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title: "Does anyone know what could cause this kind of damage on my golden…"
description: "Does anyone know what could cause this kind of damage on my golden pothos? Splotchy yellowing and small brown spots, the hole is unrelated, I accidentally…"
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# Does anyone know what could cause this kind of damage on my golden…

_PlantMumさんが2025-04-09に投稿しました_

Does anyone know what could cause this kind of damage on my golden pothos? Splotchy yellowing and small brown spots, the hole is unrelated, I accidentally poked it 😅

![1件中1件目の添付ファイル](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/5cGiaOKyZgBZHroc1fX29yZQ3VJTmM7wg3n8z8sDGLc/dU_582qTQw6WAVVeM192Vg.webp?size=large)

## 9件のコメント

### Kadesさんが2025-04-09にコメントしました

the little white dots at the very bottom look a bit like spider mites to me, I’d check to see if you find any pests in the plant!

#### PlantMumさんが2025-04-09に返信しました

Got it, i’ll check it out. Thank you!

### Nunyabzwxさんが2025-04-09にコメントしました

Sometimes my leaves on my pothos will do this. Its usually an older leaf that turns yellow and dies so new leaves can grow.

#### PlantMumさんが2025-04-09に返信しました

It was an older leaf so that may be part of it, thank you for the feedback :)

### Yolandaさんが2025-04-09にコメントしました

I just went through this.. don’t think it’s spider mites. I would say more fungal issues, lack of nutrients in the soil and poor air flow. I would check the pot, back off on watering, clean all leaves with insecticidal soap, pull your plant out the soil check your roots anything black or looks rotten or smell bad cut that away. Then spray the roots with either neem oil or hydrogen peroxide mixed with water. Repot in fresh soil and water with purified water. I wouldn’t use tap water on this plant for a while. I have started watering my pothos with fish fertilizer.

#### PlantMumさんが2025-04-09に返信しました

I think this could play a part in it as well, I do think the plant needs a smaller pot so maybe it’s getting too much water..Thank you for the tip!

#### Yolandaさんが2025-04-09に返信しました

Yes I was told at that nursery when we repot you only go up maybe a couple sizes bigger than the root ball. So if it’s in a 4 inch pot only go up to a 6 inch pot when you repot. The more soil the plant has around it the longer it takes for it to dry out even if the root ball has already dried out. The plant then keeps getting unevenly watered.

#### Michaelさんが2025-04-10に返信しました

With fish fertilizer? Everything else sounded very legit why fish fertilizer?

#### Yolandaさんが2025-04-10に返信しました

Well I should say what they use to aide keeping the water clean for fishes instead of fertilizer. However this was suggested to me to purify tap water

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