Increase ivy - this is how the multiplication works

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• Increase ivy - this is how the multiplication works
• With these methods you multiply ivy
• Pull ivy out of cuttings
• Maintain cuttings
• Increase ivy by lowering
• Plant offspring
• Pull ivy out of seeds
• Care of the ivy seed
• Tips

The propagation of ivy is also possible via seeds

Increase ivy - this is how the multiplication works

Hardly any other plant can be grown as easily as ivy. You can not do much wrong. There are several ways to multiply ivy - all of which work even if you have little experience in planting. How to draw new offshoots of ivy.

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With these methods you multiply ivy

Pull ivy out of cuttings

The best time to propagate ivy is from April to September. If you have a room greenhouse, you can even grow ivy all year round. For the production of cuttings you cut one-year tendrils with a length of 10 to 15 centimeters. Remove the lower leaves, at least two more four leaves must remain on the cuttings. For very thin shoots cut off the top.

Prepare small pots with potting soil and insert the cuttings about three to four centimeters deep. The earth must be moist but not too wet. To keep the soil moisture constant, cover the shoots with freezer bags. Place the pots in a partially shaded place where the temperatures are around 20 degrees.

If you want to grow the ivy in hydroponic culture, place the cuttings in a jar that you have filled with soft water. There also roots form after some time. Place the jar in a warm place in the partial shade until sufficient roots have formed. Then place them in a hydroponic vessel.

Maintain cuttings

As soon as the first revolutions appear, remove the plastic hood and regularly water the plants with lukewarm water. Do not fertilize the cuttings!

In the garden you plant the so-pulled offspring only when the pot ball is well rooted through. In the first year, the new ivy plants need a little winter protection.

Increase ivy by lowering

If you have little space in the house, choose the method of lowering ivy to increase it. For this you need tendrils that you can either pull to the ground, or grow on the ground anyway.

Slightly score a selected shoot. He should not be too heavily wooded. Dig a small hollow about two to three centimeters deep and place the scratched spot in it. Cover the sinker with soil. Complain with a stone or tent herring to keep the shoot in the ground.

It usually takes only a few weeks for the Absenker roots have formed. Whether the increase has worked by lowering you will know that you can not pull the shoot out of the ground without resistance.

Plant offspring

Wait until you separate the offshoots from the mother plant. It should already have formed a few new leaves.

Now you can use a pair of scissors or a knife to separate the young plant from the mother plant and plant it out to a prepared place in the garden.

Again, it is advisable to protect the plants from frost during the first winter.

Pull ivy out of seeds

It is possible to grow ivy from seeds if you have an older plant that blooms and forms the black fruits. To harvest seeds, do not cut the dried flowers, but leave them on the plant. Only then do seeds form, which you can pick in the following year. Be sure to wear gloves when picking, as the berries are highly poisonous!

Ivy is a cold germ, meaning you have to stratify the seeds. To do this, put them in a freezer bag with a little sand and place them in the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator for several weeks. Check occasionally so that the seed does not dry out.

Prepare small pots or pots with normal garden soil. Do not sow the seeds too tightly. After gently pressing, cover them with a very thin layer of soil. Spray the pots with a flower syringe.

Care of the ivy seed

The pots are placed in a bright place at about 22 degrees. It usually takes only a few days until the cotyledons show up. Now make the seedlings a little cooler.

As soon as two or three new leaves have formed, you peck the plants. Leave only the strongest specimens.

By regular cutting of the tips, the offshoots become pretty bushy and compact. Once the shoots have reached a length of 20 to 25 centimeters, you may plant them in the garden. In the first year you should protect the young plants from frost, later that is no longer necessary.

Tips

If you sow the freshly picked seeds the same time, the multiplication often works without previous cold treatment. It is important that the seeds in the berries never dry out.