--- 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=ko" 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" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Pests, diseases and problems](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?language=ko) # hi, i’ve been having such a hard time growing my pothos and my… _Rachel님이 2024-06-27에 게시함_ 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? ![2개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/OKILTQWU3lveMRxiA2NZyXMWdXQQUD0TtqkaNvvTxuA/G_tg5PqeSB-NQh5ygvbUFQ.webp?size=large) ![2개 중 2번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/OKILTQWU3lveMRxiA2NZyXMWdXQQUD0TtqkaNvvTxuA/dW7JII5FRBmcdCbXl80w6g.webp?size=large) ## 7개의 댓글 ### eatyacarbs님이 2024-06-27에 댓글을 남겼어요. 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 😂 #### Rachel님이 2024-06-27에 답변했습니다. 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 😭😭 #### Teddy님이 2024-06-27에 답변했습니다. 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 #### eatyacarbs님이 2024-06-27에 답변했습니다. 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!! #### Rachel님이 2024-06-27에 답변했습니다. 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? #### Teddy님이 2024-07-01에 답변했습니다. 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\_nodes님이 2024-06-27에 댓글을 남겼어요. 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 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_