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Philo's run away!!!!

11 years ago

Is it just me, or do Philodendrons seems to unpot themselves?? Not the whole plant but enough to be irritating!!! All my Philo's (heartleaf & variegated) have done this!!!

Comments (27)

  • 11 years ago

    do you support the vines?

  • 11 years ago

    No they're just hanging.

  • 11 years ago

    maybe that would help?

  • 11 years ago

    Maybe!!! I added more soil at the top so maybe that will hold it in.

  • 11 years ago

    I would take the vines and wrap them around the inside of the pot, with the root buds in contact with the soil. You need more roots and you need to find out why your root system was so weak in the first place.

    how do the roots look? Are they rotted? Dried out? How does the soil feel? Is it compacted and holding too much moisture for proper root development?


    You can pin down the vines using a bent in half cardboard stick cotton swab.

  • 11 years ago

    Laticauda I think my soil isnt dense enough

  • 11 years ago

    may be a single decorative stone for weight?

  • 11 years ago

    Sans yea if the extra soil doesn't hold it then that will be next!!!

  • 11 years ago

    What kind of potting medium are you using? Philodendron are mostly epiphytic and like to grow in loose, airy soils.

  • 11 years ago

    Perlite, orchid bark, and a little peat. Its airy and its growing fine. I just noticed at some point on all of my Philo's they tend to unpot a portion. I've also killed a few in my day so maybe they're trying to escape from me LOL

  • 11 years ago

    Well, they are technically trying to escape, but that's just the nature of the plant and nothing against you personally.

  • 11 years ago

    Thanks laticauda I feel better LOL

  • 11 years ago

    I have one in a small pot that did this. I have a soil similar to yours. It has mostly something to do with the way the stem was cut when I bought it at the nursery, so the plant just gets weighed down and top heavy. I've repotted the darn thing twice. I guess I could go in and do some surgery on it, but I'm trying to not disturb it anymore than it has been. All I can hope for is if those roots grow in quick.

  • 11 years ago

    Glad its not just me!!!! Jentsu926

  • 11 years ago

    Tiffany, I LOVE the eyes, what a great idea !!! "Here's looking at you" who said that??

  • 11 years ago

    I have a question for Tiffany, but it's not board appropriate lol.

  • 11 years ago

    Christine, I agree, but can't take credit. It came that way, got in Nov. There were also fuzzy red "noses," but I forced myself to take those off around the end of Jan. Cutesy isn't my style at all, but I admit, I fell for the Rudolph thing on those leaves. That's Philodendron bipennifolium, BTW.

    Laticauda, I clicked to "follow" you. Will try to remember to look for note later.

  • 11 years ago

    I already sent it, but see now that it's kind of a moot point lol.

  • 11 years ago

    Hey, I found it too, so that's an accomplishment. LOL!

  • 11 years ago

    Very pretty Philo's Tiffany.


  • 11 years ago

    A trellis is a good idea. I had one growing up a stick and now that I think about it it didn't unpot itself. If they unpot themselves again I'll find a support.

  • 11 years ago

    TYVM! I do have this hanging pot too. Wasn't thinking about it earlier. Took a new pic just now.


  • 11 years ago

    Gorgeous!!!!! This pic is why I letine hang!!!

  • 11 years ago

    TY. Hang 'em high!

  • 11 years ago

    My most aggressive aroid/'philodendron' has gotta be my Monstera. Appropriately named, it's a beast.

  • 11 years ago

    See, I like the hanging versions, too--awesome, Purple!--because they can almost create a "green curtain." Very cool looking in windows and in the indoor "living walls" I see on plant design sites, that is, if the plant isn't terribly leggy looking. Come to think of it, never seen a leggy philo. Pothos, definitely.