Few plants are as easy to propagate as ivy. All you need to do is cut a few cuttings and plant them or place them in a glass of water. When and how to cut cuttings and how to grow new offshoots from your ivy.
How do you propagate ivy with cuttings?
Ivy cuttings can be cut all year round. Cut off young shoots about 10 cm long, remove the lower leaves, lightly score the stems and place them in a glass of water or plant them in pots. At room temperature and without direct sunlight, they form roots within a few days.
Cut cuttings all year round
Whether you want to grow offshoots from outdoor ivy or from your indoor ivy - you can almost always do this with cuttings.
You can harvest cuttings from houseplants all year round. For outdoor plants, propagation is best achieved with cuttings cut in spring, but can also be easily done until early autumn.
Holding or planting cuttings in a water glass
As cuttings, cut off young shoots that are approximately ten centimeters long. The shoots should be strong and may be slightly woody at the bottom.
- Remove lower leaves
- Slightly score the stems at the bottom
- Short shoot tips if necessary
- Place cuttings in glass with tap water
- alternatively, place cuttings in prepared pots
- set up bright and warm
By shortening the shoot tips and scoring the stems, you can ensure that the cuttings root faster and become stronger.
Make sure that there is always enough water in the glass or that the soil is moist but not wet.
Place the cuttings at room temperature. Avoid direct sunlight at the window.
How to care for ivy offshoots
The offshoots from your ivy form the first roots within a few days. When care is taken in a glass of water, you can see the progress with the naked eye. When growing in a pot, wait until the first new leaf buds appear.
If the roots are two to three centimeters long, plant the cuttings from the glass into prepared plant pots. Be careful as the delicate roots break quickly.
You continue to care for seedlings in pots like normal houseplants. Repotting is only necessary when root tips protrude from the bottom of the pot. If the offshoots are nice and strong, you can plant them outdoors until autumn.
Tip
When caring for the garden, ivy can also be propagated wonderfully using planters. Shoots are scratched, bent to the ground and covered with soil.
