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title: "does anyone know the reason for my pothos leaves to be curling?…"
description: "does anyone know the reason for my pothos leaves to be curling? They’ve also become really light and yellow 😬"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/3aO6rGVaQBa7mVJXex6elw?language=nb"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Kaito"
published: "2024-04-22T17:33:41.341263Z"
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# does anyone know the reason for my pothos leaves to be curling?…

_Lagt ut av Kaito den 2024-04-22_

does anyone know the reason for my pothos leaves to be curling? They’ve also become really light and yellow 😬

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## 16 kommentarer

### Ierie kommenterte den 2024-04-22

Either not enough water, needs fertilizer, or the soil is hydrophobic and needs to be changed

### Kaito kommenterte den 2024-04-22

the app said this plant doesn’t need fertiliser 🤷‍♀️  
and how would I tell if the soil is hydrophobic?

#### Ierie svarte den 2024-04-22

The app can be wrong. It’ll tell me mine don’t need to be watered for another week but the plants are limp and droopy. When I water them, they’re fine by the next day.

To tell if the soil is hydrophobic, take a little bit of the soil out and try to wet it. If the soil won’t absorb the water, it’s hydrophobic

#### Kaito svarte den 2024-04-22

ohh that might be the case actually!!  
tbh i only have succulent and cactus soil left. Not sure if that would be suitable for the pothos?

#### GreenLeaf svarte den 2024-04-22

It absolutely needs fertilizer, that may just be a bug with the app.

Hydrophobic soil will have the water pool on-top and not absorb into the soil. You’ll water and it will just run down the sides of the pot without seeping into the soil.

#### Kaito svarte den 2024-04-22

ohh that might be the case actually!!  
tbh i only have succulent and cactus soil left. Not sure if that would be suitable for the pothos?

#### Ierie svarte den 2024-04-22

I’ve found that cactus soil is very hydrophobic for pothos 😭 everytime I’ve had a pothos in cactus soil, the soil won’t hold onto the water that they need. Is there a way you can get your hands on some tropical soil?

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### Sunny kommenterte den 2024-04-22

Several things can cause this look: insufficient light/water, repotting, and moving stress when moving to a new environment.

### Sarah kommenterte den 2024-04-23

Severely underwatered and the soil it’s in looks terrible. Repot into fresh soil. When the leaves start to wither like that and stems look weak, you wanna try watering it before it gets to this point. Good thing pothos are resilient and it’ll bounce back in no time, with a little tlc.

#### Kaito svarte den 2024-04-23

thank you so much

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