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title: "Hi everyone! I’d appreciate some help with my struggling pothos…"
description: "Hi everyone! I’d appreciate some help with my struggling pothos plants. I recently put them in soil after propagating in water and have noticed the new…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "PlantNewbie12"
published: "2025-11-28T16:49:55.056239Z"
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# Hi everyone! I’d appreciate some help with my struggling pothos…

_Posted by PlantNewbie12 on 2025-11-28_

Hi everyone! I’d appreciate some help with my struggling pothos plants. I recently put them in soil after propagating in water and have noticed the new leaves/off shoots are going black or seem to be skinny and unhealthy 🥲

Why might this be? And is there anything I can do? Or does damage to the new shoot mean that propagation cant grow new leaves now?

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## 3 comments

### Grass commented on 2025-11-28

Sometimes the plants will be picky if u put them in a new environment they aren’t used to. Even if u move a plant to a new location and still keep it in the pot, I find they will drop leaves bc they are stressed. Give it some time to settle in. after a few weeks if it’s still doing this, then there could be another issue like root rot

#### PlantNewbie12 replied on 2025-11-29

Okay thanks. Should i snip off the black leaf or not mess with it more? And any recommendations for how often to water it?

#### Grass replied on 2025-11-29

If it’s completely shriveled and dead, cut it off. Water it like the app recommends, just make sure there isn’t any water sitting at the bottom after

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