Repotting and separating a golden pothos plant

[@PlantswithKrystal]

Sometimes it’s chaotic but it tuned out nicely in the end. A pothos is always the one that I can separate, propagate, and she will do well. A simple soil mix that I use is indoor potting soil, orchid bark, and perlite. I had these beautiful pothos that I wanted to do more with so I was able to separate and make more to have throughout the house. I’m loving it so much more now.

[@tyhesegordon-wells564]

How can I get my pothos thick like yours 🤔

[@2coolforyou197]

@@tyhesegordon-wells564light, not too much! And propagating in water til decent amount of roots, then plop back in the main pot and voila!

[@bhavyabrao676]

I always heard from all the bloggers not to hurt the roots of the plant n all those blah blah.. but I always see u break the roots, wash them clean and again put it in fresh soil. I feel so nice to see that but I'm always scared of doing it. Bcoz mo of m6 plants don't survive after I repot them. I lost couple of my plants after reporting. Not understanding what goes wrong with it. Please give reporting tips and what type of condition one plant should have after reporting. Wil it be kept indoors or without being so specific abt the space do u keep it in it's actual place where it gonna stay forever.

[@tyhesegordon-wells564]

@2coolforyou197 thank you I'll try it.

[@chrissypacheco9635]

I need your help with this "monster" of a plant that I have in my office. I inherited him from a previous employee and it was just a small sad plant. The stem broke in half one day and I planted the broken half in the same soil and it grew two new stems. This plant is now over 10 feet high and keep growing. I don't even know what kind of plant it is, but it looks tropical. I had a pothos growing next to it and during the pandemic when we were out of the office for 2 years they somehow joined together and now their connected at the roots. Help!!!

[@iWantToBelieve...]

I take care of my gym’s plants (they have a LOT) and I recently spent like 5 hours repotting a bunch of their pothos, and the whole time I was puttering around and muttering to myself “shimmy that shoil” and “drown that hoe”. 😂 I might’ve sounded weird but I swear it helps me feel like I’m doing it right! 😅🪴 🙌

[@donnahibbard1774]

I do the same thing ❤

[@tamelagrooms429]

I do too 😂

[@1JBunny]

Bahahaha THIS! 🙌🏼😂

[@craigpeters8059]

She MADE us do it! I'm not mad at all!

[@NatalieMartinezMusic]

I had a huge golden pothos named “la pelua” that was propped on a moss pole and had vines running down to the floor. She nearly died in December due to a cold front a few days before I got back from travel. >90% of the plant was a goner and I was not positive it would survive. I spent over an hour removing all of the dead smelly leaves. Fast forward to August, she is thriving and has a gorgeous variegation! These are truly resilient plants that are a joy.

[@PlantswithKrystal]

What an amazing comeback! They really are so hardy and can go through so much and bounce back.

[@deb8416]

My leaves on one I f the vines turned yellow and died. I pulled those off and put the stem in a bulb jar to root. It rooted and I replanted it. The vine has grown new leaves and looks so much healthier. I never thought about adding Orchid bark, and that might be just what it needs. I do have them in self watering pots. Would that make a difference?

[@FlowAndGroww]

How do I use the moss pole? Mine will grow but I want vines to the floor for a project 😊

[@bjnancy]

@plantswithkrystal where can I get the soil u use in bulk? (Purlite, orchid bark, etc)

[@LML1415]

Wow those pothos are BEAUTIFUL

[@pjj.5649]

Krystal you and your plants are so much fun to watch. I know you had this one. Pathos are such strong and loving plants, they can take repotting like a breeze. I have 2. Love the finished product.

[@JustPanss]

Re-potting your plants is a damn workout that none tells you about. 😭💖

[@iWantToBelieve...]

Absolute TRUTH right here ^

[@dvorak920289]

I did the exact same thing today with my own pothos!!! He was too crammed on his pot, and was thinking "what would Crystal do?". Tore some roots, heard her voice "don't worry, there's plenty more", and in watering time of course it was "drown that *oe"!😅

[@KR-ck9ok]

I have 6 pothos pots in my house all from the same plant cutting. My friend gave me 2 pots with her cuttings in it and now they have taken over my house. And I love it.

[@deb8416]

How and what do you do to fertilize it?

[@KR-ck9ok]

Fertilize??? Maybe indoor plant fertilizer once a year or less??

[@Haleyrose500]

I have the same plant and love it! It is perfect for gifts because they are so easy to propagate!!

