this post is long overdue, but it’s looked like this for about a month. i thought i had over watered it for too long so i stopped for about 2 weeks mid june but it still kept dying and looking all droopy, so i put in egg shells like 2 days ago with a little water to help. is it the humidity from being up so high?or too much sun? really love this guy 🙁
by TonyBabanaBony
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I am pretty confident the roots have rotted away and the plant has died of thirst.
why egg shells??
It is too dry. Maybe your compost is an issue? Check for root rot, and see if your soil is too solid and dry.
An easier way to water is bottom watering. Put him in a sink/bucket of water just under the lip of the pot and let him soak for a while until fully hydrated and the soil is soft. Then empty the sink/bucket and leave the plant to drain for an hour. Then re hang etc
Check the roots to see what’s goin on, egg shells take too long to decompose to give the plant what it needs if u drink coffee or tea try that instead. With coffee u can mix with water and give her a little that way and the tea the same way but u can also give her the grounds or tea bag too. Unfortunately is its root rot there isn’t any way to save her. U could possibly try and propagate some stems tho
Way too dry and the terracotta is sucking all of the water away from the roots.
Eggs shells will do nothing, as they need to be finely ground to have any calcium available for the plant. Better off just fertilizing.
Replant in plastic or glazed ceramic and let plant sit in a pan of water for a good 20 minutes before you transplant.
Underwatered. If it’s in terra cotta, it needs more frequent watering because of the porosity.
Edit: egg shells don’t do anything. In compost, ground up egg shells can provide calcium but this takes time for decomposition to release the calcium.
Edit 2: the stems look to be healthy. IDK about the roots. If it were my plant, I would probably chop and prop to try to salvage. The wilted leaves will probably die off, but it will likely push out new growth from the tips once it gets some water. Two weeks is way too long not to water pothos during the growing season (assuming you’re in the northern hemisphere…)
This plant is extremely dehydrated, there are two common causes for dehydration: 1. Underwatering or 2. Overwatering killing all the roots and making the plant unable absorb the water it needs. Stick your finger in the soil and feel around. If it’s dry: water throughly and drain any excess water. If it’s wet this thing is probably beyond saving.
cut those vines and put them in water asap!! Wait two weeks to see if anything roots. You can grow these in water for a long time. Id do that to develop a root system and healthy leaves. In the future plant in a plastic pot i feel they do better in those with a couple of drainage holes.
honestly i’m not sure how you can cause a pothos to droop this hard..i would 100% check the roots. judging by the lack of green i would say she was really dehydrated and then got even more. the sun dried her off more. i would definitely take her down. rinse all the old soil off of it. check every root for rot cut the rotted roots off. then repot in fresh well balanced soil. i would use more perlite in the mix to help with aeration. then water her generously.
also this might not be an issue but i’ve had problems with my pothos and terracotta pots. they absorb moisture and can sometimes cause the leaves to yellow or droop bc of too much moisture. these plants like to dry completely in between waterings and these pots will hold onto that water. ditch the pot and go back to a nursery pot. you can put the nursery pot inside the terracotta for aesthetics if you would like. just a suggestion really. i would water every week and a half that’s the schedule i do for my pothos. i don’t reach into the soil to feel any wetness. usually by a week & some the soil is bone dry.
Actively dying. 😞😢
You probably overwatered which caused the roots to die and now it can’t absorb water. That isn’t something the plant can come back from. I would depot, check all the roots and if any are still alive repot those.
Killing it? Water the poor thing
My pothos looked very similar, was definitely otw to dying last week. I chopped & propagated in water glasses and this week i have 6 lovely little pothos who are getting their leaves back (:
Needs water
Eggshells need to be grinded into a fine powder to be useful to plants
You don’t fix over watering by over compensating anddrying out the plant too much. Just water normally so that the plant can grow new roots
Put it in a plastic pot instead. Then fill a big bowl with water and let it sit in the water for 24 hours.
Cut it off above the soil and put in water to grow new roots. Then replant into fresh soil.
It’s dead
Put that whole pot in the sink with room temp water at least halfway up the sides for 3 hours or until the pot feels heavy. Use a chop stick or something to poke around and make sure the soil in the center and a couple inches down is taking up water. You can also use the stick to deeply poke holes and loosen the soil if it has become compacted, this will help aerate the roots and allow water to reach them.
After the soak you should notice the leaves coming back within 12 hrs. If they don’t, the roots are past the point of no return and you can try to chop and prop small pieces
Try putting the entire pot in a larger bowl full of water to soak and “bottom water”. Keep refilling the larger bowl as the main pot sucks up water. the If it doesn’t perk up in 24hrs of that, throw it out and start over, pothos are cheap.
Either way, replace the terracotta pot. For hanging plants, I like to use a glazed pot with no drainage holes for looks, and then out the plant in a plastic nursery pot (with drainage holes) inside the pretty pot. So the ceramic pot actually acts as a large saucer. Prevents me from underwatering due to worries about making a mess, and makes it much easier to take plant out and check the roots
In my experience, you cannot overwater a potho. I have put them straight in water for months and they were fine. They would prefer over watering then under. I say this is severely under-watered and now dead. Start with a new plant and give it a good soaking watering once a week or two until the top dirt is dry. If it gets a little droopy, water it! I have also put my pothos in the shower and sprayed them all down to get a good soaking and clean off dust.
Make sure the pot has drainage in it. I would go indirect sunlight as well. Get some plant good and water high volume/low frequency. You can save this thing
I’d submerge it under water. But how are you watering this thing without a drip tray?
“Water would be nice”.
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