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title: "I want to repot my golden Pothos, but I don’t know how big of a pot I…"
description: "I want to repot my golden Pothos, but I don’t know how big of a pot I should get it does size for a pot matter? Or can I use this pot"
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# I want to repot my golden Pothos, but I don’t know how big of a pot I…

_Posted by William on 2025-07-15_

I want to repot my golden Pothos, but I don’t know how big of a pot I should get it does size for a pot matter? Or can I use this pot

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## 7 comments

### Gaileen Joy commented on 2025-07-15

Depends on the size of your plant. If you take a moment to click on the little magnifying glass at the upper right, you can do a search for “what size pot do I need?” Or “repotting a pothos, what size pot should I use?”

That will take you to several suggestions. You can look through and find what you need to know.

#### William replied on 2025-07-15

Thanks so much!

### Gaileen Joy commented on 2025-07-15

But just for future reference, it it’s usually recommended to use a pot that is an inch or two larger than the root ball.  
If you get too large a pot, the plant isn’t able to absorb the water quickly enough, so it will get root rot. Too small a pot, and the plant will get root bound and stunted and it will dry out too quickly.

#### William replied on 2025-07-15

Got it so just big enough for the roots to touch the bottom of the pot?

#### Gaileen Joy replied on 2025-07-15

LOL! That’s a tough one. You could have the roots touching the bottom of the pot, but the top of the plant wouldn’t be above the rim of the pot. So that’s a bit misleading.  
In my opinion, I usually put some dirt/growing medium in the bottom of the pot, kinda nestle the roots on that soil, then adjust the level of it until it’s where I think it should go. Then I back fill, tap the pot a bit, add more soil, tap,etc. little by little until it looks like where it should be. Hard to describe in a text, but hopefully you’ll know what I mean. You can always do a google search or YouTube search on how to repot a plant. Lots of videos out there.

### Yolanda commented on 2025-07-15

You only go up 2 inches of the root ball. So if it’s in a 4 inch pot now do not go any bigger than a 6 inch pot.

### Amy commented on 2025-07-15

I would say keep it in a 4” pot if the root ball is 2”. When the roots grow into a 3” root ball, go to 5” pot. When roots grow to 4” root ball, go to 6” pot, etc. At least, that’s what I do. I learned the hard way that mine are more forgiving being in a smaller pot than they are swimming in too big of one. Hope that’s helpful.

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