[@Gkrissy]

This is how I felt yesterday repotting my Xanadu philodendron. It was so root bound and I decided to put it in leca. I was too lazy to put a hose to it but I was giving it the people's elbow and all.

[@paulineplunket121]

I'm a new plant parent. This morning I will be undertaking the same project with my pathos that I bought from Home Depot. So I'm rewatching multiple times. And I will be "shimmering that shoil".

[@tcwd3760]

Omgosh my husband says we should get together, he rolled his eyes, says I'm JUST like you! Plant 🪴 🌱 🌿 🌾 🌵 crazy and talking to my babies! Doing a dance when I'm in the Garden area!😂

[@PlantswithKrystal]

😂 we sound like a great pair!

[@cumpendent]

Love these plants so much, they're my favorite besides succulents/cacti in general but MAN they are a pain to repot just because there's so much of them. I'm glad that I haven't needed to repot my neon as she grew into and effortlessly filled out the large hanging basket I have her in but I just bought a Brazil pothos yesterday (like I don"t already have 12 other plants 😂) and he's a tad too small for the massive baskets that my Home Depot sells so I'm going to have to gradually move him up and let him fill out because I don't want to shock him like I did with my monstera peru. Thanks as always for your vids, Krystal! You inspire me and many others to keep on adopting and nurturing plant babies to expand our families. 😁

[@undertaker9227]

YOUR AWESOME! Thanks for fueling my obsession with plants 🪴 😊

[@PlantswithKrystal]

Thank you so much!!!! That’s so sweet 💚 I appreciate your badge!

[@maitri_negi]

How the hell does your pothos looks sooo goodd😭. Jealous

[@AnarchistPoop]

THROUGH VIOLENCE evidently, lol.

[@AnaPerez-gm8qk]

You gotta drown that hoe!!

[@Goodie477]

​@@AnarchistPooptrue..

[@deb8416]

​@@AnarchistPoop😂😂😂

[@betweenthewildrows]

Love your videos! You’ve inspired me to go rescue some plants that I’ve never tried before. Cheers, plant lover lady!!

[@deb8416]

I use to like going to the "discount area" at Lowe's and Home Depot to get plants for cheaper, especially if I was experimenting with them. The last time I went, I bought $150 in regular full priced plants and another $65 in the discounted area. Their discounted area wasn't much of a discount because the prices were 3 to 4 times what I paid for them in the past 3 years. 9 times out of 10, the problem with the plants is not enough water. BUT, pay close attention that the plant isn't infested with aphids, spider mites, or a fungus. You definitely don't want to take those home to your established plants. I lost everything when I didn't pay attention once.

[@wisconsinaquatics]

You gotta get a cutting growing up a moss pole by itself. Trust me you'll be impressed by the transformation the leaves start going through as it climbs! (D-shaped plastic back is my suggestion)

[@LeafyLovey]

Thank goodness!! I have been so affraid to transplant my monster golden philadendron. It is intimidating. Thanks to you I will conquer that bad boy!! Thank you Krystal!

[@tenilletingey]

It cracks me up every time you body slam a plant to remove the pot

[@PlantswithKrystal]

It just doesn’t feel right when I do it carefully 😂

[@ciararoles6009]

I’m so happy you goblin talk to your plants like I do to my plants and dog.

[@donnahibbard1774]

My kind of GIRL…Plants and POWER TOOLS ❤❤❤

[@asbarcreedance6631]

I finally propagated my pothos today. I now have 2 containers of snow queens propagating, 2 containers of neon, and one golden pothos. My window in my kitchen is filled with plants now and they temporarily helped my itch to buy a new plant lol.

[@basileiosBbb1]

"SHIMMY THAT SHOIL!!!" 👍That one got me

[@karenraga3428]

I'm a new to houseplant care taking and I really appreciate your channel!

[@LaoSoftware]

Some people have dogs and cats for pets. My pets are plants.

[@godsprophecy222]

Any advice you can share on how to encourage growth?

[@T4Tracy2]

Light is number 1, from what I have been reading.

[@markjones7647]

Keep going kido x god bless you

[@fabiennebarre9601]

Tu es folles c une 🌹🏵💮🌺🌻🌼fleuriste qui parle.. pourquoi t'en de haine

[@terripinan1876]

Only got a dozen or so of UK starter plants, but now I have a shopping list of bit n bobs including soil stuff, all cribbed from what you use. My house may be in trouble. Loving the "shimmy that soil, drown that hoe along with people elbow"

[@JustJohnnyIV]

I think you are my favorite human that I don't know. I'd love to meet you someday. You've helped me a lot.

