Hi plant friends! Wanted to share my pothos baby and try to figure out if something is wrong with her. I shared 3 pics of her in 2025 (1 from March, 2 from October, 3 from December). We never turn that AC unit on with her around and if we do we move her outside or to another room. We also shade her when the sun hits the window really hard.
We water her regularly with filtered water every 1-2 weeks and I used to spray a little miracle grow in every few months but have since stopped.
I’m wondering if she’s getting too heavy that we need to start supporting her weight? Is this just that time of the year? Or does she need to be repotted as I have not repotted her yet this year. Let me know if you have any suggestions! 🌞🌱✨
by DependentEuphoric708
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I’m just an amateur but I’m thinking it’s overwatered or root bound. Check the soil and the roots and you can cut it back if you want the leaves to come back from the base. As long as your stems are still green it shouldn’t be a problem to keep it alive. The bare stems will not grow new leaves unless you cut it back though.
to me that looks like it could be caused by either 2 things(or both).The first reason could be fertilizing. Ive noticed when I dont fertilize, my pothos start losing their bottom leaves, they are nutrient hogs and love fertilizer. I fertilize a full dose of superthrive foliage pro every watering for that reason. The second reason could be the fact that its trailing. Pothos are classically grown as trailers but their natural habits are that of climbers, they love support and they love to climb and sometimes they get picky when trailing and drop leaves due to them looking for something to climb but ive noticed this is more based off of individual conditions, so try a trellis or some support, and increase your fertilizer frequency and it will turn out alright
Hung too high!! Leaves have to serve a purpose (photosynthesis) for a plant to consider them worth keeping alive, so it will continue balding until you lower it to where it’s getting enough light on its ‘crown’ (where the plant meets the soil).
A good way to make sure it’s in a happy spot is to take it down, put your eyes level with where the top of the pot normally sits, and try to see the sky. If you can’t easily get a good view of a big section of blue, adjustment is needed.
I have several plants that are placed that high and even higher and none of mine have this issue.
Looks like a watering issue, over or under. Or possibly a root and/or pot size issue.
I recommend chopping her up and propagating.
Has the balding at the top been going on before it was even in this pot? I have many pothos plants and when I start losing leaves near the top, upsizing the pot always helps.
It needs a repot. It’s not the light/being hung too high. The pot is way too small for that size pothos.
I’ve had pothos hung like that for years with no issue.
They do, however, start to do this when they outgrow their pots.