Yes... they can be a little hard to root when very long. They will often wilt.

Hmmm, I've never tried rooting the whole vine. I have always rooted mine from single leaf cuttings (leaf, with a 1"-2" section of stem depending how much of it has root nodes). Sometimes 2 leaves.

I have learned to put more cuttings in the pot :) my first ones were only 3, and they got long and gangly. Now I put 6-7. They grow so dang fast I know I'll have long vines in no time. When I cut off a vine from time to time for propagation the plant sends out new ones from the pot (and also the cut end- one cut end is actually sending out two new shoots right now)

In one pot I have planted a monstera with pothos, so I have the upright fullness in the pot with the vine trailing out the sides. The monstera (not pictured, pot is on other side of speaker at top right) is getting gangly and needs a trim, though...and more light. Two long vines that were just trimmed and three more new ones coming out from behind the speaker up top.

bunkfree, that is beautiful! I really like the long vines. It some how has a relaxing feel to me. Maybe like being in a jungle? I work in mental health and have several plants in my office, many with long vines. People always remark about how relaxing and "zen" feeling my office is.

If I can't get this long one to make roots maybe I will cut it up and propagate it and see how quickly it grows it's own long vines. How long (typically) do you think it takes a pothos cutting this time of year to make roots? If it does not make roots in the fish tank in a couple of weeks maybe I should give up?

Thanks! :) I can't wait till the other vines start getting longer and fill in around the window.

i have no idea how long to root in water , the ones below have been at it a couple weeks and not much action. (Yup, cloudy stagnant water. I only change it if things get slimy)

What I usually do is dip each cutting in rooting powder, make a pencil hole in potting soil and plunk 'em in. Keep it moist in sunny windowsill until new growth pops up out of the soil :) this is 8 or 9 cuttings and that new leaf was just beginning when I cut the vine, so it's opened since.

Here's the cut end sending out two new vines (one kind of in the dark there at far left). I have another one that I cut back to 6 leaves or so on each vine and it got new vines at almost every leaf!

The more nodes that take root, the more new vines you will get from that piece.

Tiffany, would you plant several nodes (piece of vine with leaves intact) horizontally? Or plant a piece of vine deeply with several nodes, removing all but the top leaf? Or possibly a long vine as Massey was asking, with several defoliated leaf nodes deep in the soil?

I have always just planted single pothos leaves with their root nodes, in small pots with no drainage :O I've been switching all my plants over to better soil with lots of perlite added -and drainage- as I pot up and they are going crazy. The difference between "doing fine" and thriving just blows my mind. I repotted this guy from a small clay pot without drainage two weeks ago, into a 4" plastic pot, thinking it might be good not to go too large too soon...The roots are coming out the bottom already! (This one's 4 vines)

I also chopped up and repotted the straggly old "mama" plant in a much deeper pot, defoliating longer pieces of vine and planting deep, and laying a couple sections horizontally a bit shallower that had sprouts at several of the root nodes. It's looking kind of crappy right now, had been too long in old soggy soil. If it takes off it should be an amazing plant.

bunkfree,

Nice! That little plant sure does look happy in that pot and doing well. I just love the pothos plant. I know it is probably boring to people that grow exotic and rare plants but I think they are beautiful.

Just last night I noted a little root coming from one of the nodes on the long vine in the fish tank. I will put it in pot and report back on how it does. I have had little luck with a long vine as I mentioned so we shall see!

Good luck! I also really love pothos, and also monstera. I have a lot of both. I get a lot of comments on my "jungle" in my office at work :) Some ladies in another office have requested plants, and want the "beautiful long trailing ones" so you know they're getting pothos :D

I repotted that little one above into a bigger pot last night. I'll put a smaller start into the window hanging basket and hope it takes off like that.

In a side note, I finally saw a pic of Dave's amazing entryway pothos that Lena mentioned above. WOW, now that's how ya do the pothos! I want to repot my long one now so it can have the best chances of filling in like that eventually.