[@PlantswithKrystal]

💚 you are so sweet!!!!! I would love to meet more of my people here one day. Thank you so much!

[@Eli-ip5zx]

girl your baby’s are so beautiful

[@jenniferprice9971]

I love pothos. I got a cutting from a plant my parents had who they in turn had gotten a cutting from a family member. Mine was going so well and then I moved into a place with cats and they would not leave it alone and unfortunately my room which it was kept in the door didn’t stay shut very well. So after losing over 2/3 of its leaves I decided to cut it into a bunch of pieces and have been growing propagating them in water. Even decided to just put a few pieces of stems without leaves and those have even started to develop a new stem and some roots I’m extremely impressed that they didn’t just die. I do think that I am about to give one of the cuttings back to my parents had their pothos has died due to neglect due to live circumstances. So the plant continues.

[@PlantswithKrystal]

Wow! That sounds like an amazing and resilient baby!

[@jenniferprice9971]

@@PlantswithKrystal it has been my easiest plant so far even with the cats messing with it.

[@T4Tracy2]

​@@jenniferprice9971cats are evil lil boogers!

[@novaleeevenson2775]

My golden pothos loves it on top of my cabinet like you have that smaller guy 😍

[@Mako_683]

You're such a dork. I love it 😂

[@janet-margaretashton3688]

Did you loosen the roots before you repotted it? That is a very healthy house plant😍😍😍 can you write down the name of the plant so i can try to find one on line please.

[@Garbeaux.]

The Vladimir Tiara is probably the most iconic tiara the royal family now has. It’s also the most stunning by far.

[@michelleestrada5610]

Those plants, at least the one my mom and i have, love being root balled, they do eventually dtart yellowing, but not before growing like crazy 😂 i love them!

[@ilariatassari6825]

I love your reactions

[@annalawton8163]

Nice job on your pothos its beatiful

[@ChemesLamont]

Mine was getting huge, so I spit it into two and put them in my fish tanks. They’ve gone nuts!

[@PlantswithKrystal]

The plants love fish tanks!

[@lizzieholland]

Stunning house plants, monoculture lawn...

[@angeolivia14]

I don’t mean this to sound creepy in any way but I recognize that it could come off that way. What state do you live in? From the background of your picture it looks gorgeous! For reference, I live in AZ in the very hot desert and so living somewhere with green and hills is my dream.

[@PlantswithKrystal]

Not creepy at all. I’m in Indiana. Although it looks like we have beautiful rolling hills, this is probably the only hill in a 20 mile radius 😂 we are pretty flat here. I do love that I can pretend I’m somewhere else with the hill in the back.

[@nayanarachelsimon1243]

My pothos has not been growing even a leaf when kept inside the house… should I add any fertiliser?😢

[@js8741]

Is the plant getting enough sunlight? I had my plant for over 3 years and rarely fertilized it. I made sure it was close by a window with good sunlight & watered it when it needed it.

[@nayanarachelsimon1243]

@@js8741 I think I need to give it a bit of more sunlight… thankyou… what kind of fertiliser do we use for pothos? It cannot be the flowering plant fertiliser I assume..

[@deb8416]

I would think Miracle-Gro, but I'm going to try some tomorrow when I transplant. I'm also going to hang it on my deck.

[@user-bm5or3rt3m]

Gorgeous plants

[@juiceecherry]

Can you show how to separate elephant ears? I have three pups.

[@PlantLover135]

I want a Porthos so badly!!! ❤

[@leaarinwarkentine]

I love the cute aggression. I feel that with my plant babies. (Hubby just accepts my crazy as normal now, thankfully 😅)

[@eidanzg]

Is there a video on making your own potting soil please and thank you ❤

[@lisajohnson3538]

I just repotted mine she is huge I put 2 plants in one about a year ago and now she is huge and beautiful. Any advise on how to increase fullness?

[@ic3f4iry]

Don’t you just love when everything comes together like buttcheeks in the end 😌

[@deb8416]

😂😂😂😂

[@dawnheard1263]

You should NEVER EVER water your plants the same day after messing with the roots!! Wait three days to even a week after repotting. The reason being is you give the roots time to heal from any damage you caused ESPECIALLY ripping them into two. If you water log damaged roots you have opened up a world of fungus to settle from the bacteria in the soil on those damaged/broken roots. All roots are semi calloused over and when your ripping them and pulling , you have damaged some of those outer layers. The plant doesn't need water immediately, let the plant settle and the roots settle and get acclimated. I promise you your plant can wait for water and she will thank you for it as well!! ❤❤

[@uhleesha3564]

Everytime I repot a plant I always wonder if my shimmy meets Krystal’s approval

[@SadDevin]

I've had my pathos plant in the same pot/soil for over 5 years now. I'm wondering if I should re-pot and/or change the soil soon 😂

[@PlantswithKrystal]

Oh! Talk about a tough cookie 😂 Id say it’s probably about time.

