Is there any difference in caring for ivy as a houseplant?
Ivy thrives best outdoors in the garden. Nevertheless, you can easily keep it as a houseplant in the house or in a tub on the balcony.
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Keeping it in the pot just means you need to water more often and occasionally fertilize.
How is ivy properly watered?
Ivy prefers a slightly moist soil. The root ball must never dry out completely, but also does not tolerate waterlogging.
to water Always use ivy when the surface of the earth has dried a little. You can also use hard water because hard water does not harm the plant.
When keeping it in a pot, make sure that excess irrigation water can drain off through the drainage hole so that no waterlogging occurs.
When and how is fertilization carried out?
When caring for the garden is Fertilize superfluous. Ivy grows rapidly even without additional nutrients. At most, distribute some compost or at the beginning of the year
Horn shavings(€ 32.93 at Amazon *) around the ivy. Horn shavings or liquid fertilizers for bushes are also suitable fertilizers. It is fertilized outdoors from March to August at the latest.Ivy im Flower box(€ 149.00 at Amazon *) or pot, on the other hand, should be fertilized more often. From March to September apply liquid fertilizer every two weeks. Use less fertilizer than indicated on the package.
How do you properly prune ivy?
Ivy is cut in the garden to keep the plants in check. Otherwise, there is a risk that the ivy will overgrow everything else, including walls and fences. The best time for pruning is spring or early summer. Often ivy is pruned twice a year.
In the first few years the growth is not so pronounced that that Cut the tips are sufficient. Later on, you should prune the ivy back harder to stimulate branching and to keep the plant better under control.
Even strong prunings do not affect ivy, the plant usually recovers very quickly.
Can ivy be transplanted?
Transplanting younger ivy is not worth it. Instead, you prefer to pull Offshootthat you implement. If you want to transplant older ivy, you need to dig up the root ball as much as possible. Before doing this, you should trim the ivy tendrils.
The best time to Transplanting is the spring.
When is ivy repotted?
When maintaining the pot, you should consider ivy once a year repot, preferably in spring when the growing season begins. When doing this, completely replace the earth.
Which diseases can occur?
Fungal diseases how Leaf spot disease and ivy cancer can occur. Infested parts of the plant are cut off and disposed of.
Which pests should be watched out for?
Pests are most common on indoor plants when the humidity is too low. An infestation of Spider mites and scale insects shows up by the discoloration of the leaves. In the worst case, these dry up and fall off.
Spray the plant with detergent solution or use a commercially available insecticide.
As a preventive measure, consider increasing the humidity in the room by spraying the ivy more often. Do not place the plants in direct midday sun and avoid a place directly next to or above a heater in winter.
Why are the leaves of the ivy discolored?
If the leaves of the ivy turn yellow or brown, the plant may be too dry. Water more often, but avoid waterlogging.
Diseases or pests can also be responsible for spots or brown leaves.
How is ivy overwintered?
Common ivy is absolutely hardy. Even in the bucket it can withstand low temperatures without winter protection. You should only protect freshly planted ivy from frost in the first year. Regular watering, even in winter, is more important than protection from the cold. The soil dries out a lot, especially in very dry winters. Ivy suffers more from drought than from cold temperatures.
Some variegated leaves Ivy species are only partially or not at all hardy. These varieties should only be grown in a bucket or pot. Then you can easily overwinter them in the house or provide winter protection made of burlap or bubble wrap.
Ivy as a houseplant is kept at constant temperatures all year round. It is not necessary to lower the temperature in winter.
Tips
It is difficult to get ivy out of the garden removeonce it has grown. If you want to get rid of ivy permanently, dig up all the roots. Do not leave any parts of the plant lying around, as the shoots will quickly form new roots.
