering should be restrained, once every two or three days is enough. When indoor heating is on, you can water appropriately more; when the indoor temperature is too low, be careful to reduce watering. When you cannot water, you can spray water on the leaves to cool it down.

5. Fertilizer: for fertilizing pothos, ordinary inorganic fertilizers are hard to absorb, so you need to choose special fertilizers, such as Beida Huhuashen and Japan's Hana Ichiban. Because pothos growth slows in winter, fertilize less; during the pothos growing season, you can appropriately increase fertilizing. When fertilizing, spraying liquid fertilizer can be the main method.

The difference between how to grow pothos and how to grow other plants is that because it has aerial roots on its stem nodes, it is very easy to keep alive, and propagation is generally done by cuttings. In particular, 15°C to 25°C is the stage when it grows fastest. The methods and cautions for growing pothos summarized here for everyone are all very practical; growing some pothos at home adds beauty and purifies the air, so isn't that killing two birds with one stone?

II. Benefits of Growing Pothos:

There are many benefits to growing pothos at home, mainly reflected in ornamental value, removing odors, and absorbing harmful gases such as formaldehyde. First, because its leaves are delicate and beautiful and its stems are slender and soft, pothos has very good ornamental appeal and can also add vitality and energy to a room, making it a very good indoor plant decoration. Besides its role in ornamentation and beautifying the environment, pothos is also good at absorbing indoor formaldehyde; its trailing stems hang down naturally, which can effectively purify the air and also absorb most of the harmful gases in the room, such as formaldehyde and benzene. In addition, pothos is also known as an odor absorber. Because pothos has well-developed aerial roots, it has a strong ability to absorb odors produced in family life, such as cooking fumes and detergents; many families place the pothos they grow in the bathroom to purify the air. Besides the above benefits, growing it can also effectively enhance the interests and personal qualities of family members, thereby bringing more harmonious enjoyment to family life.

III. Propagating Pothos:

Pothos can be propagated by cuttings and by layering stems; that is, in late spring and early summer, select healthy pothos vines, cut 15 cm to 30 cm segments, remove the leaves from the basal 1 to 2 nodes (do not damage the aerial roots), then insert them into the potting soil, cover with soil and water, and first place them in a shaded spot. After that, for a period of time, spray water on the leaf surface every day or cover with plastic film to keep moisture; the room temperature must not be below 20°C, and the survival rate is generally above 90%.

The above is all the content on how to grow pothos and the cautions, and I hope it can help you.

The above is all the content on how to grow pothos and the cautions, and I hope it can help you.