Global Green Pothos plants were not widely known a decade or so ago, but have since become very popular due to their vibrant colour combination. Many small businesses, coffee shops and retailers fancy their unique patterns and vibrant lime and emerald green colours.
Our guide to growing and caring for Global Green Pothos will ensure that you know how to grow and nurture this unique plant in your home or workspace.
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- What Are Global Green Pothos Houseplants?
- How To Grow Global Green Pothos
- Growing, Planting and Propagating The Global Green Pothos
- How To Plant Or Re-Pot A Global Green Pothos
- Propagation And Pruning
- When And Where To Plant Global Green Pothos
- How To Care For Your Global Green Pothos
- Common Global Green Pothos Pests
- FAQs About Growing Global Green Pothos?
What Are Global Green Pothos Houseplants?
Pothos is a tropical vine native to Southeast Asia where it thrives in the rainforests of French Polynesia, the Pacific Islands and Australia.
It has heart-shaped leaves on trailing vines. Many varieties exist but they all belong to the Epipremnum genus.
Epipremnum aureum ‘Global Green’ is a fairly new variety of Pothos, prized for its patterns of greens and its adaptability. As in all Pothos plants, the Global Green Pothos is easy to care for and only has a minimum of basic requirements.
Global Green Pothos requires bright but indirect light to keep its striking variegation. For its water needs, it prefers to have its soil dry out between watering. This may even mean irregular watering is required.
These trailing vines can be grown in pots, hanging baskets, or any suitable container.
The plant’s ideal conditions include shady areas, strong indirect light, warm temperatures and humidity, similar to the Southeast Asian climate.
How To Grow Global Green Pothos
To successfully grow Global Green Pothos, you need to try and imitate its natural habitat. As it grows in competition with a lot of other plants under the forest canopy, Pothos prefers dappled sunlight or shade. Like all plants, it needs enough light to photosynthesise.
It is said that its name derives from the marbling on its leaves, which some believe to look like the world’s continents as represented on a map.
Growing, Planting and Propagating The Global Green Pothos
As the plant is a patented hybrid, you cannot propagate the plant to sell. But if you want to propagate some vines for your own use, feel free to do so.
How To Plant Or Re-Pot A Global Green Pothos
Someone has gifted you a Global Green Pothos and you would like to re-pot it into a special container.
Prepare your new container that is around twice the size of the store pot. After placing pebbles in the bottom, fill with a well-draining potting mix. Place your new plant in a hole big enough for its root ball.
After backfilling with soil/potting mix, avoid compacting the soil as Global Green Pothos like their soil to be aerated as they are prone to root rot.
Now give it a generous watering with a little diluted fertiliser and place it in its new location. A very light misting once a week will aid in keeping humidity levels on the higher side.
Propagation And Pruning
These activities are done simultaneously.
To prune for cuttings, snip off a healthy vine or two with a clean knife or pair of scissors behind a leaf node. Nodes are brownish in colour and easy to recognise. This node is where new roots will grow from.
Leave about 2-3 leaves on the cutting and submerge at least two nodes deep in a jar of water. Change the water every few weeks until the roots grow. Once you see roots, you can plant the rooted cutting in exactly the same way you planted your new plant above.
Water and mist it in the same way as the parent plant.
When And Where To Plant Global Green Pothos
Like most plants, the best time to plant is early spring after the last cold snaps have passed. This is the start of the growing season when the plant’s metabolism kicks into gear.
Global Green Pothos grow best in strong but indirect light indoors or in a shady spot on a patio or in the garden. Strong sunlight can burn their tender leaves so avoid sunny, hot areas for planting.
How To Care For Your Global Green Pothos
Caring for Global Green Pothos is fairly easy. All they need is the right light, water, regular pruning, feeding and re-potting when needed.
- Watering
Remembering that Green Global Pothos, in fact all Pothos, hate wet feet and soggy conditions, it’s important to let them dry out in between watering them again. You can test whether the soil is dry at the top by burying your finger in the soil.
If your finger comes out clumped with soil, then the plant is still hydrated. Hold off from watering until it is dry and your finger comes away clean.
If the plant has dried out too much and is wilting slightly, they usually bounce back after a good watering.
- Soil Needs
Good, general potting mixes are fine for Pothos. The preferred pH is 6.0-6.5. Many experts advise that the best mix is to add 2 parts of potting soil to 1 part perlite to increase drainage.