[@The_VANtastic_Pack]

My boyfriend and i have a gardening business and when I'm watering the client's plants and I'm not sure if i watered it enough then "Drown that Hoe"! Pops in my head and then i always think of you 🤗 you're always soo right 😉

[@elifyanar7902]

Me shimmy the phone when you say "shimmy that shoil"....

[@Queenofthemean]

I used to have one of these… they kept jumping into the other plants pots and now I have 4 of these plants lollll they do as they please!

[@RaccoonRecluse]

Oh good, I'm not the only one who uses orchid bark for pothos.

[@b.bognanni4923]

Oh Krystal. You would be disappointed. But it's gonna change Ta-DAY!

[@rew2123]

My pothos is not growing well. I’m not sure why 😕 recently she’s been doing very well, I’ve gotten some nice green leaves and new grown but she grows slowly. Any advice would be great!

[@AutumnSwift2]

I made the mistake of squeezing in 2 pretty rooted pothos into a pot that wasn't wide enough, nothing happened to them it just took me way too long to get the smaller one properly into the pot.

[@3ford2892]

I love these plants, hundreds on them and I can't keep them alive long and grow. Should I give up?

[@jillcochran9794]

Beautiful I love Pothos

[@marvabeadle7789]

My favorite plant

[@AgentKJ06]

I have my golden growing across my window frame rn! I absolutely love it, but I with mine had more variegation in its leaves, I don’t have a brighter place to put it sadly 😂

[@agriward]

Wow so cute ❤

[@sassychimpanzee7431]

Can you talk about what you should do if you don't want your plant to outgrow its container?

[@deneag.marable1518]

Shimmy that soil!! I say that when I’m repotting now 🤣🤣🤣

[@sammiep93]

Thanks!

[@Mrs.AD0099]

There's so little light on the top of that hanging pot, will the top continue to grow nicely?

[@gynniesmith243]

Beautiful ❤❤

[@pp20173]

I just separated Patricia (my pothos) into three plants!

[@sudeshnasen2731]

You've such a huuuge backyard (or fontyard?). Do you transfer plants that are to big to the soil?

[@sabrina11422]

Question?! Can you put them in just water???

[@dabeardsmen3621]

Your so goofy😭🤣😂😭🤣❤

[@PlantswithKrystal]

Just a little! 😂

[@dabeardsmen3621]

😭🤣😂🤭Goofy is good tho 🤗

[@Lilian040210]

Wow you're ripping them apart, I carefully tickled them apart in water, and 4 of the palms I've found dumped in garbage died😢 I hope it's because it was freezing out, and not because I fucked them up. I was trying to save then😢

[@deb8416]

Did the Palms have aphids or spider mites in the tight spots of the leaves? If the leaves were yellow when you picked them up, that may have been the reason the previous owners may have thrown them out.

[@life.is.colour5387]

Use a hose to remove the soil. Much easier to seperate them.

[@cheyennewilliams2326]

I use regular soil & my plants are okay. Should I be using a blend?

[@deb8416]

I was using the regular soil as well. My soil was so wet that when I took my pathos out to transplant, because it was dying, it looked like I had mold growing on the roots. It had a weird odor to it. I threw out all that soil and mixed Luke warm water, dawn dish soap, and a little bleach in my sink. After rinsing all of the dirt off of the roots, I soaked them in the sink with the mixture for 5 minutes or less. I use bleach because I have a well and we don't use chemicals in it.

[@shelleypatton639]

Just know every time I repot mine I say… shimmy that soil! Lol

[@PlantswithKrystal]

You got the case of the shimmies!!!

[@az_growss]

Hi Krystal 😊how can I accomplish volume instead of length?

[@kayla_mallen]

I recently repotted my pothos into a couple different babies and they're all struggling 😭😭 I kept the mother alive and well for so long but she didnt have that golden color, so I wanted to give it more space and better drainage, I shimmied that soil and drowned them hoes so idk what went wrong 😭 maybe too much room for all of them? I moved, so maybe I'm getting less light here? Idk but I'm so sad, they're my favourites 😭😭😭😭

[@anonimochenta4439]

How do you prevent the dirt/soil getting out of the pot throught the drain holes?

