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SILVER SATIN POTHOS: From One Leaf to an Arch of Leaves

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Looking for an ornamental vine that needs only minimal care and still grows beautifully almost by itself? Choose the Silver Satin pothos. The Silver Satin pothos, also known as Satin pothos or Silver pothos belongs to the same family as N'Joy pothos, Jade pothos and Golden pothos (more commonly known as Water Plant). With generous watering once a week and application of organic fertilizer every two months, it can grow palm-size leaves in an outdoor area with bright, indirect sunlight. The good thing about it is that the more you cut the stems, the more they grow branches and leaves. HOW TO GROW ONE LEAF TO MANY My first pot of Satin Silver pothos was just a leaf when I bought it a year after the Covid Delta epidemic has subsided. This leaf took six months to grow into a stem of six leaves. Like other pothos varieties, roots grow on the stems beside the node and turn brown as the plant matures. This signals that you can cut the rooted leaf right after the node an...