How to Convert a Pothos from Soil to Water Culture

Pothos can be grown not only in water but also in soil, and its vitality is especially tenacious. It can be converted from water culture to soil culture, and from soil culture to water culture; generally speaking, the two can be converted into each other. It is just that in practical application, we need to handle the details well so that the conversion can succeed. So, how do you convert a soil-grown pothos to water culture?

In fact, the method for converting a soil-grown pothos to water culture is very simple. You only need to take the potted pothos out of the flowerpot, rinse and clean the soil off the roots, and then prune the roots appropriately. Cut off the old, weak, and thin roots that grow too slowly, then use potassium permanganate or carbendazim to sterilize and disinfect the roots, and place it in a water culture environment for care.

Although this process is very simple and requires only a few steps, after converting a soil-grown pothos to water culture, we need to take careful care of it in the early stage. After all, the plant is shifting from soil culture mode to water culture mode, and this change is too great; the plant has to go through an important adaptation stage. During this period, in addition to meeting its growing conditions, some details also need to be handled properly.

After converting the pothos from soil culture to water culture, changing the water is the most critical part. Generally, in the early stage, it is often necessary to change the water once every 2-3 days; after the plant has sprouted new roots in the water culture state, you can keep changing the water once every 3-5 days; and after the plant returns to normal growth, you can keep changing the water once every 7-10 days. Whether the water-changing work is scientific and reasonable will play a key role in whether the pothos can survive and resume normal growth in a water culture environment.

In addition, if you want the pothos to survive quickly and resume normal growth after being converted from a soil environment to a water environment, then besides changing the water scientifically, factors such as light, temperature, humidity, and nutrient solution are also quite important. Generally, place the plant in a spot where it can fully receive scattered light, ensure the environment is well ventilated, and at the same time make sure the temperature and relative air humidity are suitable. Of course, when changing the water, you can appropriately drip in a few drops of nutrient solution to ensure there are sufficient nutrients in the container to sustain the pothos's growth.

Of course, in addition to directly taking a soil-grown pothos out of its pot, washing its roots, pruning the roots, and then converting it to water culture, we can also achieve water culture by cutting branches from a soil-grown pothos and rooting them in water. Because the pothos has strong vitality, water cuttings also root very easily, and they grow relatively quickly, so water culture can also easily achieve a full pot.