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title: "My pothos leaves are flimsy turning yellow from leaf to stem, falling…"
description: "My pothos leaves are flimsy turning yellow from leaf to stem, falling off even some green ones. She’s lost a lot! Soil is good, just fertilized her yesterday.…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/46sbKsa-RgyFgv7yDz6N2w/DjGkXuapQmCPWwhz30u4PA"
community: "Planet Pothos"
author: "Stephanie Pincheira"
published: "2024-03-06T13:01:07.429967Z"
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# My pothos leaves are flimsy turning yellow from leaf to stem, falling…

_Posted by Stephanie Pincheira on 2024-03-06_

My pothos leaves are flimsy turning yellow from leaf to stem, falling off even some green ones. She’s lost a lot! Soil is good, just fertilized her yesterday. She seemed to like her spot since I’ve got her (2/14) next to an east facing window (part sun/part shade), I repotted her last week. Help me save her!

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## 10 comments

### Tom commented on 2024-03-06

I also have this issue, unsure of how to fix it so far :(

#### Stephanie Pincheira replied on 2024-03-06

I went off this apps recommendation because it has some yellow tips and ever since it just keeps getting worse.

#### Tom replied on 2024-03-06

Yeah… I’ve found that the plant doctor isn’t very helpful :/

### MGGreenthumb20 commented on 2024-03-06

They will lose their older leaves sometimes but my Jade was doing this and I found she had mealies. I treated and she’s fine now. Check in all the crevices just to make sure. They hide 🙈

#### MGGreenthumb20 replied on 2024-03-06

I just thought it was an old leaf and my husband spotted them in the stem 😳

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#### Stephanie Pincheira replied on 2024-03-06

I have been looking for any kind of pests, but will definitely take a closer look. How do I treat?

#### MGGreenthumb20 replied on 2024-03-06

I sprayed her off and soaked mine down in Dead AF spray (I get from my local plant store) or you can use neem oil. Then I watered with 3 parts water: 1 part peroxide.

#### Stephanie Pincheira replied on 2024-03-06

Okay I have some neem oil. Still no pests that I can see

### MamaBear13 commented on 2024-03-06

Mines been great for the 3 years I’ve had it, but when I started following this app for watering a few weeks ago it started getting yellow leaves. I used to water it once a week but wouldn’t run it out the bottom. So now I don’t know if I’m overwatering when it’s running out the bottom or if it’s not getting enough water now because planta says longer than a week. So I’m going back to the way i was doing it before 🤷🏼‍♀️

#### MGGreenthumb20 replied on 2024-03-06

I always water mine until it runs out the bottom. If you don’t the roots that are on the bottom aren’t going to get any water. But I pretty much let my Pothos dry out before I water. usually every two weeks is my schedule.

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