Is your Epipremnum aureum too huge to handle? This article will give you some ideas on what to do with an overgrown pothos!
If left untouched, this lovable houseplant can turn into a gentle giant! But you don’t always have to get your shears out, as there are smarter ways to handle its size issues. Read on to discover secret hacks to shape your overgrown pothos into a thing of beauty!
What to Do with Overgrown Pothos
1. Layering
You can propagate pothos without detaching it from the mother plant! Called layering, in this method, you select a branch or stem from the main plant and bury its node in the soil. In time, this buried bit begins to develop its own roots and emerges as a new plant, and then you detach it from the mother plant.
With pothos, its trailing vines can be tucked into the soil to form new plants. Easy to maintain, this gives you several pothos clones that can be arranged gracefully.
2. Hanging Baskets
If you have the time to prune and keep its trailing stems in check, you can grow pothos directly in the ground or a pot. However, for the busy bee, the best way to show off your pothos is by letting it dangle freely from a hanging basket.
You can cut several branches and propagate them from all sides and as they will grow longer, vines will cascade down evenly, making the basket appear bushier.
Hang it in a spot where it won’t be disturbed or moved, give it dappled sunshine, and keep its soil slightly moist.
3. Trellises
Pothos have slender creeping stems that easily bend and adapt. These stems take on the shape of support structures like trellises and topiaries. Go with a wooden or metal trellis and gently attach the overgrown pothos to it to allow it to grow vertically instead. Use zip ties to direct its flow on the trellis.
Place the trellis against a bare wall, or just have fixtures nailed into a surface, and its pretty foliage will quickly beautify your home without crowding it.
4. Grow in Water
If you often forget to water your plants, you’ll be happy to learn that pothos grow well in just water! Simply cut a portion of a healthy stem to begin with.
Ensure the stem has a few nodes on it, and remove all the leaves from its bottom end. Now drop it in a pretty glass jar filled with clean water, and you’re done!
5. Propagate Multiple Pothos in Soil
Finally, here’s a simple, straightforward way to tackle your overgrown pothos. Repeat the steps in the aforementioned water method, but this time, instead of dropping it in a glass jar, plant the cuttings directly in the soil.
6. Create a Pothos Curtain
People open their curtains to have a look at the greenery, so why not think outside the box and turn the greenery into a curtain? Yes, the cascading stems of overgrown pothos can be trained to look like a curtain. Here are some of the best Pothos curtain ideas for inspiration!
7. Grow a Pothos Garden
If you love Pothos, multiply them to grow a pothos garden by a single pothos plant! Create new plants in different pots from cuttings or layering and grow many of them in the same spot.
8. Create Massive Pothos Pot
A massive pot can easily accommodate an overgrown pothos, but remember to place it on a wheel tray as after filling it up with soil and the plant, the weight may be too heavy to translocate it easily. Remember to get a pot that is big but not too deep, as an enormous pot can lead to the plant’s deterioration instead of benefiting it.
