How to Grow Manjula Pothos in India

Learn How to Grow Manjula Pothos and include this stunning indoor specimen in your room! It is easy to maintain and does well in dappled light.

The Manjula Pothos is a rare plant to come across. Its claim to fame is its beautiful, large heart-shaped leaves that are white, green, or cream in color. To have one in your home garden collection absolutely glorifies the beauty of your garden. Read on to learn more about How to Grow Manjula Pothos.

Botanical Name:Epipremnum aureum ‘Manjula’

Common Names: Manjula pothos, Happy leaf pothos, Jewel pothos

Manjula Pothos Plant Information

Manjula Pothos is absolutely beautiful as an indoor plant. It will glorify the glamour of your indoor garden with its huge heart-shaped leaves. These leaves are in gorgeous shades of green, white, and cream color.

This magnificent plant has a rare status that is hard to come by often. This means you may have difficulties procuring it to add to your collection.

Propagating Manjula Pothos

Propagating Manjula Pothos is a very easy task and doesn’t require much strenuous effort. The steps to propagate it are:

1. During the growth season, pick a healthy 4-6  inches long stem with leaves attached.
2. Cut it at the internode space (that is, the space between leaf nodes)
3. Take the stem cutting and gently plant it in a well-draining potting mix.
4. Place the pot or container in an area where it can receive indirect sunlight.
5. This pothos plant takes quite a bit of time to grow. This shall result in the roots growing after 2-3 weeks.

Requirements of Growing Manjula Pothos

Sunlight

Manjula Pothos is not a very choosy plant regarding sunlight requirements, as it can grow in almost all light conditions. The best is to provide it with partial and indirect sunlight all day long. Direct blazing sunlight is a big no-no since it may lead to scorching of the leaves.

Soil

The plant requires loamy and well-drained soil to grow. As it is an indoor plant, regular, old pot mix will do the job however, if you wish, add a bit of perlite to stimulate the draining capability of the soil.

Watering

Manjula Pothos hates to stay in the wet soil. It would be a great idea to water the plant only when the top 2 inches of the soil feel a little dry to the touch.

Temperature

This plant can endure average heat but doesn’t mind the temperature dipping or rising slightly. It does well in the range between 10°C-35°C that is 50°F-95°F.

Humidity

Manjula Pothos loves humidity and thrives well in moist conditions. 60-90% is the ideal humidity level for the plant to grow. You can keep the pot of Manjula Pothos over a pebble tray filled with water.

Manjula Pothos Care

Fertilizer

If you have used vermicompost and cow dung manure at the time of planting, don’t worry about feeding Manjula Pothos. Occasionally, use a balanced liquid fertlizer, diluted to 1/2 of its strength, once in 7-8 weeks.

Repotting

Since Manjula Pothos is a slow-growing plant, re-pot over a time period of 1-2 years. Do not use more than one size bigger pot than the old one.

Rotation

To counter an unbalanced growth of Manjula Pothos, it is necessary that all parts of it get necessary sunlight from time to time. Hence it is obligatory to rotate the plant every couple of weeks.

Pruning

Pruning Manjula Pothos is not a tedious task, as the only requirement is snippers or shears. Snip away the dead and damaged leaves from time to time.

Pests and Diseases

Manjula Pothos is a common victim of mealybugs, scale, fungus gnats, and spider mites. It is absolutely vital to keep an eye out for infestation.

In its earliest stages, an infestation can be eliminated by using neem oil.

Is Manjula Pothos Toxic?

If ingested in a large quantity, the symptoms produced by Manjula Pothos are nausea, diarrhea, skin and mouth irritation, a burning sensation, and swelling of the lips, mouth, tongue, and throat. Manjula Pothos contain calcium oxalate crystals which are very toxic.

It would be a good idea to keep the plant away from pets and kids.