PotPal's default range for pothos
- Summer: every 2–3 days
- Spring and autumn: every 5 days
- Winter: every 7–10 days
These ranges are PotPal's default starting point for this species by season; once the plant is in the app, PotPal adjusts them for light, pot, soil mix and local weather. They are PotPal's convention, not a general gardening rule, and checking the soil always comes first.
Light
Medium indirect light is ideal; it copes with low light too.
The most common way it gets killed
Watering again while the topsoil is still wet; soggy roots rot and the leaves turn yellow.
How to check
Touch the topsoil; once the surface is dry, water thoroughly until it drains from the bottom.
The general rule of checking the soil rather than the calendar comes from UConn Home and Garden Education Center, Houseplant Watering Recommendations (homegarden.cahnr.uconn.edu), checked 2026-10-13.
Let PotPal keep track
PotPal works out a watering window for each plant you add and sends a local reminder, and you can tap Not dry yet when the soil is still damp. Adopting pothos straight from the in-app plant atlas is coming with PotPal 1.4.0, with the range above as its starting point.