--- title: "hi, i’ve been having such a hard time growing my pothos and my…" description: "hi, i’ve been having such a hard time growing my pothos and my monstera. i got the monstera (monstera adonsii) as a propagation last april and she thrived in…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/Q-i3Q8z3Q5-5N5R9RBlmMQ?language=ja" community: "Pests, diseases and problems" author: "Rachel" published: "2024-06-27T01:35:30.910754Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/OKILTQWU3lveMRxiA2NZyXMWdXQQUD0TtqkaNvvTxuA/G_tg5PqeSB-NQh5ygvbUFQ.webp?size=large" --- [コミュニティ](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ja) / [Pests, diseases and problems](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?language=ja) # hi, i’ve been having such a hard time growing my pothos and my… _Rachelさんが2024-06-27に投稿しました_ hi, i’ve been having such a hard time growing my pothos and my monstera. i got the monstera (monstera adonsii) as a propagation last april and she thrived in water. i tried to pot her last summer and she got infested with fungus gnats. so back into water she went for the winter. i tried potting her again a couple weeks ago and her soil and the pothos got infested with soil mites, which i found out that they’re not bad but there were soooo many that it was a problem. my pothos lost all of his leaves except for one single baby leaf. i started a insecticide treatment and i left both of them outside yesterday afternoon and when i came back to check on them after a couple hours, the monstera was halfway out of her pot and her leaves ripped off. i pulled them both out of the soil and found that the pothos had severe root rot. i cut off the roots and now they’re both back in water. i’m literally about to give up, i’m trying to branch out and grow things that aren’t succulents but these two are giving me so much trouble. please help, will they survive? ![2件中1件目の添付ファイル](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/OKILTQWU3lveMRxiA2NZyXMWdXQQUD0TtqkaNvvTxuA/G_tg5PqeSB-NQh5ygvbUFQ.webp?size=large) ![2件中2件目の添付ファイル](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/OKILTQWU3lveMRxiA2NZyXMWdXQQUD0TtqkaNvvTxuA/dW7JII5FRBmcdCbXl80w6g.webp?size=large) ## 7件のコメント ### eatyacarbsさんが2024-06-27にコメントしました wow…what a journey! but you’ve got nodes, so they should both be able to start over. i’d get a fresh bag of soil though 😂 #### Rachelさんが2024-06-27に返信しました they both had two different types of soil, pothos had regular indoor soil and monstera had tropical soil. either one of them was infested and got the other or both were infested idk 😭 but i can’t keep buying bags of soil they’re so expensive 😭😭 #### Teddyさんが2024-06-27に返信しました Do you have insecticidal granules? I liberally pour the granules into my soil mix and then will still top off a plant when I repot it and thankfully none of my plants have gone into shock or had pests #### eatyacarbsさんが2024-06-27に返信しました I recommend springing for one big bag of fox farm ocean forest \& a big plastic tote with a lid to store it. Perlite and/or a bag of fir bark won’t cost you much and you can supplement for extra drainage \& aeration — good luck!! #### Rachelさんが2024-06-27に返信しました hmmm no i used a insecticide from earl may, it’s all natural apparently but still not safe around ppl and pets which is why i took the plants outside to spray them down. i’ll look into insecticide granules tho, is there a specific brand that you recommend? #### Teddyさんが2024-07-01に返信しました Bonnide. I also use arbor products, they’re safe \& organic! I have a cat and foster so I only use stuff that’s super safe. Check out bonnide captain jacks brew too, I spray my plants with it often ### send\_nodesさんが2024-06-27にコメントしました Yes they’ll grow back eventually! Just an fyi for the future, mosquito bits will get rid of fungus gnats. Almost everyone with houseplants gets fungus gnats at some point --- _Plantaコミュニティ (https://getplanta.com)。閲覧はどなたでも可能です。投稿、コメント、いいねをするには、Plantaアプリをダウンロードしてください: https://getplanta.com/download_