Epipremnum Aureum Golden Pothos (How to Grow Them BIG) Care Tips and Propagation - WITH UPDATES

This is hands down the most common plant in the world, thanks to its beauty and also adaptability. I share the care tips for this plant, as well as the different growth pattern than it can exhibit (trailing, or climbing up). These guys can get massively huge fenestrated leaves in the right conditions. I propagate this plant and show updates at the end of the video, see if I managed to grow this into a monster sized leafed plant in the end.
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[@tinabratland4027]

A golden pothos is a must for every home. They are so versatile, beautiful and easy care.

[@grat2010]

Sean if you want something different, combine neon pothos cuttings with golden pothos in one pot. Their colors look great together and just gives a different look to the ubiquitous golden pothos.

[@onlyplants]

Yeahh I have done this with philodendron hederaceum actually. Mixing 3 in one pot

[@jeanbase9414]

Oh great. Thank you.

[@marcellasstrays]

“Don’t get dogs, you guys, get plants!” I love it!! 🤣🤣 Don’t worry sometimes dogs can get the best of us 😂

[@onlyplants]

😅😅

[@Nikibaby74]

As a dog mom of three I totally felt that frustration lol. Dogs can be so very needy. I love them so much but sometimes I have other things to do…..like propagate my plants! 😂 Great video! The amount of time and work you put into your videos is amazing 🤩

[@onlyplants]

Haha yes I usually dont mind it but not when Im filming or sleeping

[@Nikibaby74]

@@onlyplants omg especially when sleeping! Well only because I don’t film videos lol

[@jessicadaniels536]

LOVE your videos so much. I Do wanna see more of your dog though... I almost died of laughter when you hollered at her. hahahahaha

[@onlyplants]

Haha I have a video on my personal channel “onlysean”. Theres an episode there on my dogs

[@jennytaylia5371]

They can live in water provided there’s enough nutrients for them. This is a very common plant people hang out of their aquariums because it helps absorb the nitrates from the water column. The ones i stuck into my tank last year are at least 14’ long and are mounted onto hooks on the wall. The roots also give a natural feel and look to the tank and its inhabitants. There’s a lot of house plants that can be grown as marginal plants in aquariums, but I’d say the pothos is hands down the most common house plant aquarists stick into their tanks.

[@onlyplants]

😀😀

[@mfuller3172]

Wow, I can picture that! I don't have an aquarium, but I would love to have one.

[@agi_s_2344]

Wow! That sound brilliant! I just got some cuttings in water propagation. I will put them in my tank when they are ready! Thank you for this beautiful idea!

[@zenthumb]

I admire how much advance you plan for your content. I don't have the kind of discipline. When i shoot i want to publish right away. I really enjoy seeing the progress in one video. Kudos to what your doing. 👍👏

[@onlyplants]

😀😀

[@masyogi6717]

saya juga pelihara sirih gading Belanda, dan yang berdaun jumbo, juga manjula, marble queen, dan njoy, mereka semua semakin membuat rumah semakin teduh dan segar. terimakasih atas dibuatnya konten ini.

[@mamatdeng318]

good that we can finally see every day plants being featured in the programme.

[@onlyplants]

Yeahh and this one has many hidden characters/growth pattern people overlook.

[@mamatdeng318]

@@onlyplants pls do more of commonners plant. u did coleus b4, its closer to us.. n tks agan..

[@victoriagrapsidou3474]

Hi Sean!! Epipremnums are great and resilient plants!! I'm watching you with anticipation of tips for them!!✌️✌️

[@onlyplants]

Yeahhh a bit bummed I couldnt show them massive leaves in this video though

[@1101naomi]

Omg Sean. I’m laughing so hard! You yelling at Gia and then your Asian parent comment. I can so relate .... with my Asian mom!!!! Ahahahah!

[@onlyplants]

😅😅

[@critic109]

I had a little ptsd. Filipino mother and black father oh the combination of discipline 🥴

[@judymckerrow6720]

Beautiful plants Sean, as always! ❄️💚🙃

[@syhrsaad]

Just bought this plant. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Really appreciate it!

[@onlyplants]

😀

[@zalehaburude7752]

What a beautiful golden Pothos.... I have golden Pothos too but i planted in the hanging Pot....Looks healthy and lovely... Thank you...and happy Sunday evening...Sean.

