r/PothosPorn

hi so i repotted my pothos two days ago with some pretty in depth cleaning of the roots. she had millipedes and im scared of bugs. shes drooping like crazy though and i feel like its getting worse rather than better. not sure what to do. plz advise! she doesn’t need to be watered and gets plenty of light. i also sprayed her with neem before the repot.

TLDR:

Beginner plant mom. 6+ year-old pothos has never been repotted, fertilized, pruned, or propagated. Very long/bare vines, and after recently untangling/supporting them, some leaves are yellowing and curling. I want to rehabilitate it without shocking it, where do I start?

Details:

I brought her home at least 6 years ago. I’m just now getting into plant care, so she hasn’t gotten the best treatment - she’s been in her nursery pot, same soil, no fertilizer, no pruning or repropagating. I just went off vibes for watering, about once a week depending on climate and how dry the roots look.

I’m in SoCal. I spent periods of time gone so I had my dad water her and open the curtains, I think some the bare vines may partially be from those times.

A week ago I gently untangled her, she’s being supported by her own curves, fishing line, and some hooks. I’ve made sure the vines are loose, following her own structure, nothing was bent or being cut into.

On the farthest vine, some leaves are yellowing and curling. Maybe from environmental stress? Or light?

I would love to save her but have no idea how. I feel like she’s too delicate right now to repot or do any major cleaning, and I’d have to take everything down. Idk where or what to cut, whether she is too root bound, if there’s any root rot, if leaves can regrow from any parts of the bare vines… or if I should just start saying goodbye.

My curly spider, Brasil philodendron, transcendía nanouk are all in the same room thriving.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

This pothos started as a single sad leaf about to be thrown out that I “rescued” with absolutely zero knowledge on plants as it was my first lol. But I became determined to save it and long story short, she is thriving and I now have 13 additional beautiful plant babies, a new fulfilling hobby and a big dent in my Home Depot card 😅😂
Anyways, this was the one who started the journey and I love her dearly 😂
Every time I look a picture up, I get results saying Golden Pothos, but I have another golden that looks and feels nothing like this one.
The leaves are thick and glossy and it’s one thick stem (that I have successfully propagated and figured out how to wrap it around so she’s less bald lol)
I’ve also thought maybe a Jade pothos? But I read those don’t have variegated leaves and one of the leaves on mine is :/

Sorry for the long post (I don’t generally use Reddit or social media in general but I really want to know lol)

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