Indoors
Golden pothos
Epipremnum aureum
- Cat: toxic
- Dog: toxic
- Light: half shade
About the plant
Golden pothos comes from the island of Moorea in French Polynesia and now grows in homes all over the world. It has yellow-splashed leaves and long trailing stems; it is exceptionally tough and roots easily in water.
Golden pothos and pets
- Cat
- toxic
- Dog
- toxic
- Signs
- calcium oxalates: burning and irritation of the mouth, lips and tongue, drooling, vomiting, difficulty swallowing
If a cat or a dog ate this plant and shows signs, contact a vet straight away.
Instead: safe for cats and dogs
Care
- Watering
- about every 7 days in summer (April to September), every 12 in winter
- Light
- half shade
- Air humidity
- normal
- Temperature
- 15–30 °C
- Feeding
- April to September, every 4 weeks
- Repotting
- every 2 years, in spring
- Cuttings in water
- roots usually after about 3 weeks; change the water every 7 days
- Grown
- in a pot, cutting in water, in water
Roots in water in 2–4 weeks. Into soil once the roots are a few centimetres long. It can also live in water for good.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.