[@onlyplants]

Most people have them hanging 😀 but they look so nice when they fenestrate and turn hugeee haha

[@Miles_Hoffman]

Nice video there, love how big the leaves got, too bad about the Hetrophylie fail- it’s not as easy and we would like, but still large leaves! Thanks for sharing 💚💚💚

[@meenakshikrishnan2776]

Hi Sean, thank you for this informative video. I enjoy watching your propagation videos, especially the part where you show us the new baby leaves (aka, the miracle of life). You are a constant source of encouragement and knowledge to us amateurs and i look forward to learning more from you. In your next video on pothos, could you maybe talk about the various types of pothos available and how to differentiate between them? Thanks in advance! 😊

[@onlyplants]

Thank youu. I only own about 3 varieties… the n’joy, marble queen, and this one 😀

[@cherrelle3231]

I really appreciate the time and care it takes to make your videos. Especially when seeing flash backs of your dads place knowing you moved a while ago. Can I make a video request. I’d love a huperzia care video if possible. I have two and they are surviving rather than thriving.

[@onlyplants]

Woooh huperzia is one that Im not experienced with as I have killed both of mine and have not made new purchases. I was hoping to run into huperzia experts to get some pro tips from them but that day have not presented itself 🥲

[@jovanessavf164]

I love this plant! So easy and fast to grow. I don't know what to do with the many that I have. Lol

[@onlyplants]

Haha yes I had to give many to my neighbours

[@StalkerNaturaliste]

Epipremnum aureum cannot genetically flower. It lack the ability to produce gibberellin and flower only when artificially exposed to this hormone. It relay only to vegetative propagation. This helped the build-up of several mutant lines of cells ont the same vine to the point that almost all wild specimens are basically the same variegated plant.

[@kimberbites]

My next purchase soon. Variegated pothos cutting. I forget the name I've been looking at, but it's got really vibrant white and green mix. I have pothos all over in small pots. I just love how easy they are. Done the trailing vine, and climbing, so right now it's small plant pots. P. S. As a fellow dog parent, I relate. 🤣 That made me crack up so much. I have a few. My Doberman can't stand being away from me for even a minute. So mine is a 70 lbs baby throwing a fit sometimes in the background. Lol

[@onlyplants]

😅😅

[@tonypham9419]

Hello all, I were born in Viet Nam and growing up in USA. In Vietnamese, Trầu Ông and Trầu Bà (Trau Ong - Trau Ba) are a type of Pothos, but the problem is I don’t know which variety they are, google doesn’t help much. and I’m looking for Trau Ba, and according to my mom, Trau Ba has smaller leaves than Trau Ong. Thank you in advance and sorry for my English.

[@onlyplants]

Maybe if you have photos of it, someone might be able to give you the latin name. Its easier to search in the market based on the latin name 😀

[@mistrylyra5848]

“GIA!! GIA!! cut it out!!” 😂 at first I thought you were talking about a kid, I was like he don’t give af 😂

[@onlyplants]

😅😅

[@rm1304]

10:27 this part 😂😂😂 I can’t stop laughing

[@onlyplants]

😅

[@DanielHanson343]

I am a plant and dog dad , I have 2 miniture Dachshunds (wiener dogs) and the hound in them makes them bark at nothing and everything 🤬 but I love them and they are good boys and never touch my plants , not that they could reach them with 2 inch legs 😂 💛

[@onlyplants]

Wooh my babies left the plants alone too hehe. Maybe they are smarter than other species

[@cherylyeo25]

YES YES YES!!!!!!!! Another fav - epipremnun (aka pothos) of any kind. They R underrated I think ... a few variety - easy on $$$ bank and lovely to create yes that rainforest jungle vibes! I am looking at my which is in the living room wall trellis that gives me such comfort whenever I have boring zoom/online meets ... be creative n experiment - yes sean we hear you! PS Love love love captions .... LOL for that epic moment Giiiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaa CUT IT OUT!!!! woahahahahahahhaahahahahaaaa ;P ;) ;)

[@onlyplants]

Haha 🙈🙈

[@Harta23]

Very nice sharing 👍👍

[@mistrylyra5848]

Bought one from Walmart with a hanging planter. Can I leave it in this pot or should I repot it and add new soil? It’s looks very green and healthy. Thanks

[@onlyplants]

I would gently take it out of its pot, if its not root bound yet I would keep it as it is 😀

[@LillibitOfHere]

I just put a bunch of wet stick propagated pothos into leca and net pots. They’re going to go in our koi pond bog filter in the spring to help keep the water clean. Wet stick took forever! I don’t think I’m going to do that again. 😆

[@onlyplants]

Haha they do test your patience but the baby leaves are the cutest

[@kimo1055]

It took years for pothos to get the fenestration... The stem has to be thicker than your thumb then only it will give fenestration leaf...

