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Pang Nam Fui is the founder of Plant Care Basics, a friendly online resource dedicated to helping beginners grow happy and healthy houseplants. With a passion for demystifying plant care, he shares simple, practical, and well-researched advice to empower new plant parents with the confidence they need to thrive. His goal is to prove that everyone can develop a green thumb.

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How to save a Pothos from root rot: the firm-root check and the rescue order

August 22, 2026 by PANG NAM FUI
How to save a Pothos from root rot: a rinsed root ball showing firm white roots beside blackened rotted ones.

A Pothos with rot still comes back if about half its roots are firm. I squeeze them first, cut only what is hollow, then move the plant into a pot sized to what survived rather than to the leaves above it.

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How often to water a Pothos? The dowel test that reads the whole pot

August 22, 2026 by PANG NAM FUI
How often to water a Pothos: a dowel drawn from the pot with a clear line between damp dark wood and dry.

Watering a Pothos on a schedule is what kills it. I push a slim dowel to the bottom of the pot and read the damp line instead, because the surface dries days before the mix around the deepest roots does.

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How to fix a leggy Pothos: where to cut, how far back, and what regrows

August 22, 2026 by PANG NAM FUI
How to fix a leggy Pothos: one bare, stretched vine standing out from an otherwise full golden plant.

A stretched Pothos is really a light problem, and pruning is what finishes it rather than what starts it. I measure the gap between two leaf joints, cut just above a node so the dormant bud below wakes up, then leave the plant alone through a quiet few weeks.

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How to propagate Pothos from cuttings step by step — first roots in 1 to 2 weeks

August 22, 2026 by PANG NAM FUI
How to propagate Pothos from cuttings step by step: one cutting in water with first white roots at the node.

A Pothos cutting roots in water within one to two weeks if it carries a node. I cut just below one, strip the leaf that would sit under the waterline, keep every node submerged, and refresh the jar each week until roots show.

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How to get rid of mealybugs on Pothos: clear the leaf axils, then hold the schedule

August 22, 2026 by PANG NAM FUI
How to get rid of mealybugs on Pothos: a white waxy cluster lodged in a leaf axil on an undamaged stem.

A single pass never settles mealybugs, because the insects sit deep in the leaf joints where a mist cannot reach them. I clear those joints by hand with alcohol on a cotton bud, then hold a fixed repeat until new foliage comes in unmarked.

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Why does my Pothos have brown spots? Water-soaked lesion or dry scorch

August 22, 2026 by PANG NAM FUI
Why does my Pothos have brown spots: a macro of one brown mark on a leaf, its texture and edge readable.

Two very different problems leave brown spots on this vine, and the boundary of each mark is what separates them. I look at whether the rim is limp and wet or hard and papery, then whether a pale ring around it is still advancing.

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How much light does a Pothos need? Foot-candle bands — window by window

August 22, 2026 by PANG NAM FUI
How much light does a Pothos need? Light requirements read on one vine: a marbled leaf beside a small green one.

A Pothos survives in far less light than it needs to look good, which is why one number never answers this. I work in three bands instead, and I read which one a plant is in from the size of the newest leaves.

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How to identify Pothos varieties: a visual identification key for one plant in hand

August 22, 2026 by PANG NAM FUI
How to identify Pothos varieties: four whole potted plants side by side on one table, one of each kind.

Naming a Pothos variety takes four leaf characters read in a fixed order, not a photo match. I work through them one at a time on a settled leaf, and I say so plainly when a plant is still too young to call.

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Pothos vs Philodendron: 3 fingertip checks to identify yours

August 22, 2026 by PANG NAM FUI
Pothos vs Philodendron compared side by side on one table, a golden Pothos beside a heart-leaf Philodendron.

Telling a Pothos from a Philodendron takes one fingertip and about ten seconds. I check the node for aerial roots, then run a thumb down the stalk for the groove, and the answer holds even when no new leaf is opening.

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How to repot a Pothos without killing it: step by step, root ball intact

August 22, 2026 by PANG NAM FUI
How to repot a Pothos without killing it: repotting with two hands, the intact unrinsed root ball eased out.

Most of the damage done in a repot comes from washing the roots off and from sizing the new pot up too far. I keep the root ball whole and unrinsed, go one pot size up and no further, then set the plant back in the exact spot it already lived in.

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