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title: "I had this golden pothos cutting in a little cup with water for like…"
description: "I had this golden pothos cutting in a little cup with water for like 6 months and it grew 3 more leaves and some roots and I put it in a pot with soil…"
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community: "Planet Pothos"
author: "Anna"
published: "2025-03-23T12:43:28.721183Z"
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# I had this golden pothos cutting in a little cup with water for like…

_Posted by Anna on 2025-03-23_

I had this golden pothos cutting in a little cup with water for like 6 months and it grew 3 more leaves and some roots and I put it in a pot with soil yesterday is there anything I can do to make sure it stays alive because last time I put a cutting from water in soil it died

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## 4 comments

### Sarah commented on 2025-03-23

Lots of light, don’t overwater it and mist it every 3 days or so.

#### Anna replied on 2025-03-23

Will do thank you i have it right on my windowsill to get the most light

### Jules commented on 2025-03-23

I looked into this once because I had the same issue! Any plant you take out of water to put in soil, doesn't like the initial shock of being more dry so you basically need to overwater her and slowly wean her off to a normal watering schedule. Hope this helps!

#### Anna replied on 2025-03-23

Alright thank you, when I put it in yesterday I completely soaked the soil when I put it because I that that suspicion but I wasn’t sure

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