[@365designs]

Your subtitles are hilarious. The last video had something like dachshund variegatus 🤣😂

[@onlyplants]

😅😅

[@carolynchambers7203]

On my way to the vet and I had this video playing thru my speakers in my jeep and he started yelling at his dog . I jumped I scared my dog I looked out my window thinking some pterodactyl was flying over my jeep. I laughed at myself then looked around to see if anyone was watching me!!!!! Lol

[@onlyplants]

Hahaha sorry!! 🙈 hope your dogs ok!

[@MaybeTiberius]

i found it really frustrating propping trailing epipremnum because the leaves will mostly twist upwards to get light and its impossible to fit them into soil that way. i am of the assumption you need to pay attention wich side of the cutting is the upper part. i also bought one plant one day and it wasnt growing at all for like half a year and then i checked it and the guy was basicly placing cuttings into the soil upside down

[@newmanmansell760]

I enjoyed watching😊🤲💞You have such great content and very Interesting😁👏🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@conniesaria2958]

Thanks so much

[@jellybeansi]

I got this two months ago and it already has three new leaves... It's growing like a f*cking weed... In the middle of a Canadian winter. Thanks for this video.

[@onlyplants]

Haha yes. They are a good plant for beginners. To build up confidence

[@ninapit]

What about propagating the biggest leaves from scratch, up a new pole, maybe a plank?

[@onlyplants]

Thats what I will do next 😀

[@brandygonzalez3498]

lol!!! Love your videos!!!!!

[@onlyplants]

Thank youu

[@amysuewest3826]

I had no idea golden pothos would eventually develop fenestrated leaves. Did I hear you correctly that they will only do this if growing upwards on a pole of some type?

[@AndreeaWest]

Yes because the leaves need to be very big for it to get fenestration, and the only way to make it grow bigger leaves is by growing upwards on a pole or some kind of support

[@SickBoiRENegade]

Check out the channel Roots_Leaves_Reads!! You'll be mind blown🤯 when u see her plants!!I was😉

[@onlyplants]

Yeahhh they need to climb to get bigger trunks and leaves.

[@DK-AK-1999]

Idk if it’s the same variety because I have one the colours are similar but the leaves are way bigger bigger than my face it may be a hybrid but can you give me an idea of what it is

[@onlyplants]

Its probably just a mature form of the same plant

[@tiyascasaverde244]

Wakakakaka ngakak so hard 🤣🤣🤣 Jahat banget sm Gia 😅😅😅

[@onlyplants]

😅😅 dia kurang ajar sih

[@omaam1005]

cool.

[@piggytamisspiggy]

Review epipremnum hanoman dong.. keren deh pohon ini

[@onlyplants]

Wew belum mampu beli haha. Mahal

[@piggytamisspiggy]

@@onlyplants ayo tukeran

[@WilnaWanderlust]

hi Mas shawn, i loved to see if you have Epipremnum Pinnatum Aureum or Albo ultimate plant care. i find that this type more slow grower compare than this epipremnum aureum family even though they are under one genus.😂

[@onlyplants]

Yes I have the epipremnum pinnatum variegata video on my channel. Do search for it on the search bar 😀

[@JETBLACKPRIEST]

