I've had this Pothos for a few months and she's lost quite a few leaves. They just turn yellow and start to shrivel. ANY advice please? Should I add fertilizer?
hello! do you possibly think it could be overwatered? yellowing leaves mean overwatered sometimes. pothos like to be dried out a little bit before watering again. sometimes with terracotta pots, they retain water and keep the roots wet and could cause root rot. an easy solution to that is to repot it into a nursery pot then place it back into its decorative pot! i wish you the best of luck!
Holiday-Code-3048
I keep mine in water but what plants I do put in spoil, it says the change every 3 months… so maybe it’s time for new soil and a slightly bigger pot? Also I had some of my leaves turn yellow when I started using a new light above my kitchen sink….so any new lighting changes it I think! But I think she still looks really healthy and salvageable!
Puzzleheaded_Pace586
I was bottom watering up until recently because that’s what I had success with in the past (this is my first pothos tho) I’m not sure if that had something to do with it or not :/
sortaindignantdragon
Which leaves is it dropping? Is it newer growth, or older leaves from the base of the vine? My golden and cebu blue will sometimes drop older leaves that aren’t getting much light.
Mission-Isopod876
To me it looks fine. I will say that the only way I have ever killed one was by over watering so just be careful especially during the colder seasons. It could also need more light?
I-Eat-Pixels
It looks perfectly fine to me
They just lose leaves sometimes. Usually older ones. Sometimes when they get stressed like when they’re put it in a new location. So long as the soil isn’t constantly soggy and it’s growing new leaves then I think it looks pretty healthy.
Abraxas1969
It looks healthy at the moment. If it were mine I’d get it out of that terra cotta pot. That material is great for plants like succulents and cacti. They’re made to wick the water out of the soil. So a tropical pothos doesn’t care for them unless they’re sealed with a glaze or paint to keep the soil at a steady state of moisture retention.
zesty_meatballs
What’s wrong with it? The plant looks perfectly healthy to me.
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hello! do you possibly think it could be overwatered? yellowing leaves mean overwatered sometimes. pothos like to be dried out a little bit before watering again. sometimes with terracotta pots, they retain water and keep the roots wet and could cause root rot. an easy solution to that is to repot it into a nursery pot then place it back into its decorative pot! i wish you the best of luck!
I keep mine in water but what plants I do put in spoil, it says the change every 3 months… so maybe it’s time for new soil and a slightly bigger pot? Also I had some of my leaves turn yellow when I started using a new light above my kitchen sink….so any new lighting changes it I think! But I think she still looks really healthy and salvageable!
I was bottom watering up until recently because that’s what I had success with in the past (this is my first pothos tho) I’m not sure if that had something to do with it or not :/
Which leaves is it dropping? Is it newer growth, or older leaves from the base of the vine? My golden and cebu blue will sometimes drop older leaves that aren’t getting much light.
To me it looks fine. I will say that the only way I have ever killed one was by over watering so just be careful especially during the colder seasons. It could also need more light?
It looks perfectly fine to me
They just lose leaves sometimes. Usually older ones. Sometimes when they get stressed like when they’re put it in a new location. So long as the soil isn’t constantly soggy and it’s growing new leaves then I think it looks pretty healthy.
It looks healthy at the moment. If it were mine I’d get it out of that terra cotta pot. That material is great for plants like succulents and cacti. They’re made to wick the water out of the soil. So a tropical pothos doesn’t care for them unless they’re sealed with a glaze or paint to keep the soil at a steady state of moisture retention.
What’s wrong with it? The plant looks perfectly healthy to me.