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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…

_PlantMum님이 2025-04-09에 게시함_

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 😅

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/5cGiaOKyZgBZHroc1fX29yZQ3VJTmM7wg3n8z8sDGLc/dU_582qTQw6WAVVeM192Vg.webp?size=large)

## 9개의 댓글

### Kades님이 2025-04-09에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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!

#### PlantMum님이 2025-04-09에 답변했습니다.

Got it, i’ll check it out. Thank you!

### Nunyabzwx님이 2025-04-09에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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

#### PlantMum님이 2025-04-09에 답변했습니다.

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

### Yolanda님이 2025-04-09에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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.

#### PlantMum님이 2025-04-09에 답변했습니다.

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!

#### Yolanda님이 2025-04-09에 답변했습니다.

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.

#### Michael님이 2025-04-10에 답변했습니다.

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

#### Yolanda님이 2025-04-10에 답변했습니다.

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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