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Posted 1M ago by @CuddlyAvocado

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There’s some liquid coming out of the new leaf on my pothos.. wondering what that is???
2ft to light, direct
4” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 year ago
Completely normal! It's called gutation, it's how a plant perspires and releases excess water ☺️
I just read about this yesterday @CuddlyAvocado. It's called "pearling" or "guttation" (can't remember which one, they're very similar). It's when excess water is released through a special pore in the leaves. I had to do some investigating because my string of bananas had a small pile of tiny bubbles in the pot, I'm like "what the heck?!" Apparently, it's just releasing water, hm.
You're too fast @stephonicle lol
That's just your plantbaby sweating out excess water from your WATERing, @CuddlyAvocado ... Guttation is a naturally-occuring survival process of plantlife. πŸ‘ŒπŸΎ


πŸͺ΄ Keep Growing! πŸͺ΄
@FairyFly pearling is for aquaric plants! When rate of photosynthesis is soo fast, the amount of oxygen produced causes bubbles. This is usually with higher lighting and additional co2 + proper ferts. Sometimes it's soo much that bubbles are constantly rising from the plant, making the water look like champagne
Good to know @Araceae, thank you ☺️