You can propagate indoor ivy just as easily as ivy outdoors. You don't need much previous knowledge for this. There only needs to be one plant from which you can take cuttings or whose shoots you can bend down far enough.
How to propagate ivy?
Propagate room ivy is easy: either by cuttings, in which 15 cm long shoots are rooted in water or potting soil, or by lowering, whereby a shoot from the mother plant is bent into a pot with potting soil and weighed down until it forms its own roots.
Propagate indoor ivy – this is how it works
You can use two different methods to propagate ivy: cuttings and sinkers.
Both methods work without any problems.
You can propagate indoor ivy all year round, even in winter. However, it is often very dark in the room, so the young plants don't grow as well. Early spring is best for propagation.
Growing indoor ivy from cuttings
- Cut 15 cm long shoot pieces
- Remove leaves at the bottom
- Notch the stem slightly at the bottom
- put in water glass
- alternatively put in pots with potting soil
- transplant after rooting
Cut shoots that are already slightly woody at the bottom. There does not need to be any adhesive roots as they are only needed for climbing.
Place the water glass or the pots with the cuttings in a bright, warm place. Avoid direct sunlight. Do not keep the soil too moist.
When the new roots of the ivy are about three centimeters long, you can plant the cuttings in their own pots. You only need to transplant shoots grown in potting soil when new leaves appear.
Propagate ivy in the room using sinkers
Indoor ivy can also be propagated using planters. To do this you need the mother plant and one or more small pots that you fill with potting soil.
Bend a young shoot down so that it lies on the soil of the second pot. Score it lightly at this point. Pile soil over the scored area and weigh down the sinker with a stone. The tip of the shoot must protrude from the soil.
Keep the pot moist but not too wet. As soon as leaves form at the tip of the sinker, separate the offshoot from the mother plant and continue to care for it normally.
Tip
Ivy grown outdoors is not suitable for propagation as indoor ivy. Normal ivy does very poorly indoors. Therefore, only use plants that are suitable for indoor care.
