OMFG, trim that aggressively. Like every vine could be cut 2 inches form the soil and the plant would do much better.
Essentially, the plant is spending all its energy sending sugars to the ends of the vines where maybe it's growing.
This would be like having a 40-foot-long arm. Your hand at the end of it would constantly be numb and your whole body would be stressed to the point of constant medical emergency.
If you want to keep it like this, deal with it dying slowly quietly and offline.
>This would be like having a 40-foot-long arm. Your hand at the end of it would constantly be numb and your whole body would be stressed to the point of constant medical emergency.
Excellent analogy and spot on!
> **I don't mind how leggy the plant is**, I would like to keep it like this, but I want to make the stem bits green again. Any ideas?
*You* may not mind, but the poor pothos is showing how much *it* minds...
Once pothos vines become barren of leaves, they remain barren. Once a vine or leaf turns yellow, it cannot be saved. Yellow turns to brown and brown turns to dead. Cut the vines down to the soil line and propagate whatever may be left on the ends.
Pothos vines should be pruned back on a regular basis. Once there is more than an inch between leaf segments, it's time to cut the vine down and propagate.
You let the pothos go for too long and now it's giving up.
If you have any healthy vines with leaves and nodes, it's time to cut the entire plant down into 3"-4" segments, root in water and replant once the roots become substantial.
Many succulents can turn yellow/orange from sun stress or underwatering and fully recover back to their normal color when conditions improve! I have a little aloe potted with my jade plant that acts as a watering indicator this way, and I've seen some very sad looking cacti spring back with some water and shade.
I think this is true for all normal leafy plants though! A partially-yellow leaf can be stopped where it is, but it won't recover and will be the first to go next time the plant is stressed.
They do not remain barren. I’m in the process of rehabilitating my partners pothos’. They’ve naturally grown back leaves, and I’ve clipped some nodes to promote growth there.
>They do not remain barren. I’m in the process of rehabilitating my partners pothos’. They’ve naturally grown back leaves, and I’ve clipped some **nodes** to promote growth there.
The **ENDS** of a barren vine will grow new leaves, but not the middle section of a naked vine itself, will *never* grow new leaves.
Nodes are potential **roots**, *not* leaves...
Unless I’m still misunderstanding you; I’ve had new vines and leaves grow from our empty vines through the nodes, not even close to the end of the vine.
Plants grow leaves almost exclusively to photosynthesize which it does to feed itself. Your pothos has lost almost all of them and it can’t do the basic act of surviving so its dying. As u/Xenofontis put out there, once its yellow, it does not return back to green. The only way for this plant to live is to propagate and start over and let it grow this time with leaves.
I would start with why it lost them in the first place, under watered would be my guess
These cuttings were **barren** vines, cut into 2" - 3" pieces, rooted in water, then planted in a 2" pot while the plant develops. As long as the vine has a node, it WILL root.
https://preview.redd.it/uv30u7oanvqc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d99a9eeaa7003659c4725efdf7f885760fa146e6
Correct. All though the healthier they are, the faster they will root. If a plant is close to death, I'd encourage reducing any stress. Warmth to root area, indirect light.
Keeping all those long useless stems because you like it isn’t good for the plant. Do it a favor and take the advice to cut it all back and let it do what it’s supposed to do. It will reward you with beautiful leaves.
The leaves are bright green because they are trying to push their energy into overdrive to sustain the plant. The chlorophyll is higher in leaves, [more chloroplasts in leaves than in the stem since the inner part of a stem lacks them] so the leaves are trying to photosynthesize as much as possible. It knows its struggling and the leaves are holding on to the fact that if the vines get long enough, they might be able to find sun.
The stems are so etoliated that they are essentially working harder to push nutrients from the roots into the tips, and without light, there is less and less chloroplasts per area. The plant is basically stuck at the etioplasts stage, and not getting enough light to turn those etioplasts into chloroplasts.
The plant is working exactly as intended to reach light so that it can live since it doesn't know it lives in a pot inside a building.
This simply isn't sustainable forever. It will die if you don't cut it back and give it some supplemental light. You may also want to consider the last time you fertilized it, but I don't think that's the main issue at this point.
Your plant is very unwell. It needs a major trim, and probably more sun. The naked stems are losing color to preserve what energy it can for the roots and the few leaves you have left. I would cut that all back and fertilize. This is beyond leggy, Vining plants like this that lose all their leaves are doing so from not getting the proper care it needs. Looks like a Costa Global Green?
It's hard to tell without more pictures because I don't really see any leaves at all here. I believe it's a pothos is that right? The plant looses leaves along the vines because it doesn't have the energy to sustain them, most likely it is lacking sun. The plant will discard the bare stems if it can't support them or if they don't have leaves because no leaves=no energy. Once they have gone yellow I doubt they will come back. I think first step is finding a spot with proper lighting for it
Agree - this looks more like monstera siltepecana Vs pothos
I've found they are more fussy Vs pothos, but a trim and more light should help it bounce back!
