Pothos (Epipremnum aureum) would probably rank among the simplest houseplants if you polled gardeners to choose their favorites. This foliage plant, which grows as a climbing vine in the wild, often hangs from its pot in living rooms, where it tolerates and even benefits from neglect.
Considering repotting your pothos? Repotting pothos is a very optional and simple maintenance operation.
Meet the World’s Easiest Houseplant
Pothos is known by several popular names, such as golden pothos and devil’s ivy, yet no one ever refers to it as a fickle houseplant. It originated on Moorea, a French Polynesian island, and has since spread to a number of other tropical and subtropical forested areas in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and also the Pacific islands.
Pothos is a leafy plant that produces enormous, attractive heart-shaped leaves with white, yellow, or lighter green variegation. It may reach 70 feet (23 meters) as a long, green vine in the tropics, but it seldom grows taller than 30 feet (10 meters) indoors. It may be cultivated as a houseplant that climbs or cascades.
Caring for a Pothos
Pothos thrives best on soil that drains properly and indirect sunlight. While the soil does benefit from the occasional watering, this plant prefers good soil drying between hydration. Additionally, this prevents root rot. If you want to, you can fertilize your pothos more often than once every three months, although, to be honest, the plant will probably survive just well without it.
Consider repotting. Repot once more if you like. Regarding time, there are several viewpoints. When should pothos be repotted? While some experts advise doing this each year, others remind gardeners that a pothos with its roots tied is a happy pothos.
How to Repot a Pothos
If pothos’ roots emerge from the drainage holes, the plant’s leaves are becoming little, or you desire a bigger plant, you may want to repot it. In smaller containers, most plants maintain their tiny size while enabling their roots to expand as much as possible. If any of them apply to you, take action in the last weeks of winter to relocate the plant in time for spring.
Ensure the drain holes are on the bottom of the pot and not the edges when choosing a container with enough. A few inches should separate the new pothos pot from the old one. Gently remove the pothos from their present container by tipping the container. Cut out any roots that are circling as well as those that are dead or rotten.
Without damaging the root ball, replace as much soil as you can. Spending less on soil is advisable since pothos may grow in common, well-draining potting soil. Keep the plant’s root ball’s top level where it was in the previous container. Extra dirt should be tucked under the root ball’s margins before being gently compacted.