I mentioned this before in the sub, so I thought I’d share the pictures at the end. Each year to help introduce the scientific method I take three identical cuttings of my pothos, being sure they all have an equal number of leaves and nodes. One goes right in the southwest facing window, one goes in the corner and one goes in a closet. The one in the closet literally never saw any light for nine months other than when the kids peeked on it.
I’ve done this for four years now and it always works out like this, though this year’s sun plant is worse than usual lol.
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That’s so interesting! I wonder why the window one went so poorly? I thought light helps them grow
My photos is the only plant I can keep completely happy, just give them some water and whatever corner of your house you want, and they just take over the whole room if you let them. I feel like they grow a new leaf every other day
Can someone explain why the plant that saw no light for 9 months would still be alive and green? Shouldn’t it be dead or at least wilted without any light for such a long period of time.
that’s wild, i had no idea pothos could survive with no light like that lol, kinda makes me wanna try it out myself… do you notice any difference in growth tho?
What this demonstrates is the importance of sample size in a scientific inquiry.
Interesting! I have a pothos in a pot by the window that always looks miserable. I assume I don’t water it enough.
I cut it back one day and put the cuttings in my aquarium. It gets a little sun very late in the day, but it otherwise shaded but in a brightly lit room. If that makes sense. But it’s huge and bushy. It’s also hydroponic by now.
Maybe I’ll move the potted one and see if it does any better.
Did you open the window at any point? Wondering if temperature variation might have had something to do with it. 🤔
Im bummed your profile is private, I wanted to see if you posted your other experiments 🙂
I think SW is just too harsh for pothos. My lavender loves it but pothos aren’t really built for that direct light
How interesting! Thank you for sharing! I am surprised by the crispy one! but now we can truly know that Pothos can survive the apocalypse.
does your window have a draft?
https://preview.redd.it/l7otozd2xi0h1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0bf58c4c6531358dc40f79c1768cf7055ffc6981
One more: in the wild!
Where’s the before picture? As far as we know these these looked like this from the start.
Very cool. Reminds me of a middle school science fair project my son did to investigate whether there was a difference growing seedlings using potable vs grey water. Not much, it turned out.
I can see this being true for cuttings but long term, the one in the closet won’t thrive. And the root system is weak on that one, versus the full sun one. I keep cuttings under a dim grow light but once in dirt, they go to a window and grow like crazy. I do enjoy a good experiment though! Thanks for sharing.
so cool. just another reason why pothos is next on my list of plants i can keep in my house and not kill right away 😈