🌱 Quick Overview
• Botanical Name: Epipremnum aureum (various cultivars)
• Plant Type: Tropical trailing/climbing vine
• Growth Habit: Trailing or climbing
• Difficulty: Easy–moderate
• Growth Speed: Moderate (slower with high variegation)

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☀️ Light Requirements
• Bright, indirect light preferred
• Variegated types need MORE light than standard pothos

⚠️ Too little light:
• Fades variegation
• Slower growth

⚠️ Too much direct sun:
• Can scorch white areas

👉 Best: bright room, a few feet from a window

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💧 Watering
• Let top 1–2 inches dry out before watering
• Water thoroughly and drain

👉 Pothos are forgiving but:
• Overwatering = root rot
• Underwatering = droopy vines

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🌡️ Temperature & Humidity
• Ideal Temp: 65–85°F
• Humidity: 40–70%

👉 More humidity =
• Larger leaves
• Healthier variegation

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🌿 Soil Mix
• Standard potting mix + perlite is fine
• Upgrade option:
• Potting soil
• Perlite
• Orchid bark

👉 Doesn’t need anything too fancy, just good drainage

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🌱 Fertilizing
• Feed monthly in spring/summer
• Balanced liquid fertilizer

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🌸 Variegation Tips (Keep It Looking Rare 👇)
• More light = stronger white variegation
• Prune fully green vines
• Rotate plant for even color

👉 Snow Queen & Manjula especially benefit from strong light

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🪴 Growth & Training
• Naturally trailing BUT:
• Can climb a moss pole
• Can be trained along shelves or walls

👉 Climbing = bigger leaves
👉 Trailing = aesthetic vines

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✂️ Pruning & Propagation

Propagation:
• Super easy
• Cut below a node
• Root in water or soil

👉 One of the BEST plants for scaling inventory fast

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⚠️ Common Problems

1. Losing Variegation
• Cause: low light

2. Yellow Leaves
• Cause: overwatering

3. Leggy Growth
• Cause: not enough light

4. Slow Growth
• Cause: high variegation (normal)

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🐾 Toxicity
• Toxic to pets if ingested
• Contains calcium oxalate crystals