[@deb8416]

Take a piece of window screen and place it over the hole in the bottom of the pot before you add the soil to the pot. That prevents the draining of the soil.

[@lifewithgracie9936]

Is this pothos from the exotic angel plant company or whatever because I’ve had two different pothos from them and both of them died and I have no idea why😭I have a neon pothos that’s not from them and it’s thriving but every time I buy a big pothos from exotic angel plants it dies pls help😭😭

[@gforgarden]

Wow ❤

[@followhim6502]

How do you keep a pathos so full? Mine usually gets long tendrils and weak unfurl base

[@cherrycreamslushie91]

Anyone know if pothos benefit from or like being root bound? I have a golden pothos but it’s certainly not as full as those, maybe it needs a smaller pot?

[@timunjepun75]

Is it we should shake out pot after repotting. I dont know why ,everytime i do that. The water really2 slow to settel down everytime i water my plant🥲 should i reportting back

[@lynnboho]

I’ve tried potting soil…my plants would rather be in water than dirt..🤦🏻‍♀️ stubborn plants for reals…so I just repotted them in dirt thinking they will be okay..hell no..they are alive but kinda sad leaves down looking sad..so I gotta put all 7 of them maybe 10 back in water

[@stephaniejuvera3707]

What are those mats called that you use when repotting your plants?

[@donnawestbrook8992]

Yes I know it is a boot mat, and she has talked about them, but I can't find a link anywhere now that I am ready to buy one. Not on her website, not on Amazon list.

[@deb8416]

Have you tried a feed store or farm store. Tractor Supply? Farm feed Depot. I'm only guessing she lives in the country based on the cows in the pasture behind her. ❤

[@deb8416]

Have you tried a feed store or farm store. Tractor Supply? Farm feed Depot. It looks like she may be, or may have been in an agricultural area. I use to be, but they've built so much city up around us that it's no longer peaceful. 😊

[@MarianaGarcia-cz6wy]

I need help, my pothos started getting moldy?? I took away moldy soil and sprayed with peroxide and water and still moldy when I check. How to fix this?

[@deb8416]

I had that problem and I removed them from the soil and washed all the soil off from the roots. I placed the roots in dish soap, Luke warm water and a tiny amount of bleach and I soaked the roots for a few minutes. Any roots that looked dead or wasn't healthy, I cut up to a healthy spot with scissors. I placed small vine shoots in water to grow and repotted the bigger plants in the mix she recommends.

[@silvia376]

Ne ho anch'io sono stupende le adoro ma questa tua è meravigliosa amo queste sempreverdi fanno bene alla salute e il spirito ❤😊 cari saluti from Italy🫶😍

[@artofreya4069]

Where is this place?it looks so beautiful

[@user-jv3ej3cy4k]

1st attempt to loosen the soil: I chose violence

[@mw8392]

Pothos and snake plant are the only plants I don't consistently... um.... fail.😅

[@cinatelli]

What’s the drill name to make pot holes

[@nolancampbell4451]

Lmao I punch the sides of my fabric pots like that too

[@T4Tracy2]

@PlantswithKrystal I was wondering how long after you but a plant, do you wait to put it in your pot and soul mix? I didn't wait on my last one and totally went into shock and died😢

[@PlantswithKrystal]

Unless it’s a rescue or struggling, I don’t repot right away. I typically repot when I see that the soil is dry and cracked, it’s not retaining moisture, or roots are coming out of the pot.

[@T4Tracy2]

@@PlantswithKrystal Thank you for replying always love your advice Krystal✌🏼

[@aradhanagupta5725]

Dragon fruit ‘s further update on both methods plz

[@sekaiomiruhitokaminoyume5426]

I used to have a plant just like that, snow queen one ☝🏾. Yes I used to , what happened…… mealy bugs out of hell 🤬🤬🤬

[@ms.m6060]

Repotting a plant is like the end of the world to me

[@Oliviamargaritaa]

Have you got fungus on your pathos? All of mine get it and die 😩😩 what do I doo

[@shannjoy324]

Please… you need merchandise that says “Shimmy that Shoil!!” And I will purchase said merchandise

[@PlantswithKrystal]

Working on it 🙌🏽💚

[@foreverlocal]

My pathos isn’t growing. It’s just sitting in the pot for 5 months. It doesn’t look sick but it’s not growing