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title: "Hi there. My mom gave me a cutting of her pothos plant that I had…"
description: "Hi there. My mom gave me a cutting of her pothos plant that I had been growing in water for a few weeks. I finally potted it last week and within a few days,…"
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# Hi there. My mom gave me a cutting of her pothos plant that I had…

_Sarah님이 2024-05-30에 게시함_

Hi there. My mom gave me a cutting of her pothos plant that I had been growing in water for a few weeks. I finally potted it last week and within a few days, some of the leaves started to yellow. I panicked and put it back in just water. Pls help!

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/PML-dH9kBe_aKNR3EafOAURSWJf7MGg4-Pgu3qiNF9Q/t9_MJGslRPa_frQAYHfBPA.webp?size=large)

## 6개의 댓글

### Soup님이 2024-05-30에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Roots look all rotted, if mushy cut them all off, what likely happened was that there wasn’t enough oxygen in the soil, leading to root rot/roots weren’t acclimated to soil got shocked and died.

When moving to soil, make sure you keep it more wet than usual, as the roots in the water are different to soil roots, by keeping it more wet it allows them to acclimate.

### Riley님이 2024-05-30에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Those roots actually look fine to me. They can turn darker as they get older. But you should feel them and cut off any mushy ones. My guess is that the yellow leaves are from the transplant shock.

### Lynda님이 2024-05-30에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Also, I’ve heard, but not practiced it myself, that you can add soil to the water in increasing amounts to help your plant adjust slowly to less oxygen and more soil. Good luck! 😊💚🪴

### Sarah님이 2024-05-30에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Super helpful. Thank you all! Would you recommend cutting off the yellow leaves?

### GreenLeaf님이 2024-05-30에 댓글을 남겼어요.

You also have the option to leave it in water permanently! You just have to add a very diluted fertilizer once it has a good root system (like yours does!).

Water roots often go brown, but as others have said, if they are mushy/squishy then cut them off. If they are brown but still hard and feel healthy then they are totally fine.

### Crystal님이 2024-05-31에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I would repot in soil and cut off all the yellow leaves and make sure the roots are not mushy and if they are cut them off, but it’ll be fine and so I just transplant 8 pothos from water to soil and yes, some leaves died. I just cut them off and they’ll grow new ones.

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