1. Yes this is a Scindapsus pictus, not a pothos (Epipremnum aureum) - I know that :) but the tips are the same 2. You can pot up multiple cuttings into the same hole to increase bushiness even further 3. The powder I use when potting the cuttings is this: www.xtreme-gardening.com/mykos 4. The sexy apron is one I custom-designed specifically for gardening, check it out here: findaprons.com/products/harvest-apron-designed-in-partnership-with-kevin-espiritu
It's all good, Kevin. Pothos is in its nickname. Epipremnum isn't Pothos either. The actual genus Pothos, I don't think many people keep as a houseplant (I'm sure some do though!)
I have one that goes almost the whole way around the ceiling in my bathroom. We vaulted the ceiling and put in a shelf for the plant and hung the vines all around. It's very peaceful.
And pothos are "air scrubbers" they will take all the nasty out of the air in your home & replace it with pure oxygen. Peace lilies are good scrubbers too and can grow in lower light areas like pothos can, but neither tolerate direct sunlight.
A while ago, I built a giant slatted wood wall and got a pothos. Attatched the pothos to the wall. *Since then it turned into a giant wall of green and I L o v e I t*
I had a pothos that got scraggly. There were about 10" long stems without leaves. I took those stems and stuck them in a pot. maybe 10 stems. 8 months later I now have a very bushy plant. I also had a pothos that start growing towards my hydroponics light. I am still amazed how big the leaves have become. The lower stems toward the dirt were just 1/4 the size of the big leaves.
Today, I went to a botanical garden and there was golden pothos growing on a 5m tall rocky wall. The size of the leaf and the thickness of the stem was insane. I just could not believe it was the same plant i've seen in stores.
I have just started growing indoor plants. I havoc been researching hundreds of sites. This is the first site of anything that I’ve subscribed to. You actually explain everything so clearly. Thank you
You can also lay the vine on the soil and pin it down to the soil with a bobby pin or a piece of wire. Once the vine is attached to the soil at the root nodes, cut between each node. I spiral my pothos vines on the surface of the soil, which serves 2 purposes. It makes my plant more full, and directs the vines toward the center so I can stake it later.
My hubby bought me a silver pothos last night and I am just absolutely amazed at the silver that is in it! It's breathtaking 🥰 so I came to you first to research proper care for it. I'm going to be repotting it later today cause it's totally growing out of the tiny pot that walmart had it in. Thank you for all the great tips. I have learned soooo much from your videos. I hope that my own channel will help others like you help so many! 💚🌱 Peace ✌️ love 💚 and plants 🌱
I want to have my first house plant in my room and your videos definitely helped me choosing the right type, really looking forward to buying my own pothos now
This video is exactly what I was looking for! My pothos is suuuuper leggy and I didn’t know what to do with it. I have like 10 feet of vine wrapped around the pot! 😅 I’m going to go watch your propagation video now. Thanks!
Amanda Beauchamp - NewEnglandMumma When I was little my best friend’s mom hung pothos in every corner of their ceiling and strung the vines around the whole house. It was so epic!!! She was also a New England Mumma, what a coincidence 😂
pheotonia We have one that is referred to as, “ The Grandmother plant” . It is growing all over the country! I started my own with the, “ SILVER QUEEN” she is gorgeous!
I have been growing Golden & Jade Pothos for 40+ years! It goes by so fast. Periodically it just needs to be divided or propagate and start a fresh root system. I cut them back in the spring and feed with a long-acting fertilizer like osmocote and by the time they come in in the fall they are trailing 4ft or longer. Recently I expanded my collection with several other pothos , vining philodendron & scindapsus. I have started with 4" pots and plan to grow them to big hanging baskets. So fun and easy these plants!
I’ve had one of these for 3 1/2 years. I just barely pruned it back as it is hanging to the floor. I see it is sending out new leaves. I’ve put cuttings in water and am ready to do what you’ve done in your video. Thanks for the info. I thought I’d killed my plant a couple of years ago when I fertilized it at half strength and it dropped half of its leaves. I’m glad it has done so well with a different type of fertilizer since then. Whew.
Very well presented in highly articulated form with loads of useful info without unnecessary flowery words, for a newby such as myself. I'm encouraged and I think you'll help me out of my fear of "killing plants. Thank you, indeed!
I did this with my scindapsus pictus with small, sickly leaves in water and they impressed me, every single one rooted then took to soil, now i have two plants. Good for the ego when you're fighting pests and low humidity in winter, these are tough fuckers, i live in Montreal where it's -31 right now [-22F] and growing anything is a punk rock thing. ((Also, people, never forget that Golden home dePot-hos is also great, it's an easy, vining, variegated aroid that doesnt cry for light or attention, no shame in having it all over the house.)) Thanks, Kevin, for the help this last year, very much appreciated, happy holidays, see you in 2020.
Little extra advice as an horticultrice : you can put your cuttings straight in the soil, skip the water process! Important keep soil humid and more watered for 3-4weeks while they grow their roots
This is what I came here hoping to find. I just adopted a satin pothos just like this that is very viney, and I want to just trim her down and plant the cuttings directly in the soil and bypass the water method. I’ve used the water method and it’s great but all my prop stations are full and I really want to just get this girl pruned and redone!!! So scindapsus will have no problem with the cuttings going straight in soil?
