How to grow a pothos plant? Detailed care methods shared

Pothos must be the most well-known variety among many green plants. It has fresh leaf color and a clear posture. It belongs to an ornamental climbing plant with a very wild style. It can be placed anywhere in the home. The home environment brings a touch of bright color.

When it comes to keeping pothos at home, many flower friends must have seen photos of pothos waterfalls posted on forums or bars. It not only looks spectacular, but also adds freshness and greenery to the home environment.

(Image from the Pothos Bar)

However, growing a pothos waterfall is not that easy. Many flower friends complain that their pothos grows too slowly, or that the pothos only grows long leaves and no long vines. Next, the editor will introduce in detail how to correctly grow a pothos waterfall, so that growing pothos is no longer a problem.

(Image from the Pothos Bar)

Basic maintenance

1. First, pay attention to the basic care of pothos. Mastering these most basic points is the starting point and key to growing a pothos waterfall.

Since pothos is sensitive to light and cannot receive too much direct sunlight, the better method is to keep the pothos in a position at home where it can receive scattered light. This will help accelerate its growth.

2. For the cultivation soil, you can choose a relatively loose and fertile slightly acidic soil. Before planting, you can properly mix it into the soil and add some fully decomposed organic fertilizer for a better effect.

3. Next is the issue of watering. For maintaining pothos, watering is undoubtedly an important part, but it does not require too much vigilance. Water once a week, and the frequency can be maintained at about two days.

Cultivation techniques

Proper pruning can promote the growth of pothos and can stimulate the pothos to further sprout new vines and leaves, accelerating its growth. If you want to grow a pothos waterfall, proper regular pruning is very necessary.

When pruning, pay attention to technique. Carefully observe the phenotypic color and growth posture of the pothos, and try to cut off old leaves and old branches to promote the sprouting of young leaves.

2. Regularly repotting every two years is also a great technique for growing a waterfall, because pothos grows faster than other plants and its root system grows faster, so regular repotting is beneficial for promoting root respiration. Accelerate the healthy growth of pothos.

It is better to repot in early spring or in June and July. When repotting, you can cut off some bad roots to promote the emergence of new roots.

3. Another point is that during the care of pothos, in addition to the above maintenance methods and techniques, you can also increase nutrition and external fertilization by adding some substances to the water when watering.

As for the specific substances to add, there are actually many alternatives. Fermented rice water from daily life, fish farming water, aspirin solution and vitamin B12 solution are all good choices for external fertilization of pothos. However, before use, remember to dilute with a certain proportion of clean water.

[Pothos] is a common green plant that appears in almost every household. It can not only beautify the environment, but also purify the air. Propagation is also very simple, and its leaves are green and glossy, with great ornamental value!

Pothos can survive by cutting. It likes a hot and humid environment. It can be placed in a bright place. If the light is too dark, the leaves of the pothos will become smaller and the color will become lighter. In a warm place, as long as it is maintained properly and the temperature is appropriate, the pothos will grow very vigorously.

If you are growing a large pothos, it usually climbs around a brown column. It usually needs to be pruned during management. As long as water and fertilizer are suitable, the leaves will grow longer, and the cut branches can be reused as cuttings for growth.

When you water the pothos regularly, you can pour diluted beer into the pothos, or you can wipe the leaves with beer water, and the leaves will stay green and glossy. Carefully pour the large-leaf pothos along the brown column, so that the aerial roots attached to the brown column can also absorb water. However, it is necessary to avoid water accumulation in the pot and causing root rot.

But did you know: throw these two pills into beer, and this beer used to water pothos is 10 times better than beer alone.

Aspirin. Aspirin is a common antipyretic and analgesic drug. Its main active ingredient, salicylic acid, enables plants to synthesize new proteins, improves plant drought resistance, and enhances immune function. It has effects on plant rooting, wound suppression and growth promotion!

Use a solution of 2 aspirin tablets in 500ml of beer to water pothos in summer, once every 7-15 days. It can close the pores of pothos, reduce water evaporation, and improve the drought resistance of pothos. In addition, during the vigorous growth season of pothos, spraying a 1:1000 aspirin beer solution can effectively promote green leaves and long leaves and prevent yellow leaves.

Vitamin B12. After crushing vitamin B12, mix it with beer. Usually, mix 1 tablet of vitamin B12 into one can of beer, then let it ferment for 5-7 days. Then you can use it to water pothos. A water-to-water ratio of 1:10 is recommended once a week, and the pothos will grow vigorously with green and large leaves.

When raising pothos, if you want the leaves to be green and large and the pot to burst quickly, just add these two drugs to beer to ensure that the pothos in the house grows lush and trailing, with the leaves bursting within a month!

As the most common green potted plant, pothos can be described as a pot-bursting plant that anyone can grow, but there are still many people who cannot raise it well. They always find that it dies while they are raising it. In fact, if you want to make the pothos you grow especially lush, there is no special way. As long as you master its habits and manage it a little, it will burst one day.

I previously read a similar article saying that the pothos was cut off from the ground and then it would soon burst a pot, so I really did that. In the end, because there were no leaves for photosynthesis, the roots had nowhere to consume the nutrients they absorbed, and in the end it died.

Actually, pothos is very easy to grow. Do not deliberately pursue any quick method. Usually, as long as it is managed properly, it will quickly become especially lush. So let us look at what I usually do.

Pothos prefers fertile soil, so when we plant it, we can choose to add a small amount of perlite and peat, or use general flower gardening soil; after planting, we should choose a suitable placement position, because pothos likes scattered light, so it should not be placed on a south-facing balcony or the south side of a window. It is better to place it in the living room or by an east window; pothos does not like water, so usually keep the potting soil dry, or find some water after the branches lose vitality. But if you want to grow it green, fertilization is usually essential. You can use slow-release fertilizer or a compound fertilizer containing a large amount of nitrogen every month. Pothos likes a warm growing environment, and the temperature can be controlled between 18 and 30 degrees. In winter, keep it above 10 degrees. If the summer temperature is too high, be sure to ventilate in time, otherwise root rot is likely to occur.