Propergating Ivy

Hey all!

please can you tell me if this is a root, I have cut this from my Ivy plant around 1st Feb. If so, how much longer should I wait before popping it in some soil?

thanks,

C

 

Ivy root really easily, I'd just pot it up rather than have it in water.

 

Keep an eye on your ivy if you pop it into the ground. I hate the stuff after their roots pierced the tar felt roof I had on my brick shed which was put up by the previous owner. Thought it would look nice with ivy growing up the brick walls and of course it badly marked the wall when I cut it down.

 

There was a study a few years ago that dispelled the myth that ivy, or any other climber, causes damage. Well, that's almost true.

What they found was that the growing tips can't generate enough force to bust anything. But if there is existing damage,then they will grow into it, and then expand. It is the expanding action that causes further damage.

So in your example, there must have already been a hole in the roof felt. Your ivy found the existing hole and made it bigger.

 

If you are propagating by rooting in water then it is best to wait until roots become more obviously visible and greater in number before potting up.

As I've recently just potted up an ivy (itself was a cutting last year), here is how and why I've done it.

 

We bought a small leaf Ivy last year for cheap in a tiny pot, I think it's purpose was for shoving in a hanging basket. It's growing nicely in a container with a Verbina that we bought at the same time. The Verbina didn't die over Winter, and seems to be doing well.

When does one take cuttings from Ivy to put into a jar of water? I read September-ish.
On a South-facing windowsill or West-facing? Or in a shaded coldframe?

I think some of the Ivy has self rooted in the container, and I have taken a loose strand and pinned it down into a small container with a bit of copper bent into suitable shape.