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What do you see on your plant?
Pick the symptom. Each one leads to the causes and fixes for your plant.
- Yellow leavesMost often too much water or too little light
- Brown tipsDry air, fertilizer salts or uneven watering
- DroopingThirsty roots, or roots rotting in wet soil
- Leaf spotsFungal or bacterial spots, sometimes sunburn
- Curling leavesThirst, heat, too much sun or pests
- PestsSpider mites, mealybugs, fungus gnats, scale
- Root rotSoggy soil and poor drainage
- Leggy growthStretching for more light
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Pothos Pothos Care: The Complete Guide to Growing Healthy Indoor Plants
Master pothos care with our complete guide. Learn watering, light, humidity, propagation, and how to fix common problems for thriving houseplants.
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Houseplant care basics
Six things every plant needs. Get these right and most problems never start.
- Light Bright indirect, low or direct sun — what each plant really needs.
- Watering How often, how much, and how to tell it is time.
- Humidity Which plants need moist air and simple ways to give it.
- Soil and repotting The right mix, the right pot and when to move up a size.
- Temperature Safe ranges, drafts, heaters and cold windows.
- Feeding When to fertilize, how much, and when to stop.
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How our guides are made
Reliable sources
Facts come from botanical gardens, university extension services and the ASPCA. Every article lists its sources.
One plant, one care card
Light, water, humidity and pet safety come from the same card in every article about a plant, so the advice never contradicts itself.
Kept up to date
Each article shows when it was last updated. Pet toxicity is only stated when a trusted source confirms it.