Ohh KAREN! (mock exasperation) ;o) Radio signed his name R Squared. I signed the next post Pi, because the formula for determining the area of a circle is Pi x R squared (3.14 x radius x radius). Patann said, "Why oh why didn't I read this post BEFORE I gave my tropical hibiscus away? Oh, SCREAM!!!!" ... which translated means "I wish I'd have read it sooner." Being silly, I just pretended to go along with the question as if it was asking for a literal answer and said, "I give up - why (didn't you read the post before)?" ... just taking advantage of a hundred year old post to have a little fun. If you think YOU'RE confused, just think about how ol' Doug E is puzzling over finding some of this nonsense in his mail. ;o) (Waving at Doug E and returning Mr S's salute from the other day.) ;o) Later. Al

Hi LeslieM, Thank you for your input. It surely will be much easier to repot without all those long vines. :) I'll try to start the cuttings in water and then pot them once the roots are about the size you suggest. I'm sure it will be fine. Pothos are so forgiving, thanks be to mother Nature. They are ideal for people like me, who love gardening but seem to be unlucky with growing plants inside. I miss the country! Things are so much easier to grow outdoors (where they belong). :) I want to try a container water garden, so I am thinking about using some of the cuttings for that. We'll see how that turns out. Thank you again! :)

Well it's currently in a hanging basket by a window so I wanted to keep that, but maybe get a slightly larger pot, not too much larger though. Since root rot is something to be concerned about maybe a ceramic or terra cotta pot with a well draining soil. Does that sound right?

1. Do I have to re-pot it at all? No, you can let it go as long as you want. Only repot when it starts going downhill (or better yet, add some extra soil to the top as the old soil is used up. 2. Do I have to re-pot it in a bigger pot? No, only use a bigger pot if you want a bigger plant. 3. If I do have to re-pot it, can I leave it in the same size pot it is in now? Yes, you can use the same pot. Why not? 4. If I do have to re-pot it, can it wait another year or two, or should it be done now? That is totally up to you. The one thing I do want to stress is do not allow this to run up your wall as the tendrils will attach to the paint and will make a mess when you decide to take it down. I did this many years ago and it looks nice UNTIL we took it down. We had to scrape the wall where the tendrils were deeply embedded and then mud the wall to even it up before applying new paint. My pothos (or philodendron) has been in this coir lined basket for years. I top off the surface every other year or so. another pothos that I cut off the long vines when it is time to bring it indoors for winter. It has been in this pot for at least five years. I put this Philodendron Brasil in an urn many years ago. I don't water it much and when I do, it is a light watering. Very easy plant. A bigger pothos that I put in a bigger container and allowed it to run up a tree one summer. The leaves get a lot bigger if allowed to run up a vertical object (usually trees in nature)