I have a pothos that i propagated from a cutting that i took from parent plant in lauderdale by the sea over thirty years ago. Every year i cut it back to nothing when it gets leggy and it gets incredibly bushy. The other secret to getting a super bushy pothos with gorgeous varigation is to let it grow wild in its pot outside in the summer. The heat and humidity make the plant grow super fast.
My silver grows super slow with little leafs. I’m definitely going to try & with fertilizer. Also I didn’t know you can propagate the leaves, I thought I needed part of the stem plus the leaf. thanks very much!! TwoSnaps
Hi, I started using the mycorrhizal concentrate and I really like it. I prop in water all the time. I just recently made a video mentioning the product on my channel and I wanted to link this video, so I’m just wanting to give you a heads up. Not sure of course how many people are going to watch in that my channel isn’t even close to yours in popularity, lol 😂, but I just wanted to let you know. 🤷🏻♀️
I would love to see all the products you use from mychorrizae to fertilizer to compost and everything in between. Do you ever use greensand? How about azomite? I love your channel and just subscribed. Thank you❤️
Hi Kevin! I am a HUGE fan of all your videos! Keep up the amazing and informative videos. Ok, I’m in a bit of state right now. My mom died 3 years ago....She loved plants. My brother and I each took a clipping from my mom’s favourite plant. (A type of pothos). I think in these times of quarantine, I overwatered my mom’s plant....almost all of the leaves turned yellow then brown.... I am in the process of trying desperately to save my mom’s plant. There are only about 5 green leaves left. I am trying to propagate my mom’s plant. I noticed that some of the cuttings (at the base of the dead leaves, it’s still green (where the nodes are). Are these pieces still salvageable? I decide to take the dead brown leaves off and put the tiny pieces in the water. I also took some pieces the stem of the plant and placed them in water. Its been about 13 days. I haven’t noticed any roots yet from the stems. Two of the leaves have started developing roots. Do you have any advice? I am obviously attaching a lot of sentiment to this plant because plants were my mother’s passion. I am really really hoping to save this plant. Again, thanks for the fantastic videos that you do. All the best, Warren States in Toronto, Canada
Good video for tips to grow scindapsus/pothos the like. But I hope u will make a video on how to propagate philadendron selloum, if u have.. that would be great! I can’t seem to find elsewhere that is concise and one that I’m really looking for. Ty.
I know this video is old but if you have an answer, that is amazing! Would the powder you put in to help the roots take faster; does it encourage fungus gnats or it’s a negligible difference for them? I’ve been wanting to try that stuff but I’m afraid of giving fungus gnats more of a food source
The trails that you just pruned- are you going to pot it in the same pot from which you pruned them? Asking because I assumed they need more water that the regular plant. Thanks.
Sorry I am blowing you up with questions and comments but I just found you so I am binge watching! In another video you stated that these are tropical plants, so they are always growing. But then here you said something about fertilizing during the growing season. My pothos and Scindapsus seem to shoot out new growth year round. So I am confused. When do I stop fertilizing?
In theory never, if you are providing them with good growing conditions year-round - most don't have grow lights so growth slows in the winter due to less light + growing out of normal season
I have a number of pothos plants grown from cuttings, they started out really great. But now seem to be growing smaller leaves.. They are all in a decent sized pot for the size.. Any suggestions as to how I can encourage bigger leaf growth
Thanks for this great video! How long before the propogated leaves start to vine? I started a new pothos plant entirely of cuttings a few months ago. Getting lots of new growth (leaves) but no length. 😕
It's probably growing inwards (making tons on new roots and new leaves to make more photosynthesis so once that's established then it starts to vine. It needs some sunlight too it can't be in too shady of an area
@@naddee19 I sure hope so! The leaves still look really healthy, but a year-and-a-half later I still have no vines... I'll try more sun and see if that helps. Thx!
i have a beautiful devil's ivy pothos that i wanted to create more of to put around my house and was always so confused why i can get these huge beautiful roots in water but the cuttings always died within a week of planting... i also use cutting to make more of my purple heart plant and they take on so incredibly easy without any adjustments and normal watering, i've made so many of them over the years! so i expected it to be just as easy with the pothos but apparently it is more sensitive to watering, so thanks so much for the advice! i currently have 3 vases with long pothos vines that have been waiting to be planted as i was scared to do it again, hope it works this time ❤ to add one thing, i have a tendency to sometime overwater, how do i know when it's time to stop keeping it overly most and start watering normally?
Another trick is to let it climb. It will grow towards the brightness and the top leaves will be huge. Then you prune if it shades the lower leaves too much.
My scindapsus pictus exotica doesn't grow at all!!! I bought a plant of 4 leaves. But there was absolutely no growth. After a month I checked the root system. It was good and roots were coming out from 3 nodes. So I divided the whole plant into two. Repotted in a smaller pot as the nursery pot was too big! But nothing is happening at all! Please someone help me.
I’m trying to propagate my marvel queen and the stem (node? ? ) seems to be loosing color and not really doing much other than that... and it’s been almost 4weeks ... am I being inpatient?
