Hey hello!
I got a clipping from my friend’s pothos close to a year ago and she’s not really putting out leaves. It’s been in a 4” pot with unknown soil until a few days ago – I noticed roots were growing out of the pot so I upsized to a 6” pot (in the photo). I noticed there are some brown spots on some of the leaves as well. I’m not sure if that’s from the light or from overwatering. It put out a little nub recently so I’m hoping it’ll put out some more leaves.
The soil is now miracle gro tropical. It’s on a 12hr LED grow light cycle. I live underground and get no natural light unfortunately. I water every 2-3 weeks now, but initially had been doing it maybe weekly.
I’m super new to plant keeping and I REALLY would appreciate any advice. I feel like I must be slowly killing it.
by fagrat69
2 Comments
Looks like it has had some fungal/pest issues. Can you provide another photo of that stem? Idk if it’s just me but that looks like a massive blurry mealy bug!
Also, that soil is too organic and dense & the pot is way too big for the single cutting. I would recommend repotting into a smaller pot with a chunkier well draining mix.
Another option is to just let it establish itself in water after cleaning the roots so you can at least monitor the health of the roots before it goes back into a potting medium since it seems more prone to issues as it is now
I don’t know if this is your issue, but I had a thrips infestation that was stopping mine from growing. It also resulted in brown spots on all my leaves. Before I realised what it was I took a cutting, water propagated it and put it in soil. It didn’t push out any leaves
I did a treatment for 5 weeks and my leaves are growing beautifully now, even on the prop. It’s actually growing faster than I anticipated too!
Might be worth doing a pest treatment 🙂
Also – I think pothos are happier being root bound than having lots of space so I don’t think sizing it up was what it needed – maybe wait until it’s happy enough to be producing leaves before sizing it up 🙂