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title: "Please help me my Pothos has been dying. It started with burnt…"
description: "Please help me my Pothos has been dying. It started with burnt looking leaves."
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author: "Victoria"
published: "2024-11-01T00:19:20.857759Z"
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# Please help me my Pothos has been dying. It started with burnt…

_Postat av Victoria den 2024-11-01_

Please help me my Pothos has been dying. It started with burnt looking leaves.

![Bilaga 1 av 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/X7iFcQObQNRZopX0e4kn4YiOkDhHzAnMkWiShj8zaW0/WWjGlnt9TIuXO46j96CKww.webp?size=large)

## 19 kommentarer

### Holly kommenterade den 2024-11-01

Hi! Can you please take a closer picture of the leaves, and describe your watering habits, the sunlight it gets, etc.?

#### Victoria svarade den 2024-11-01

Gets great sunlight, I water on a week and a half schedule in the summer. First my leaves were turning black like they were burnt. These plants have been in the same place thriving for 2 years. This photos was taken 4 months ago. They’re dead and dying. I’m devastated

![Bilaga 1 av 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/X7iFcQObQNRZopX0e4kn4YiOkDhHzAnMkWiShj8zaW0/YAnt0g23QkalYq56XHYblw.webp?size=large)

#### Holly svarade den 2024-11-01

Ohh this is beautiful!

#### Holly svarade den 2024-11-01

Don’t give up yet! There’s still a lot of healthy leaves in your recent picture! What does “great sunlight” mean? Direct or indirect, and which way do the windows face? I’d also recommend not watering on a strict schedule but instead watering only when the top inch or two of soil feels dry. I know you must feel so frustrated after not having issues all this time. What is your fertilizing routine like? When is the last time you repotted?

#### Victoria svarade den 2024-11-01

It’s the white stuff in the leaves. Do you know what that is?

#### Victoria svarade den 2024-11-01

I think it’s some type of infestation.

### Victoria kommenterade den 2024-11-01

![Bilaga 1 av 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/X7iFcQObQNRZopX0e4kn4YiOkDhHzAnMkWiShj8zaW0/zDM_2v-1Q7qBBCelgij9hg.webp?size=large)

#### Holly svarade den 2024-11-01

What is this picture? Are you able to take another one with the leaf in focus?

#### Victoria svarade den 2024-11-01

I’ll do it now

#### Victoria svarade den 2024-11-01

![Bilaga 1 av 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/X7iFcQObQNRZopX0e4kn4YiOkDhHzAnMkWiShj8zaW0/TGHRauA8Qh2RJoDFWTTM4g.webp?size=large)

### Victoria kommenterade den 2024-11-01

![Bilaga 1 av 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/X7iFcQObQNRZopX0e4kn4YiOkDhHzAnMkWiShj8zaW0/AcrurO1uS-W_4LKKDXRNbA.webp?size=large)

#### Holly svarade den 2024-11-01

It’s still hard to tell in the photo… but does it look like this?

![Bilaga 1 av 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/OvGfsYNzvPKSvzjmB07-XFKohuEITYZbx-ZONFbCQ1c/BzLOk8JpSKm8cgxNfp8JhA.webp?size=large)

#### Holly svarade den 2024-11-01

I fear this may be mealy bugs. That would explain the quick shift in your plant’s health. I’m no expert on dealing with them - I have no experience - but hopefully someone else on here is, or you can find some info on the internet!

#### Victoria svarade den 2024-11-01

Yes

#### Victoria svarade den 2024-11-01

Thank you

### Alyssa kommenterade den 2024-11-01

Mealy bugs most definitely! This is gonna take some time as it is a super large plant, you’ve got to use isopropyl alcohol and take off all of the white bits you see. Then spray with diluted neem oil, I would say wash down your whole plant but that might be too much of an undertaking

### Sunny kommenterade den 2024-11-01

Beautiful. That is a lot of plant. Check the roots. It could be root bound and need a repot.

### Aisha kommenterade den 2024-11-01

I’d say dunk the whole thing in a bathtub full of water. Maybe not the pot, but definitely as much of the foliage as you can get under water. Or even spray it down in the shower and then treat with neem.

### ThumbWasNeverGreen kommenterade den 2024-11-02

Sorry I just want to say that house with the vines is stunning

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