One thing I've started to think about to a maddening degree lately is how I'm going to manage my plants as they grow/mature get closer to my grow light. (sf1000, fixed height.) The part im stuck on is the maturity of the leaves. The way I understand it, the leaves start to get bigger and fenestrate as the plant climbs something and "matures" because of the increased light its able to access and as to not shade the lower leaves. If my monstera or pothos reach up too close to the light as they grow and mature, will they begin to revert and grow smaller/lose fenestration if i move the plant down or light up to give it more room? Right now my monstera/pothos/philidendron are about a foot maybe a foot and a half from the light and theyre maybe a foot tall at the largest, eventually theyre going to grow too close to the light and ill have to move them down a shelf returning their height to about a foot from the light. Will this decrease in intensity cause my plant to revert even though right now theyre growing more mature? I assume the intensity of light or ppfd is sort of the benchmark for my plant to know how mature it is, if so how do i mature my plants under a fixed light without growing then propagating them every 1&1/2 to 2 foot of growth? Or will it just keep on trucking after I move it back down from the light? id assume if the plant is happily growing at the height it is now, it should continue to grow when returned to that height I just dont know if it'll retain maturity when the intensity of light is decreased by moving the plant further away, the optimistic side of me hopes the plant only relies on the light to "tell" it how many leaves it can support and it listens more to how large it is/how many leaves it has/pot size/nutrients available and the fact its climbing something to determine its maturity since you said trailing vines will get smaller despite continuous lighting conditions That said im running my light about 1/5th as bright as it can go so if I have to raise the light rather than lower the plants it'll still have enough juice, ill just have to actually hang it from my roof rather than the ladder shelf the plants are sitting on which would give me better spread anyway, I just cant do it right now. Tl:dr: Do plant lose maturity if get too close to light then move down. Is keep light x distance above better plan, does it even matter at all as long as its climbing and getting enough light to support its growth? I'm basically wondering if maturity works the same as variegation, I might even have those wires a little crossed. The Ppfd is gonna increase as the plant grows then decrease (to a level it once sat at) when I move it cause the light is fixed so im wondering, since the change in ppfd relative to plant height in the their native habitat is negligible, as in theyre always getting a pretty similar intensity of light, how much of an impact will that have on my plants as they grow then need to be given more space?

[@onlyplants]

1) plants grow more fenestrated leaves when their aerial root grabs on to something successfully. Its not about the intensity of light. If you give them more light but the main stem is not climbing, it will produce juvenile leaves

[@onlyplants]

2) if the plant is climbing and getting larger leaves, propagating the top cutting with 4-6 leaves and sticking them lower to the ground will help produce larger leaves closer to the ground. I recommend doing this.

[@lipingyap3167]

How to make the leaf getting bigger?

[@onlyplants]

They must climb something. Also good light and some nutrients too

[@misse2013]

What if you cut the top node. Will it split into 2 vines? Then maybe they will both wrap around the pole and give a more full look. I heard some people saying that there are different mutations within golden pothos and some are genetically destined to stay small/average, and others are capable of growing huge and developing finestrations. We never know which genetic line we got until we try to grow it huge. Your thoughts?

[@onlyplants]

As far as I know they all can get big. In fact all epipremnum species can enlarge and fenestrate when allowed to climb

[@kendravoracek3636]

💚🌿

[@kaitlinrodriguez11kr]

Is the golden pothos the same as the Hawaiian Pothos? Or is it different? I have a Hawaiian but its leaves are a lot bigger than the one you showed, so thats why I’m wondering if it might not be the same?

[@onlyplants]

I just looked up the hawaiiwan pothos, looks like its a cultivar/hybrid from the golden pothos. They are quite similar though. Mine can get hugeeee I just didnt care for it correctly

[@kaitlinrodriguez11kr]

@@onlyplants Mine are only large because I bought them as propagation cuttings, and water propagated them for a couple of months. I just planted them last week though, so hopefully they thriveee 🙏🏽

[@alouella]

Have you tried wood planks instead of moss pole?

[@onlyplants]

Wood plants would turn moldy really fast and something at that size may invite termites

[@PeckmasterK]

I have a large pot growing up a wooden plank indoors. I agree that outdoors this would be problematic. To help even indoors, I actually drilled holes and mounted the wood pole onto rebar so it floats about half an inch over the soil. The plant is now so bushy you can’t see the gap and it has attached to the wood and doesn’t need Velcro any more.

[@mfuller3172]

Lol @ Gia. 🤣

[@h.b.2003]

🤣🤣🤣 Every dog parent

[@onlyplants]

😅😅

[@jamalwalker2104]

Lol 😂

[@yoganurcahyo7521]

First!

[@SunFlower44453]

You should not own a dog :( stick with only plants and don't have kids either

[@onlyplants]

🫣🫣

[@Bunnie4301990]

Disliked this vid for acting like a crazy guy and yelling at the poor dog. That short clip showed your double personality.