It’s best only to prune your Pothos during its growing period which is typically from spring into early fall. This allows the Pothos to recover quickly from the stress of being pruned and quickly establish new growth.
The best way to make pothos fuller is to prune it twice a year in spring and fall. Pruning stimulates new growth and removes the longer vines that make your plant appear leggy and less full. Clip some of the vines back to within 2 inches (5 cm) of the soil. Shorten other vines by cutting them off at random points.
You’ll always want to cut the vine ¼ inch (about 2/3 cm.) above each leaf. The point where the leaf meets the vine is called a node, and your pothos will send out a new vine in that area after you’ve pruned. Take care not to leave any leafless vines.
Trim a 4-6 inch piece just below a root node. Ideally, the cutting will have 4+ leaves and at least two growth nodes. Pothos plant propagation can be done in water or soil, but once it begins, the plant has difficult switching to the other growing medium.
When you trim each vine, cut back to a point just below a joint WITH a leaf on it. Cut that vine again, to a point where there is a leaf. If there are no leaves at all on that particular vine, cut the whole thing off. Don’t worry, it’s a pothos, it will grow more.
How to Make Pothos Leaves Bigger
Stake your plant. Pothos leaves tend to grow larger when trained to climb up a stake or trellis. Feed your plant. Pothos doesn’t need a lot of fertilizer. Increase light. This plant needs lots of bright, indirect light to produce bigger leaves.
If it’s just one cutting then it will be only one ‘vine’. You need to cut it to promote more growth. If I were you I’d cut it close to the top of the soil, but leave at least a couple of leave on it. This should make a few shoots come out of the stump that’s left.
Cut through the stem 1/4 inch above a leaf scar using a clean knife or scissors. The pothos sends out new stems at scars beneath a cutting point, resulting in a fuller, shorter plant. You can cut back the stems as far as necessary to maintain the desired size.
Snip off yellowing leaves, disinfecting the blades after each cut. If more than one-third of the pathos leaves yellow, trim over time rather than removing so much foliage at once. If the disease has spread to the roots, you may not be able to save the plant.
No, you can’t propagate pothos from just a leaf. You must use stem cuttings that contain one or more nodes. Propagating pothos is a great way to multiply one plant into many new ones. With either soil, water, or by division, even beginners can enjoy new devil’s ivy plants without much effort.
