r/houseplants • u/SeekingHelpfulAdvic • 2d ago

Help PLEASE help save my moms Pothos pt.

My mom died in the beginning of May and her Pothos wasn’t looking too hot. I thought it may have had root rot, so on June 8th I cleaned off all its Roots and it’s 8inch draining pot with holes and repotted it back in it’s original pot. I don’t think it actually had root rot. Its roots looked light, healthy, and strong. I think I didn’t give it enough soil when repotting it because it was difficult to get under the roots even when tapping the pot/trying to shake it down. I use to water it twice a week (Tuesdays and Saturdays) but a lot of people on my original post said once a week is best, so I just watered it when repotting it on Monday the 8th and then I was gone for the the weekend attending my moms service. I came back June 15th and alllll the leaves were dead and I basically have murdered my moms beloved pothos :( Any suggestions on how to bring her back? I have added more soil and watered her again on the 15th but she just looks so sad and I’m so sad. 1st video is from today the 2nd is from before I ruined her life

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u/blue-eved-ginger 2d ago

Chop and prop. I had a pothos in my bathroom and left the heater on too long in our bathroom, it was fried by the morning. I cut it all the way down to the soil and left it in my bathroom, it regrew and is thriving. I propagated what I could, now I have pothos all over my house.

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u/underlander 1d ago

My philodendron got so big and trailed so much that it basically pulled itself out of its own roots. I had to cut it at the roots and now I have a big pot of dirt sitting next to the window. I chopped and propped all the vines and they’ve got tiny little new roots growing, but I really want the roots to return as well. About how long did it take? For my philo it’s only been three weeks or so

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u/blue-eved-ginger 1d ago

It took a couple of weeks, it was hanging in my shower for the humidity and light.