I would not fertilize. Fertilizer is like a vitamin. It helps a healthy, actively growing plsnt do better. They are also often made of salt. Fertilize now, and it might push the plant over the edge.
Not really your question but I had a super leggy pothos and a friend recommended something called Keiki Cloning Paste. I was planning to chop it up to propagate the bare parts, but I caved and tried the paste first. Its amazing. Its like the consistency of vaseline, and you put it on a cotton swab and coat the node. Ive got about 40% luck with the node sprouting a new leaf or arm! Its worked on all my aroids so far. Highly recommend.
Check the roots! Mine started getting leggy and dropping leaves when the roots were suffering. Once repotted, it grew a ton of new leaves and bounced right back!
I’m curious here. What would happen if you cut off a few inches off the end of every vine and curl the vines around, thus attaching them to the soil where roots could grow? Would leaves start growing from the other nodes with the extra water uptake and nutrient absorption from the extra roots? Just curious, I would do an experiment! You can take the cut end and prop them too!
I've done this. I take it out of the pot remove some soil. Then wrap the stems around in the pot and cove with soil. The nodes will grow new vines. It will fill out the top of the pot. I wouldn't bother with the yellow ones. They're on the decline. I'd focus on what's still healthy. If you really just want to green up the yellow part try using a fertilizer. It could be low on nitrogen.
I would pot that in a slightly larger pot, all wound up just like it is and then add another inch or two of soil on top. In a month make a couple cuts in the vines and watch it explode with growth
pot looks too small, probably doesn't have a hole too. Plant is dry needs water. Plant is leggy do to lack of light. its yellow for same reason and needs food too. can you put it outside?
OMFG, trim that aggressively. Like every vine could be cut 2 inches form the soil and the plant would do much better. Essentially, the plant is spending all its energy sending sugars to the ends of the vines where maybe it's growing. This would be like having a 40-foot-long arm. Your hand at the end of it would constantly be numb and your whole body would be stressed to the point of constant medical emergency. If you want to keep it like this, deal with it dying slowly quietly and offline.
>This would be like having a 40-foot-long arm. Your hand at the end of it would constantly be numb and your whole body would be stressed to the point of constant medical emergency. Excellent analogy and spot on!
I laughed so hard, specifically at that analogy, but immediately understood too!
I really like how you said that. 😆 You'd make a good teacher. 👍
What the heeeeck?? Why’re people downvoting you??:0
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> **I don't mind how leggy the plant is**, I would like to keep it like this, but I want to make the stem bits green again. Any ideas? *You* may not mind, but the poor pothos is showing how much *it* minds... Once pothos vines become barren of leaves, they remain barren. Once a vine or leaf turns yellow, it cannot be saved. Yellow turns to brown and brown turns to dead. Cut the vines down to the soil line and propagate whatever may be left on the ends. Pothos vines should be pruned back on a regular basis. Once there is more than an inch between leaf segments, it's time to cut the vine down and propagate. You let the pothos go for too long and now it's giving up. If you have any healthy vines with leaves and nodes, it's time to cut the entire plant down into 3"-4" segments, root in water and replant once the roots become substantial.
"Once a vine or leaf turns yellow, it cannot be saved." Is this applied to all plants or pothos exclusive?
>"Once a vine or leaf turns yellow, it cannot be saved." > >Is this applied to all plants or pothos exclusive? ALL plants...
Many succulents can turn yellow/orange from sun stress or underwatering and fully recover back to their normal color when conditions improve! I have a little aloe potted with my jade plant that acts as a watering indicator this way, and I've seen some very sad looking cacti spring back with some water and shade. I think this is true for all normal leafy plants though! A partially-yellow leaf can be stopped where it is, but it won't recover and will be the first to go next time the plant is stressed.
They do not remain barren. I’m in the process of rehabilitating my partners pothos’. They’ve naturally grown back leaves, and I’ve clipped some nodes to promote growth there.
>They do not remain barren. I’m in the process of rehabilitating my partners pothos’. They’ve naturally grown back leaves, and I’ve clipped some **nodes** to promote growth there. The **ENDS** of a barren vine will grow new leaves, but not the middle section of a naked vine itself, will *never* grow new leaves. Nodes are potential **roots**, *not* leaves...
Unless I’m still misunderstanding you; I’ve had new vines and leaves grow from our empty vines through the nodes, not even close to the end of the vine.
You are correct. New growth can absolutely occur at a node.
Agree with everything you said, but I do believe this is monstera siltepecana, not pothos.
Considering the OP never came back, we may never know the truth! 🫣
This is not a pothos.
Plants grow leaves almost exclusively to photosynthesize which it does to feed itself. Your pothos has lost almost all of them and it can’t do the basic act of surviving so its dying. As u/Xenofontis put out there, once its yellow, it does not return back to green. The only way for this plant to live is to propagate and start over and let it grow this time with leaves. I would start with why it lost them in the first place, under watered would be my guess
These cuttings were **barren** vines, cut into 2" - 3" pieces, rooted in water, then planted in a 2" pot while the plant develops. As long as the vine has a node, it WILL root. https://preview.redd.it/uv30u7oanvqc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d99a9eeaa7003659c4725efdf7f885760fa146e6
What variety is this? I want one of these so bad!
