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title: "Please help me diagnose my Golden Pothos. Was doing great for so…"
description: "Please help me diagnose my Golden Pothos. Was doing great for so long, now the leaves yellow, wither, and fall off. Vines are long, with under 10 leaves. I…"
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author: "Lisa K"
published: "2026-01-07T19:41:06.145391Z"
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# Please help me diagnose my Golden Pothos. Was doing great for so…

_Posted by Lisa K on 2026-01-07_

Please help me diagnose my Golden Pothos. Was doing great for so long, now the leaves yellow, wither, and fall off. Vines are long, with under 10 leaves. I follow Plantas watering schedule, and I’ve noticed it take a while for plant to drain. Help!

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## 11 comments

### Batesy Greenery commented on 2026-01-07

What soil are you using? Looks quite dark and compact is it a pre made mix?

#### Lisa K replied on 2026-01-07

Standard potting soil. Just watered it so looks dark

### brittrb commented on 2026-01-07

If it were my plant I’d chop and propagate

#### Lisa K replied on 2026-01-07

I think this is what I will do.

### Auxsman commented on 2026-01-07

Overwatered for sure! Let it dry completely (about 1 and a half weeks) and stick to misting for a bit to see how much water is preferred by the plant!

#### Batesy Greenery replied on 2026-01-07

Yea I don’t think you’ve got enough drainage

#### Batesy Greenery replied on 2026-01-07

I am however exceptionally new to this but getting right involved

#### Lisa K replied on 2026-01-07

So I’ve let it dry out completely quite a few times, even skipping waters. I’m thinking it doesn’t have enough drainage!

#### Batesy Greenery replied on 2026-01-07

If you’re using just top soil, this compacts quite a lot, which makes drainage hard also in a terracotta pot, as said before you might want to prop it. Get some clear well drained pots. Even some clay balls or something to keep air in the soil

### Auxsman commented on 2026-01-07

They love Airoid soil mix also!

### Needs advice commented on 2026-01-10

So this exact thing happened to my plant as well. This is what I did. I took it out of the original soil washed and clean the roots. Got a little bit of a bigger pot because it seemed crowded. Then I put new soil and fertilizer and let the plant relax I water when needed and it is now just starting to come back. It looks great. Good luck to you.  
One more thing, my plant was hanging in a window. So I cleaned all around the window. There were a few spiderwebs just to make sure that it had a nice and clean place.

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