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title: "Queen Marble Pothos is Struggling I bought her a couple months ago…"
description: "Queen Marble Pothos is Struggling I bought her a couple months ago and she has been slowly declining since. Immediately put her in a 5” porcelain pot with…"
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author: "Sarah"
published: "2026-07-15T22:42:02.345679Z"
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# Queen Marble Pothos is Struggling I bought her a couple months ago…

_Posted by Sarah on 2026-07-15_

Queen Marble Pothos is Struggling

I bought her a couple months ago and she has been slowly declining since. Immediately put her in a 5” porcelain pot with drainage holes, using soil that is admittedly 2 years old but has been stored properly, and placed in indirect sunlight. I water her whenever the top inch or two of soil feels dry - roughly every 9 days. But she has not grown any new leaves, and three of her leaves have turned yellow and died. What do I need to change? She was so beautiful when I got her. (First photo is today, 2nd photo is early June)

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## 3 comments

### McKenzie commented on 2026-07-16

I had similar issues with mine and ended up needing to add some more aeration to the soil, as it was drying unevenly and compacting. I moved it to a higher humidity spot for recovery, only watered when the leaves looked a bit sad, and started fertilizing and it improved a lot. Though mine is larger and shares a pot with more than one individual vine, so the conditions may not be the exact same. How are the roots looking?

### Buckolena commented on 2026-07-16

I had to trim my Pothos and I’ve been trying to root the cuttings but I can not seem to get them to grow any roots but it has had several new leaves grow.

### Pothos\_whisperer commented on 2026-07-23

I would chop and prop, if you put the cuttings back into the soil and wait a few weeks, it’ll look full again 👍

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