Hey my name is Liz and I was worried about a plant my father gave me and the leaves were turning yellow....Well they still are and Iam afraid that Iam ruining this beatiful plant it was really full and long and now its loosing about 5 leaves a week! I did the finger thing were I made sure the soil was dry before I watered agin and I give it plant food but what are my options now? it has meduim light enough air I think, well I would hate for some thing to happened to my plant like I said my dad gave it to me cause he moved and hes not coming back for a couple of years......I even named it Roger LOL ! I need help.
Older leaves are bound to become yellow & drop. If new leaves are turning yellow, then, may be the exposure to light is lacking.
You have a big, beautiful plant. Just pluck off the dying leaves, and problem solved. The leaves simply don't live forever. If a quarter of the plants leaved turned yellow in a span of a couple of weeks then you need to be really worried, but what I see looks totally normal.
You say you made sure the soil was dry before watering again, but do you mean the soil on top, or all the way through? If it's planted in potting soil, which is mostly peat, it will hold water inside the pot for ages, so you eed to take them into account.
Pothos is tough to kill. Oops, Wikipedia says it has another new name: Epipremnum aureum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epipremnum_aureum
Well what do you think I should do, when it comes to checking the soil? Can I poke it with a wooden screwer and push all the way down or will that damage the roots?
Thanks for that info I realy love this web site I have always loved having plants but they are hard to keep if you dont know what you are doing.
Thanks, I really love it....My Dad gave it to me and it realy makes me proud when ppl come in and this beaty.
