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title: "Help! The oldest leaves on my Pothos are turning yellow and falling…"
description: "Help! The oldest leaves on my Pothos are turning yellow and falling off at an alarming rate. This hasn't happened before, it's been doing well for a while.…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/ZyFmyyorAwsoS7RVVc0rMR"
community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "sorrel"
published: "2025-05-07T15:16:49.548223Z"
language: "en"
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# Help! The oldest leaves on my Pothos are turning yellow and falling…

_Posted by sorrel on 2025-05-07_

Help! The oldest leaves on my Pothos are turning yellow and falling off at an alarming rate. This hasn't happened before, it's been doing well for a while. Does anyone know what might be going wrong? Not enough light? too much light? Too much water? Not enough water? Should I repot? I would appreciate advice, I don't want it to die and it's losing leaves faster than it grows them :(

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## 3 comments

### Tabi :) commented on 2025-05-07

This happened to mine and I wasn’t sure where the issue was coming from . I resorted to cleaning the leaves thoroughly and giving the plant a good repot and watering . I let it fully dry out in between now . It’s been happy since then , so maybe that could work. hope this helps!

### Jacob :) commented on 2025-05-07

I know that every response on this app is “overwatering” but this happened to mine when I overwatered it, the drainage clogged. I agree with the first comment, repot and all that. Sometimes it just good to go over everything when something like this happens. Good luck!

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2025-05-07

If its just the oldest leaves. Pop it out of the pot and check it's not rootbound

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