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title: "I’m new to plants, been trying my best with this pothos cutting I got…"
description: "I’m new to plants, been trying my best with this pothos cutting I got on February 19th. I’ve been trying my best, cleaning out the water often, giving it lots…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Cait"
published: "2025-04-25T17:59:42.121055Z"
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# I’m new to plants, been trying my best with this pothos cutting I got…

_Posted by Cait on 2025-04-25_

I’m new to plants, been trying my best with this pothos cutting I got on February 19th.  
I’ve been trying my best, cleaning out the water often, giving it lots of sunlight and just curious if this progress is normal considering it’s been 2 months.

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## 6 comments

### Sunny commented on 2025-04-25

It’s a little slow, but, it looks healthy . It could need more light and fertilizer in the water. I also add SuperThrive plant vitamins. You can plant it when the roots reach 2 inches. I add rooting hormone powder to the pot. 🪴🍀

#### Cait replied on 2025-04-28

Read up on a lot of the reviews and decided to order SuperThrive, hoping to have some good success with it!

#### Sunny replied on 2025-04-28

They make several kinds of plant products. I’ve only used the plant vitamins. I can’t vouch for the rest.

### fuey commented on 2025-04-26

Honestly I’ve had my cuttings growing for 2 months in the same water with VERY diluted fertilizer and they haven’t complained.  
I won’t promote doing what I do, but it’s what is working for me atm.

### Bb commented on 2025-04-26

Hi there, this isn’t a pothos but looks more like a philodendron Brasil :) I have a few of these and they are much slower growers compared to pothos.

One thing that I find can help is to place the glass inside something that isn’t see-through. When the roots aren’t exposed to light they tend to grow better. Best of luck with your baby! 🌿🌿🌿

#### Cait replied on 2025-04-28

Hi, you are right it’s not a pothos but I keep calling it that by mistake as that is what my cousin thought it was… glad to know why it’s not growing as fast as I thought it was supposed to.  
Thank you for the advice, I’ll give it a shot!

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