I have a youngish golden pothos that had 8 or 9 leaves at its peak. Recently it started struggling and lost all but 3. Turned out it had gotten root rot and I had to remove almost all the roots. After removing what I thought was all the rot, I stuck it in water and new roots started growing in days. I waited until the longest was about 3-4” long and planted it in a new and more suitable substrate mixture that was lightly damp at the time. I then gave it about a week to adjust/soil to fully dry before watering.
I then went on vacation for a week and the first leaf had begun to yellow, so I took it out, noticed that some of the old part of the stem still had some rot, and cut the still afflicted area off, which did not affect the new roots at all since they were actually higher up the stem.
Instead of writing off the whole removed section, I instead methodically removed the full extent of the rot (cut until there was no brown spot in the middle of the stem). It’s now about 0.75-1” long with an old node. I then stuck it in water and crossed my fingers.
Note: All cuts were done with a sanitized razor blade. Sanitizing between each cut.
Am I wasting time on this one or is it worth giving it a chance?
by SonOfTheDuck9139
3 Comments
Worth a shot 🤷 might do well in sphagnum moss if you have that
Doesn’t hurt to try.
Flashbacks to my neon philo. 😢
It got smaller and smaller and I ended up with something similar to what you have there.
I did have some success with my “nub” but then one day ants got into its pot and it shriveled and died. Not sure if they killed it or it was coincidence. The plant never thrived for me, and I consider myself pretty good at this. I have now bought another and it’s the exact opposite. I think sometimes the plant is just weak from the start.