Soil issues aside, plants with a blue tint to their foliage often need a lot of light to maintain that tint. Just saying........... :-)

It’s right in front of a south facing window, I watered it yesterday, and this pot was bought from The People’s Plants and the plant was just transplanted into it from a normal terra cotta pot a few days ago. The yellowing was happening before transplant (during switching the pots is when I checked out the roots)

I don’t care so much about the blue tint- I just don’t want it to be yellow

I always check the soil with my index finger before watering my plants. As well as look for other signs such as droopage/curling. I have many plants and generally am able to care for them properly enough to keep them alive and looking well.

I have many philodendrons that are thriving and doing amazingly- this is my first pothos. I figured care would be about the same.

Using your finger as an indicator for soil moisture can actually lead to over watering, and the bottom roots remaining soggy, since your finger is likely not reaching the bottom of the pot. The easy alternative is to use a wooden dowel or bamboo skewer (i.e. sharpened chopstick) and stick it all the way to bottom. If the skewer comes out damp and with soil sticking to it hold off on watering and check again in a day or three. When the skewer comes out nearly clean and dry you can go ahead and give your plant a good drink so that at least 15% of the water flows out of the drainage holes.

What type of soil are your succulent-type plants in? Just from the images that looks like it might be more suitable for your pothos.

I have 4 different types of pothos and the ones I left in the grower's medium eventually suffered because the soil was very water retentive. The ones I repotted into 5-1-1 really thrive. Here's a picture of the medium my pothos are in:

While a high quality potting medium and good watering practices are essential for keeping plants in good health, sometimes pothos do shed their older leaves.

As stated, I don’t have the “good soil” anymore. I’ve ordered it and it’s been backordered so I’m waiting on a shipment. This is all I can get locally at the moment less the plants be bare root until my shipment comes in.

Ah, wishful thinking that you were talking about ordering a different soil and still had some of the mix your cactus and succulent plants are in lying around. Until your soil arrives just be mindful of overwatering and use the skewer method to know when it is time to water.

I personally don’t see this as a water issue, as I have seen that before when I was first getting plants. But just to be on the safe side I am going to remove the plant from the pot, snap a photo of the root system, and repot the plant into a more breathable clay pot since this seems to be iron and may not be allowing it to breath.

However it did come in the mail wrapped in moist paper towels with a heat pack that was cold by the time it got to me.

I've read in a thread on here before that iron containers can be toxic for plants (however I did not take the time to investigate it further) so I wouldn't keep it in that pot. Watering issues are what most often cause leaf yellowing and checking the soil only to the depth of a finger facilitates overwatering. However, yellowing can also be the result of a nutrient deficiency, age, or infestation. Does the potting soil include fertilizer (such as a miracle grow product)? Have you fertilized this plant since you purchased it?

Yes there’s fertilizer in the soil and no- I’ve only had this plant for a week or two, and don’t fertilize in the winter

Here’s the photo of the roots. That’s interesting about iron- the plant was in a regular terra cotta pot upon receipt and had the yellowing leaves when I got it- I clipped one that was very yellow and the rest have gotten worse. In the time I’ve had this plant I have not seen it be lush or full. I figured it was from shock of the box but I don’t think so now

Then it looks like all signs are pointing to watering issues.

Hm I’m not sure how it could be watering being as the second time I watered it was yesterday but alright!

It could very well be shock/stress from changing environments, and it could have been over watered even before you got it. Again, conditions aside it could just be shedding older leaves, some of my pothos do that during the fall.

As a single stem it will never look lush or full, it'll only get longer and longer. But, pothos water propagate readily, so it could be trimmed, propagated, and the stems can be stuck in the pot with the old plant for a more full look.

If you feel like it keeps declining despite your best efforts you could cut it, water root it, and plant it in your high quality soil when it arrives!

Alright thanks! I messaged photos to the seller and he said it needs more humidity I’m just going to wait it out and see what happens. Worse case scenario I’ll just buy another lol. I did move it out of the iron pot though...

It’s funny because I was just checking out my plants and it dawned on me that I had a similar issue with my monstera adansonii! It came to me in the mail with a yellow leaf, and the yellow spread to a few others. I messaged the seller and they said it was probably shock and would send me a new one if it didn’t improve. Everyone in some group I can’t remember said it was over watered, but I hadn’t even given it any yet because it came in moist soil. Fast forward to a few weeks after I clipped off all the yellow leaves and the thing looked so straggly and awkward, it finally put off THREE new leaves and has been shooting them out ever since. This was back in sep. he’s doing so well now, and come to think of it, is in the same soil as this cebu blue pothos, if I’m remembering correctly.

I think general care tips are great but it really depends on people’s environments. My home is so so dry so overwatering is not something that happens often, except if I leave something outside in the rain and forget about it (RIP to one of my cacti) lol.

But I appreciate all the advice- for now I’m going to go with shock/transit damage and cut off all the leaves that are yellow like I did with my monstera. I’ll definitely update if it doesn’t make it though hah.

Thanks again!