r/pothos

Picture of my Pothos varieties (some of them).

Location - Gurgaon

I just got this (I thought the pot was kinda cool) but didn’t realize it was so moist and its roots weren’t looking so hot. I know I gotta get him some drainage. But should I just move it to a bigger pot with drainage and add some soil? Or do I need to do something with the roots first? Thanks, I’m new to this

I bought 2 pothos plants in December. Same seller, plant, soil. One is thriving and the other is just… meh. Not dying basically. I water both of them every 2-3 weeks or when I remember to. They get plenty of light. The one refusing to do anything had one stem broken so I cut it and put in water and now is somewhat happy in soil. I’m not sure what to do about it since I treat both plants the exactly same way and they get exactly same amount of light (I even switched the spots between themselves and it did nothing). I fertilised it twice at 4 weeks intervals. The leaves that seem like they’re by themselves in the soil are actually connected to the stems.

Picture 1,2,3 -> problematic pothos

Picture 4,5 -> thriving pothos

Picture 6 -> child of problematic pothos. Spent December and January in water. Put it in soil in March

Second Photo:

1. Baltic
2. Neon Queen
3. N’joy
4. Variegated Silver Sword
5. Albo
6. Neon
7. Champs Élysées
8. Marble Queen (assorted)
9. Golden (assorted)
10. Assorted (low variegation, maybe global green, manjula, or glacier)
11. Marble/snow queen
12. Pearls and Jade
13. Cebu blue (recovering from cold)
14. Golden cuttings
15. Golden (recovering from cold)
16. A sickly Manjula

I would love if others could make some recommendations of some I should keep an eye out for. I am so in love with my neon queen and marble queens. Please feel free to post your own pothosdex photos here I want to see!

I just bought a golden pothos and I love it! I don’t know why I didn’t do this sooner. This is my first plant ever. I want another one already! Haha. Any tips on care would be appreciated! I’ll be scrolling this sub to learn as much as I can from your experiences with pothos. Thanks :)

i just wanted to post and say i’m so proud of this baby propagation it’s grown 2 baby leaves & has one more coming.

the cutting came from a neon pothos and this just sits on my windowsill!

Tag says assorted. I thought Marble Queen, and Google image agrees. Only had a few damaged leaves and no stinky pot. Even the cashier seemed confused about the markdown.

Planted pothos on a fish tank with some Philodendron sp. 'Papua New Guinea' (or know as "Yamasakikazura").

Oldest leaves don't have any problems but 2-3 of it got some yellow spots suddenly one day, luckily it doesn't get bigger and spread? to the others.

Feeding guppy and corydoras once per day. Is this a sign of lacking of NPK or trace elements? Root issue? Spray too much?

Really appreciate any help 🙏

I recently plucked this Pothos cutting from my siblings plant to try and propogate my own (They let me pluck it i didnt take it). It has multiple nodes and leaves and one of the nodes is under the water (I used regular drinking water). Should I change something or just let it be and see what happens? Also, when should I know when to pot it into soil?

I’m pretty sure this is a golden and Home Depot is neglecting her so bad. After all the hard work she put into growing like that 😭

Is this pot too big for this amount of pothos?

Does my pothos have thrips?? I read a post about thrips and it kind of describes mine (browning on leaves & slow growing).

I thought maybe the plant isn’t growing slow & I’m just impatient. & maybe the leaves were brown from sun burn? But now I’m paranoid.

Please excuse the leaves that my cat snacks on. 😵‍💫

I inherited two golden pothos a few years ago and I decided to refresh their soil about a month ago. They seemed to be happy in their original soil/pots but the soil had started compacting and pulling away from the sides (and I was feeling adventurous). Admittedly I used potting soil I had purchased a number of years ago, but I added some fertilizer pellets and put them back in their original pots (concrete pots).

Since the soil refresh they seem rather perturbed - their leaves keep dying and there is a grey cast to the top of the soil (see photos). Did I just use bad soil? I did plant them a little more spread out to hope they would fill in the pots a little better and I’m heating pothos might prefer to be more root bound/closer together.

Any help would be appreciated! I’m a plant novice with a historic black thumb but have fallen in love with the greenery and joy they bring to my house and want them to make it!

Hi!! I come seeking help for my treasured (and very sick) pothos.

This plant was originally my boyfriend’s that was grown in a small pot with no drainage hole. It’s always looked sickly, so I asked my certified Master Gardener friend for advice. She told me to repot him and cut him to give him a chance. This was in early September 2025. I put pictures of what it looked like before repotting. When I took it out of its pot, we discovered some kind of previous bug infestation. They were kind of white roll-poly looking bugs. They clearly were the culprit of making the plant to sick.

So now I’ve been stressing tirelessly about how to bring my poor plant back. Pictures below are from now. A few weeks ago I replaced the soil to indoor potting mix and it responded well, he kind shot off a little. But now it hasn’t really budged. I thought the roots looked pretty good for what they were.

I’ve been trying sooo hard to not overwater. He lives under a grow light about 3-4 days a week for 8 hours. Rest spent in an indirectly lit window.

So I am here to see how I can help him take off and thrive. I’m so emotionally attached, so I really don’t want to give up on him 😭😭

Any advice is SOO appreciated 🙌🏼

I was wondering if anyone could identify my two pothos, one has been with me for 3 years (we had to remove its longest stem which was about 2-3 metres in length) but I wanted to know any tips, up until now I was just watering but I would like to start doing a little more for them especially since I got a lovely new one also. Thank you any tips appreciated!!

New to this but want them to be happy.

Advice appreciated :)

Thank you

Leaves are turning yellow instead of the usual green + variegation. It’s growing in water and it sits on a shelf near my balcony with morning light.

Is this too much light, nutrient related or just normal for this type?