Watching plants slowly wilt and die after their stems turn black leads to frustration and anger. So totally healthy!! Other sap-sucking pests can cause brown spots on houseplant leaves. What can I do? As soon as you see plant leaf spots, treatment begins. Brown spots on leaves and stems of Pothos "marble Green My marble pothos has brown spots on the leaves and stems. Here’s what to do: remove enough bottom leaves off the stems so you can get them in water. Those are the emerging roots. What would cause this? I have a couple if Pothos plants above my kitchen cabinets. moderator's note: added a more descriptive title to topic . I noticed brown spots on two of the leaves before I repotted the plant in September and thought it was due to the plant being too close to the window so I didn't really think it was a problem. Pothos like to have their soil dry out completely between waterings. Bacterial Leaf Spot: Water-soaked spots with yellow halos spread rapidly on leaves. We have a quick answer to this question. Usually if the problem is over-watering the entire plant will turn yellowish - if the problem Black spots on the leaves and the sudden collapse of the plant indicate the soil has been kept too wet. Let the plant tell you when to water—when it starts to droop, it needs a good drink. My pothos was moved from a screened in patio to indoors last November to protect it through winter. The spots are usually in the center of the leaf with some of them at the edges. However, if it's anything like mine, you'll get new growth stems from the node at this location! Pythium Root Rot: Cuttings have poor root systems and yellow leaves. It has been growing very consistently and didn’t seem affected by the change at first. We have white lights above the cabinets to give us more light in the kitchen. Easy to get and hard to eradicate, blight can quickly ruin one plant or a whole garden full. The leave look fine. It's a really thin cocoon and is expected to get brown and crispy. Mealybugs, aphids, thrips, and scale are the other common culprits. I'm wondering if eventually they leaves will get weak. My Pothos plants recently at the stems are spitting and turning brown. Centers of the spots fall out under wet conditions. Blight is the all-purpose name for a number of fungi in the soil that affects plants in this way. For houseplants, isolate the pot immediately to prevent the fungus from spreading. Discard infected plants. All these bugs feed by sucking the sap from the leaves and stems of your houseplants, damaging a small area around where they feed, causing brown or yellow spots … As for the brown stem, it looks like a cutting was taken at this location and the stem has stopped growing. Pothos houseplant leaves turn yellow and brown and dry for a variety of reasons: when grown in too little light, an irregular watering pattern, or the plant is sitting in water and may be the beginning of root rot. Now it is getting brown dead spots on some leaves and I don’t know why. It is ‘Overwatering.’ A research says that the maximum number of people who get their Pothos leaves with the bacterial disease, brown spots, and brown leaf tips are mostly overwatering their plants. Sometimes, people even do underwatering and Overfertilization. How to Treat Leaf Spot Fungus. Leaves of established plants yellow and die. No matter how diligent you are, the day will come when those tiny brown circles appear on the leaves of your plant so it’s important to know how to treat leaf spot fungus. Bella Blue Bell, Apr 3, 2013 #1. These can cause brown leaf tips in Pothos. If left continually in damp soil, the roots will rot. 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