2 years to this pothos. Will I ever be able to see bigger leaves?
I have had these cuttings from a pothos for almost 2 years but the leaves dont grow larger than this. I see a few new leaves every once in a while but just want to know, will it ever get bigger in the water?
I would suggest not to keep any plant in water, unless you do it properly as in hydroponics, meaning there must be constant *flow* of water to guarantee sufficient oxygen content and it must contain a sufficient amount of nutrients. None of this happens when you keep a plant, any plant, in a jar like this. No surprise it stays small.
GruesomeRainbow
Pothos typically need to be mature to grow large leaves and 2 years isn’t a very old plant. They also generally need a ton of light, nutrient-rich soil, and -maybe most importantly- something to climb in order to get large leaves. You’ll want to mimic the natural growing conditions as closely as possible in a home setting, so learn about how they grow in the wild and aim for that.
MasterpieceMinimum42
Unless you grow them in soil and let them climb upwards with moss poles or wood planks or with tree, staying in water won’t grow big leaves.
DonerTheBonerDonor
Give them something to climb on and good light.
I’ve had pothos without a climbing pole for 2 years and the leaves and that big, but another one I propped in water a year ago, then transferred to soil and immediately gave a climbing pole has leaves the size of my hands. It’s amazing
VFTM
Yes, absolutely …. as soon as you completely change the environment that you have it in and give it entirely different conditions
genomskinligt
let it climb and give it nutrients. I’d plant it in soil and give it a moss pole to climb, and fertilize it every once in a while. The root ball is big, but make sure the water roots adapt to soil well by keeping it moist for a while.
Negative-Minimum5718
Confident-Balance-64
Put it in some soil with something to climb on it only needs to go into water until there’s some roots feed regularly in growing season spring to early autumn then once a month I sometimes prop straight into soil with rooting hormone hope this helps
WilliamGrantham80
You know that saying, “The grass is always greener on the other side?”
They just fertilize…
Seraitsukara
Pothos can get big in water, but that water needs to have nutrients. I used to grow it out of my aquarium and was getting decently sized leaves before it all got lost during a bad move to a new apartment;
They’ll also need room to grow enough roots. Your jar is too small long-term.
dontfeedtheclients
In water alone it will stay pretty contained.
Dry_Butterscotch7229
The more sun exposure, the bigger the leaves get. I put mine outside in the summer in direct sunlight, the leaves get huge. Less light will be smaller leaves.
something_beautiful9
Strong light and pot it with a moss pole. They can survive in low light but give it something to climb and great light and it will get way bigger. Mines bigger than my hand and increased golden spots now.
Beginningto_believe
Put em in some dirt
Salt_Expression_4493
Not in a jar of water. If you want the leaves to size up, put it on a moss pole. I recommend Sydney Plant Guy on YouTube if you need instructions.
These are all three cuttings from the same Golden Pothos. Hopefully this helps you visualize them hanging and climbing.
carbonatedkaitlyn
Yea, put it in some dirt with fertilizer. This has to be rage bait.
Master_Plo5
Have they just… been in water this whole time? Water is just used to grow roots and keep it alive while it does so. To grow leaves and branches it needs nutrients and soil, and if you want it to grow up, you’ll need some sort of support like a moss pole for it to grow around.
W8n_on_S8n
Put it in soil
roriefranklin
Imo.. they would do better if you plant them in soil. You will have better luck. Imo
rlrlrlrlrlr
It typically needs to climb for the leaves to get bigger. Have it go straight up for the most growth in leaf size.
It can happen a bit if you put it in soil (or the right water nutrients) and the conditions are right. But this is more modest and harder to balance.
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Needs nutrients to get bigger.
It also needs something to climb on to mature
I would suggest not to keep any plant in water, unless you do it properly as in hydroponics, meaning there must be constant *flow* of water to guarantee sufficient oxygen content and it must contain a sufficient amount of nutrients. None of this happens when you keep a plant, any plant, in a jar like this. No surprise it stays small.
Pothos typically need to be mature to grow large leaves and 2 years isn’t a very old plant. They also generally need a ton of light, nutrient-rich soil, and -maybe most importantly- something to climb in order to get large leaves. You’ll want to mimic the natural growing conditions as closely as possible in a home setting, so learn about how they grow in the wild and aim for that.
Unless you grow them in soil and let them climb upwards with moss poles or wood planks or with tree, staying in water won’t grow big leaves.
Give them something to climb on and good light.
I’ve had pothos without a climbing pole for 2 years and the leaves and that big, but another one I propped in water a year ago, then transferred to soil and immediately gave a climbing pole has leaves the size of my hands. It’s amazing
Yes, absolutely …. as soon as you completely change the environment that you have it in and give it entirely different conditions
let it climb and give it nutrients. I’d plant it in soil and give it a moss pole to climb, and fertilize it every once in a while. The root ball is big, but make sure the water roots adapt to soil well by keeping it moist for a while.
Put it in some soil with something to climb on it only needs to go into water until there’s some roots feed regularly in growing season spring to early autumn then once a month I sometimes prop straight into soil with rooting hormone hope this helps
You know that saying, “The grass is always greener on the other side?”
They just fertilize…
Pothos can get big in water, but that water needs to have nutrients. I used to grow it out of my aquarium and was getting decently sized leaves before it all got lost during a bad move to a new apartment;
https://preview.redd.it/k8a3ylxl9zjf1.png?width=2432&format=png&auto=webp&s=9d7701f03ecb0436d1e9c0556053723e69d38b0f
They’ll also need room to grow enough roots. Your jar is too small long-term.
In water alone it will stay pretty contained.
The more sun exposure, the bigger the leaves get. I put mine outside in the summer in direct sunlight, the leaves get huge. Less light will be smaller leaves.
Strong light and pot it with a moss pole. They can survive in low light but give it something to climb and great light and it will get way bigger. Mines bigger than my hand and increased golden spots now.
Put em in some dirt
Not in a jar of water. If you want the leaves to size up, put it on a moss pole. I recommend Sydney Plant Guy on YouTube if you need instructions.
https://www.gardenstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Image-2-wild-growth-1152×1536.jpg
Here’s some giant wild pothos!
https://preview.redd.it/luf0jo50hzjf1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=34bc48dea1c066a5beb59fad943739ca67f8164c
These are all three cuttings from the same Golden Pothos. Hopefully this helps you visualize them hanging and climbing.
Yea, put it in some dirt with fertilizer. This has to be rage bait.
Have they just… been in water this whole time? Water is just used to grow roots and keep it alive while it does so. To grow leaves and branches it needs nutrients and soil, and if you want it to grow up, you’ll need some sort of support like a moss pole for it to grow around.
Put it in soil
Imo.. they would do better if you plant them in soil. You will have better luck. Imo
It typically needs to climb for the leaves to get bigger. Have it go straight up for the most growth in leaf size.
It can happen a bit if you put it in soil (or the right water nutrients) and the conditions are right. But this is more modest and harder to balance.
Have you tried dirt?