First time Pothos owner here. I wanted to try growing plants in my bathroom since it is very humid and has direct sunlight. After researching, Pothos seems to be a good plant to start with for a beginner. It arrived today and I was probably dumb for ordering one on Amazon, but regardless it's here and I want to do my best to save it. I hung it up for tonight and tomorrow I will do everything I can to help it in the morning.
What advice do you guys have? It seems quite moist still but the leaves are dark and many are wilted. I should transfer it out of the pot it came in right (the orange one)? Should I buy extra soil to add to it when I repot it? Is it ok to use this self-watering hanger (the green one, it has a little string to transfer water)? The bathroom has a window so it will receive direct sunlight. I'm just not sure if there's anything else I should do for right now?
I'm very sorry if this post is annoying to veteran plant owners. I can tell I've already made a mistake by ordering from Amazon but what's done is done, so thank you in advance for your help and thank you for reading this post!
by SuperSira
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Prune off the dead looking leaves and check the soil. If it is wet take it out and let it dry out. If it’s dry bottom water it. Meaning set it in a bowl of water and let the plant take in as much water as it wants.
Unfortunately it looks like some leaves got damaged from the cold during transit/delivery. Those leaves will die and come off, or you can trim them off. There’s some green but so I think the main plant will be okay.
Whatever pot you have it in, just make sure there are drainage holes at the bottom. The water absolutely must be able to escape the bottom, that is super important.
I’d recommend not repotting yet as it’s already stressed out, just let it acclimate first for a few weeks.
If it’s really wet, let it dry out before you give it more water. At least 10 days, up to 2 weeks. They really like to dry out between having drinks.
Does it have a string coming out of the bottom of the growpot? I promise I’m asking this for a reason