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title: "HELP ! My neon pothos is sick and I think it’s scale what do you…"
description: "HELP ! My neon pothos is sick and I think it’s scale what do you think and how do you treat it… I really want to save my baby"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/46sbKsa-RgyFgv7yDz6N2w/IH356Ns1z63TZ67OXa63UQ"
community: "Planet Pothos"
author: "LeafyGreenhouse"
published: "2025-08-24T19:35:59.339215Z"
language: "en"
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# HELP ! My neon pothos is sick and I think it’s scale what do you…

_Posted by LeafyGreenhouse on 2025-08-24_

HELP !  
My neon pothos is sick and I think it’s scale what do you think and how do you treat it…  
I really want to save my baby

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## 5 comments

### Krissy commented on 2025-08-24

I dont know about scales. But pothos are pretty harder. Let her dry out. Try sprinkled cinnamon on the top soil, dont get the cinnamon on the leaves.

#### LeafyGreenhouse replied on 2025-08-25

Ok!

#### merp replied on 2025-08-25

What does the cinnamon do?

### Krissy commented on 2025-08-26

Helps with fungal gnats. Cinnamon is a natural defense against pest

### LeafyGreenhouse commented on 2025-08-26

It was not that lol it just needed water.. I think it was just sad lol

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