The evergreen ivy is very popular in home gardens. Here you can find out what you have to consider when propagating ivy with cuttings and offshoots.
Who can't get enough of the ivy (Hedera helix) in his garden is lucky. The rampant plant is very easy to multiply. No wonder, after all, ivy stands for life and immortality. And the ivy won't get down that quickly either. We show the best way to proceed with propagation by cuttings and cuttings.
Propagate ivy
Ivy has a strong urge to grow and reproduce. If you examine the plant more closely, you will find roots in very different places, especially in creeping specimens. It's hard to tell where one plant ends and the next begins. But each part of the roots is also viable in theory and could de facto be independent.
Propagate ivy by cuttings
Ivy is very vigorous. So just cut off an unlignified piece of the plant about ten centimeters long and place it in a water glass. You should darken this, however, so that the roots can develop undisturbed by light. Alternatively, you can of course also put the cutting directly into a container with moist soil. The rooting then goes on quite quickly. One important thing to keep in mind, however, is that ivy develops two different types of shoots. The first type is creeping vine shoots. These are ideal for propagation. Upright instincts, on the other hand, will always remain upright instincts. They develop for the first time after about ten years and form flowers and fruits. The best distinguishing feature, however, are the leaves. In contrast to the lobed leaves of the creeping shoots, those of the upright shoots are oval with only one point. If you have used such a shoot as a cutting, the young plant will never crawl, but rather grow into a bush.
Propagate ivy by cuttings
The typical way of the ivy to reproduce is, in addition to the seed reproduction, the formation of offshoots. Shoots near the surface of the earth form roots and anchor themselves in the soil. If you want to move a specific offshoot, it works in a very similar way. Put a shoot on the ground and pile some earth over it. Within a few weeks, roots will form in the area covered with soil. Once this is done, you can separate the offshoot from the mother plant with a clean, sharp knife.
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