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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.…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "sorrel"
published: "2025-05-07T15:16:49.548223Z"
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# Help! The oldest leaves on my Pothos are turning yellow and falling…

_Publié par sorrel le 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 commentaires

### Tabi :) a commenté le 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 :) a commenté le 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 🐺 a commenté le 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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