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title: "Will one cutting make a bushy pothos plants later?"
description: "Will one cutting make a bushy pothos plants later?"
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author: "Kore"
published: "2023-06-21T19:34:04.211Z"
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# Will one cutting make a bushy pothos plants later?

_Posted by Kore on 2023-06-21_

Will one cutting make a bushy pothos plants later?

## 6 comments

### Danika commented on 2023-06-21

Nope. You need a whole pot full of individual cuttings.  
You can however, take one long trailing vine that has like 12 leaves on it, and cut it up into 12 parts (one leaf with one node/stem part for each cutting), propagate all of those, then when they all have roots, put them all in a pot… THAT will give you a full bushy plant down the road.

### Jay commented on 2023-06-21

It will take along time but yes it will. It will grow and rest on the ground and the resting spot will root. And as you cut it after growth it will multiply. It would take a very long time but it would be possible

### Jay commented on 2023-06-21

And I always leave 2 leaves on my cuttings and usually cut 2 leaves off for the nodes. Soak in water till the node busts open and put in the soil. You can bush out 6 cuttings in a yr starting in spring

### Sarah commented on 2023-06-22

I think mine has 7+ plants to get this look. I can’t remember, but they like to be root bound so more is more!!

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#### Grandma Rhonda replied on 2023-06-28

They like to be root bound?? I have 3 all off which have roots coming out the drain holes. I was planning to repot in larger pots. Should I repot or leave them? Can they be split?

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#### wolo replied on 2023-06-30

i would check your roots and readjust the ones sticking out of the drain holes. they can be split if you untangle the roots as best as you can! if you dont wanna split it and just want to repot in a larger pot thats fine too! but your plant will use most of its energy filling the pot with roots rather than giving u new leaves. hope this helps!

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