When I lived in Tennesse my pothos really looked spectacular, but it doesn't seem to like my dryer weather here. I have killed many of them, mostly because if they have spider mites, I throw them outside to fend for themselves. Pothos, roses, and ivy are the three worst plants for spider mites. Anyway, I used to take a few cuttings and just throw them in my fish tank. They are a natural water purifier. They would eventually root in the gravel and push up out of the water. Pothos does fine in water. If you have some pretty colored bottles, try rooting some in them. Pothos is one of my favorite plants to grow in old wine bottles. The colored glass tends to curb the growth of algae. Put a few bits of aquarium charcoal in the bottle to help keep the water sweet, and lookout, because soon you'll have lots of the stuff everywhere. One of my favorite Mexican restaurants has a lattice above the cook's station and there must be 100 feet of Pothos weaved through it.

Probably you don't have to replace the dirt entirely (though I suppose technically it shouldn't hurt anything, either). It *should* be enough to let the soil get drier between waterings. That said, I probably would try new dirt with this one, myself, because if it's getting direct sun all day and it's still staying wet enough to grow mushrooms, you probably need soil a good deal looser and airier than what you've got now. Either that or you don't have drainage holes in the bottom of the pot (you *do* have drainage holes in the bottom of the pot, right?). Try something about three parts soil out of the bag, one part perlite. For the record: this won't necessarily stop the mushrooms. I had a plant that grew mushrooms all the time despite being in a pretty perlite-heavy mix. But that one was exceptional in all kinds of other ways, too.

Sorry to confuse in my first message--I wrote the correct date and the wrong day--the 2nd give away is Thursday April 6. Gate 12 is off 751. If you're heading north on 751, gate 12 is on the left side after Old Erwin Road and before you get to 70/Hillsborough Road. I think there are directions/a map on the Duke Facilities Management website..... We picked up our trailer load yesterday morning---it's SUCH good looking stuff, dark brown, very fine texture, very little trash in it--it took 5 minutes to have 2 scoops dumped in the trailer and an hour and a half for me to shovel it off the trailer ;-)

I love mine! I also have stained concrete floors, and it gets them pretty darn clean! I hate sweeping so I like it and it's better than the alternative...me not sweeping at all :) I just go around the perimiter with the broom and sweep all the stuff out from around base boards and corners and it does the rest. I got mine off E-bay and saved alot, it was new in box with warranty and I have had it for about 6 mo. with no problems. I also put a commercial type "grooved" rug at my main door and it cut alot of the tracked in dirt.