Help! Pothos is dying! Can anyone advise?
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Comments (5)I agree with the advice you've gotten. If HD will give you a refund or credit, please do that and tell them about the insect problem. Then watch your other plants very closely for at least 2 mos. I'm another one who had a smaller one of these but it's been so long that I don't remember what happened. I've had mealies twice. Once they came on coleus from a mailorder source. Fortunately, they did not spread beyond the coleus. Recently I found them on one branch of one of those "fingered" jade plants (Lowe's). Luckily I caught them early, cleaned them off and isolated it and treated it a couple more times. I just did a re-check and it seems fine. I believe they had take chunks from several plants to jam in the pot and only one was infested. I do use systemic insecticides at times but some plants won't tolerate them. May I suggest that you learn what some common pests look like, such as scale and mealies? It won't always keep you safe but it will help. Diana in PA...See Morecan anyone help with dying maple?
Comments (10)It's hard to say without a pic, but once a tree is declining like that, it's virtually a goner and nothing will save it. Your "arborist" is full of bovine excrement, there is no $200 magic liquid that would revive it at this stage. I also can't envision how its own branches are choking it, unless something is actually wrapped around the trunk somehow. I'm sorry to say, you need to just take it out and plant a replacement....See MoreMy umbrella plant seems to be dying!!!! Can anyone help????
Comments (4)Please don't start watering on a twice weekly schedule! Contrary to what Lana suggest, most plants wilt because of a chronically wet soil or being kept excessively dry for too long. When kept too wet, the roots begin to die/rot causing the plant to wilt and even worse. Sometimes, with root pruning and repotting into a porous, fast draining medium, a plant will regenerate new healthy roots and recover. Wilting can also be caused insufficient watering....not enough water at any given time to moisten the whole volume of soil. Little bitty sips create anaerobic dry pockets where roots can die. Wilting is the result. Your potting medium should be very coarse textured, allowing all of the excess water to drain rapidly. Then, you can water thoroughly when the plant needs it without fear of causing root rot. Watering should only be done on an as needed routine. Use your fingers to help you judge the moisture content. Just be sure that the whole pot is drenched when you do water. Until you get the soil/water issues figured out, I'd be very watchful about how much light you expose your plant to. Bright indirect light sounds ideal....See Moredying pothos - help!
Comments (12)What sort of soil did you use when you repotted it? The limp leaves indicate that the roots aren't taking up water, air, or nutrients properly. This looks like a very VERY dense potting mix, far too dense to allow the roots to breathe. Remember that roots need air as much as they need water, especially plants that are epiphytic or semi-epiphytic in the wild, like pothos. I would recommend repotting into a fast-draining potting mix. Do not use "moisture retaining" soil -- it turns into sludge around roots and eliminates necessary air pockets in the soil, suffocating the plant. You can do half-perlite, half potting mix, or 1:1:1: perlite, potting mix, and reptibark. Remember also never to put gravel or pot-shards in the bottom of the pot. (That myth has been debunked.)...See Morecanttype
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