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title: "Hey, i was wondering if anyone could help me with my pothos. I just…"
description: "Hey, i was wondering if anyone could help me with my pothos. I just bought from somebody on market place. i think it was heavily neglected, the leaves are tiny…"
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# Hey, i was wondering if anyone could help me with my pothos. I just…

_Posted by JamminAvocado on 2024-09-24_

Hey, i was wondering if anyone could help me with my pothos. I just bought from somebody on market place. i think it was heavily neglected, the leaves are tiny and shriveled. i change the soil and have been regularly watering and gave it fertilizer but it looks about the exact same two weeks later. Is it past a fixing point?

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## 8 comments

### eatyacarbs commented on 2024-09-24

oof! what did the roots look like when you repotted? this is telling me that the roots aren’t functioning

#### JamminAvocado replied on 2024-09-24

Only like half and inch to an inch long, they didn’t feel rotted to me

#### eatyacarbs replied on 2024-09-24

a plant this size should have a much more established root system. looks and sounds like rot 😕

#### JamminAvocado replied on 2024-09-24

🙁 okay, is it probably too late to fix then considering i don’t have any hard established root to fall back on if i trim the rotted?

#### eatyacarbs replied on 2024-09-24

you can try to chop and propagate!

#### JamminAvocado replied on 2024-09-24

alrighty, thank you for the help!

### Sunny commented on 2024-09-24

I agree with chopping and propagating to get a cutting with a healthy long root system.  
I recommend propagating in water a few weeks until the roots are 2 to 4 inches long. The longer the better for this plant. Fertilize with 50% diluted fertilizer when the roots appear. I add SuperThrive plant vitamins to the water. Place in bright indirect light.

Use a well draining soil with lots of perlite when you are ready to plant the cuttings. Start with a 4” wide pot. Place in bright indirect sunlight for 8 hours a day or under a grow light for 12 hours a day. Fertilize every 2 weeks with 50% diluted and SuperThrive. 🍀🪴

### honeybee 🌱 commented on 2024-09-25

Yes to all who have said Chop\&prop! You will get great results, pothos are super easy to do this with, I’m doing this right now for a plant that looked in similarly bad shape due to rot. Many of the leaves even bounfed back for me and look much healthier and I’m sure yours will too!

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