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title: "Hey guys. I am new to pothos but I promise you she is happy and…"
description: "Hey guys. I am new to pothos but I promise you she is happy and thriving! I need to repot her but any recommendation on anything will be great! Before is when…"
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community: "Planet Pothos"
author: "Nina’s Garden"
published: "2025-05-07T03:52:01.642703Z"
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# Hey guys. I am new to pothos but I promise you she is happy and…

_Posted by Nina’s Garden on 2025-05-07_

Hey guys. I am new to pothos but I promise you she is happy and thriving! I need to repot her but any recommendation on anything will be great!  
Before is when I first got her  
After is right now I use a grow light

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## 10 comments

### PNWPlantJourney commented on 2025-05-07

Personally , I use an aroid mix for my pothos.

30% Bark  
15% Coir  
15% Perlite  
15 % Pumice  
12.5% Charcoal  
12.5% Worm Castings

If yo want larger leaves, you’ll want to grow vertically on a trellis, plank , or pole. They are so easy to grow and propagate. So I have some grown vertically and some cascading.

#### Nina’s Garden replied on 2025-05-07

I have this I could mix into it

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#### PNWPlantJourney replied on 2025-05-07

I believe you can but note that it’s going to dry out super fast. That means you will be doing a lot watering. If you don’t want to water as often, look for something with more moisture retention. Other alternatives that I’d recommend are : grow in water with no soil (you could use something like clay pebbles to partially fill the container) or 3 part potting mix to 1 part perlite.

### Tam commented on 2025-05-07

Super easy to care for and they’re pretty happy to be neglected. I would just say make sure the top of the soil is dry before watering and yep they like being in a chunky mix like the other commenter said :)

#### Nina’s Garden replied on 2025-05-07

Ok. Thank you

### Katherine commented on 2025-05-07

Choose your next pot size based on the size of the root ball and not the leaves

#### Nina’s Garden replied on 2025-05-07

Oh interesting! Ok thank you

### Yolanda commented on 2025-05-07

Your doing a good job super pretty. Just don’t choose a pot too big.. only go up 2 inches in diameter of the root ball..

#### Nina’s Garden replied on 2025-05-07

Thank you. I will get one today

### LadyTenorJD commented on 2025-05-13

It's beautiful!

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