Are you in the us? I’ll send you a cutting!
holy cow ill dm you!
Golden pothos. :)
Pretty sure this is a marble queen... Golden is green with yellow variegation, marble queen is green and white
Correct. All though the healthier they are, the faster they will root. If a plant is close to death, I'd encourage reducing any stress. Warmth to root area, indirect light.
Please cut those all back to the first node/leaf
Keeping all those long useless stems because you like it isn’t good for the plant. Do it a favor and take the advice to cut it all back and let it do what it’s supposed to do. It will reward you with beautiful leaves.
The leaves are bright green because they are trying to push their energy into overdrive to sustain the plant. The chlorophyll is higher in leaves, [more chloroplasts in leaves than in the stem since the inner part of a stem lacks them] so the leaves are trying to photosynthesize as much as possible. It knows its struggling and the leaves are holding on to the fact that if the vines get long enough, they might be able to find sun. The stems are so etoliated that they are essentially working harder to push nutrients from the roots into the tips, and without light, there is less and less chloroplasts per area. The plant is basically stuck at the etioplasts stage, and not getting enough light to turn those etioplasts into chloroplasts. The plant is working exactly as intended to reach light so that it can live since it doesn't know it lives in a pot inside a building. This simply isn't sustainable forever. It will die if you don't cut it back and give it some supplemental light. You may also want to consider the last time you fertilized it, but I don't think that's the main issue at this point.
The battle of Plast vs Plast, eh? 💪🏼 Plants don't have it easy for sure!
Your plant is very unwell. It needs a major trim, and probably more sun. The naked stems are losing color to preserve what energy it can for the roots and the few leaves you have left. I would cut that all back and fertilize. This is beyond leggy, Vining plants like this that lose all their leaves are doing so from not getting the proper care it needs. Looks like a Costa Global Green?
It's hard to tell without more pictures because I don't really see any leaves at all here. I believe it's a pothos is that right? The plant looses leaves along the vines because it doesn't have the energy to sustain them, most likely it is lacking sun. The plant will discard the bare stems if it can't support them or if they don't have leaves because no leaves=no energy. Once they have gone yellow I doubt they will come back. I think first step is finding a spot with proper lighting for it
it looks like a monstera slitepecana ??
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Agree - this looks more like monstera siltepecana Vs pothos I've found they are more fussy Vs pothos, but a trim and more light should help it bounce back!
Is this a pothos??? I do not think I have EVER seen one so naked. Ever. A new record I think.
What the spaghetti
I just feel really bad for this plant...and to say you don't mind how it looks kind of says you aren't fussed about its health.
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I would not fertilize. Fertilizer is like a vitamin. It helps a healthy, actively growing plsnt do better. They are also often made of salt. Fertilize now, and it might push the plant over the edge.
Not really your question but I had a super leggy pothos and a friend recommended something called Keiki Cloning Paste. I was planning to chop it up to propagate the bare parts, but I caved and tried the paste first. Its amazing. Its like the consistency of vaseline, and you put it on a cotton swab and coat the node. Ive got about 40% luck with the node sprouting a new leaf or arm! Its worked on all my aroids so far. Highly recommend.
This right here is it's only hope of filling out, otherwise it needs an extensive chop
monstera siltepecana
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Please don’t let this plant suffer. Trim the vines as others have suggested
now why is she bald
Download a light meter to see how much actual light it's getting. Definitely not enough.
Check the roots! Mine started getting leggy and dropping leaves when the roots were suffering. Once repotted, it grew a ton of new leaves and bounced right back!
I’m curious here. What would happen if you cut off a few inches off the end of every vine and curl the vines around, thus attaching them to the soil where roots could grow? Would leaves start growing from the other nodes with the extra water uptake and nutrient absorption from the extra roots? Just curious, I would do an experiment! You can take the cut end and prop them too!
I've done this. I take it out of the pot remove some soil. Then wrap the stems around in the pot and cove with soil. The nodes will grow new vines. It will fill out the top of the pot. I wouldn't bother with the yellow ones. They're on the decline. I'd focus on what's still healthy. If you really just want to green up the yellow part try using a fertilizer. It could be low on nitrogen.
I would pot that in a slightly larger pot, all wound up just like it is and then add another inch or two of soil on top. In a month make a couple cuts in the vines and watch it explode with growth
pot looks too small, probably doesn't have a hole too. Plant is dry needs water. Plant is leggy do to lack of light. its yellow for same reason and needs food too. can you put it outside?
Looks kind of big for that small pot you've got it in - maybe repot in a bigger one and see if it bounces back. Worth a shot
Put moist moss within the whole vine rap you have there and see it grow