Plant Propagation

Severely root bound. Are the yellow leaved pieces goners?


What would you do with this severely root bound Pothos I just separated?

by HugeAppearance13

3 Comments

  1. The yellow leaves won’t bounce back, but these are hardy.

    I’m no root expert, but I see no harm in trying to separate if that’s what you wanna do. You can either try to untangle them or do some selective root trimming.

  2. Retail-Weary

    Agree, the yellow leaves won’t bounce back so you can cut those off. I guess it depends on what you want to do with it? Me personally, I’d start carefully extracting each leaf from that and make sure you have at least a good inch or two of good clean white roots on each “cutting”. Since they already have roots, you can just get a good sized pot of fresh soil, bury each cutting’s roots, and start over with a clean plant. Pothos are the easiest plant to grow. They will start over again and start growing and be very happy.

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