Another treat is to add some good organic compost once a year to look after the soil’s microbes and bacteria.
Avoid dense soil.
- Feeding Your Global Green Pothos
Pothos are not especially greedy feeders and require light fertilisation or feeding.
It’s best to feed during the growing seasons of spring, summer and fall once a month and then stop over the winter.
- Temperature
Global Green Pothos prefer temperatures above 15°C and never below 10°C.
Never subject it to cold winter draughts or relentless summer direct sunlight.
It prefers plenty of light but not light that will burn them. Ideally, they need 10-12 hours of indirect light a day.
If your Pothos has been damaged by full sun, simply remove it and place it in a shady area. Snip off the damaged leaves as they will not revive or recover.
- Humidity
Tropical houseplants love humidity. If you live in a very dry climate then mist its leaves occasionally, once or twice a week. If your home is in a humid, tropical climate zone, then this may not be necessary. If you would like to increase the humidity for your Pothos, you can group them with other plants or place them on a pebble tray.
Common Global Green Pothos Pests
Like many houseplants, mealybugs, gnats and thrips can be a problem.
If you spot these pests, spray your plant with a diluted Neem Oil solution. Don’t forget to gently wipe off the excess on the leaves and regularly check the undersides of the leaves. If your plant has been overwatered, then fungus gnats could become a problem. If the soil is soggy and doesn’t look healthy, simply re-pot your Pothos in new healthy soil.
The best thing you can do for your Global Green Pothos to keep it in top condition is to get the watering right and to prune it regularly to encourage new growth.
You prune or Pothos in the same way as if you are taking cuttings. Prune around the crown to get new leaves and it’s quite acceptable to snip off long unwanted trailing vines. The best time to prune is in the spring as that is when your Global Green Pothos has the growing season ahead of it.
FAQs About Growing Global Green Pothos?
What Light Does Your Global Green Pothos Need?
Pothos enjoy bright but indirect light. If your plant is not getting enough, it will lose its variegation and the leaves will turn green. It will also not thrive.
In the winter months, when the sun is not so intense, it’s perfectly OK to give your Pothos an hour or two of direct sunlight in the early morning. But don’t leave it in the sun for hours on end.
What Is The Best Location For Pothos?
A Pothos will become very unhappy in a dim or dark area. The ideal location is within range of a north or east-facing window. But your plant should never be located very near or right next to a window.
If your space is limited, make sure your Global Green Pothos is at least 5 inches or more, away from a warm or hot window.
What Is The Best Method Of Watering Your Pothos?
Water them from the top every 7-10 days after you’ve checked that the soil is dry on top.
If your tap water is very hard or brackish, then it’s best to use either rainwater or filtered water. High concentrations of nasty salts can burn the Pothos’ roots.
What’s The Best Way To Train Your Pothos?
These forgiving vines can either be trained to grow vertically or horizontally along a shelf or they can hang down from a hanging basket. If you want them to grow vertically, then you will need to provide either a wooden trellis or a moss pole for your Pothos to climb. For a horizontal growth pattern, a simple long shelf or filing cabinets or on top of a cupboard will do.
Getting the Global Green Pothos to cascade from a hanging basket is easy as the plant will do this naturally.
What Does Global Green Pothos Symbolise?
Global Green Pothos is also known as the Lucky Plant. For this reason, it is most often associated with wealth and prosperity, particularly in Asian countries.
Are Global Green Pothos Easy To Care For?
Pothos are one of the easiest and most accommodating houseplants to grow.
It is said that the Pothos is almost impossible to kill, which is why it’s also called Devil’s Ivy.
They are fast growers in the right conditions and can grow 15-20 inches within a month.
In fact, in some parts of the world, it is considered an invasive species and has been known to overwhelm and strangle native trees.
Florida in the US is one state that actively discourages gardeners from letting their Pothos loose in their gardens.
But if you stick to growing the Global Green Pothos in your home and apartment, there is no reason it should escape and become a problem.
Pothos are the perfect newbie gardener’s delight, easy to grow and care for, fairly adaptable and tolerant of less-than-optimal growing conditions.
But just remember if you give your Pothos the right kind of location and care, you will be rewarded with a lush tropical climber to beautify your living or working space.
Lily’s love for flowers and plants was nurtured in her grandmother’s vibrant garden. Over the years, this affection blossomed into a full-fledged passion for horticulture.
With formal training in botany and countless hours in her own backyard oasis, Lily has cultivated a deep understanding of plant care and garden design.