Marble Queen Pothos – Carla’s Hoya Haven

This was one of my impulse buys from Lowe’s. It was in a 6″ pot with just a hint of vine when I bought it. All the leaves were white as snow with minimal flecks of green. I planted this one in a Lechuza self-watering pot with regular potting mix. I water once every 2-3 weeks when the reservoir is empty and the soil is dry.

I thought it needed more light so initially I put it up on a shelf in a west facing window. This was too much light and it ended up with quite a few sage colored leaves. So much for my beautiful white leaves. I moved it to the dining room table which is about 15 feet from the same west facing window. It did better but was growing very slowly and the leaves tended to brown quite a bit.

I moved it once again to a half wall near a shelving unit with grow lights. It’s not directly under the grow light but gets enough light to create beautiful white and green leaves.

There is now natural sunlight streaming through the window for a brief period of time as we move into spring and that is just enough to create a few almost all white leaves. This and some lightly fertilized water in the reservoir will have to be good enough.

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