If you grow ivy in the garden as ground cover or as a climbing plant on walls or fences, fertilizing is usually not necessary. The situation is different if you keep ivy as a houseplant. Here ivy needs additional nutrients to thrive well.

Ivy in the pot is happy about regular fertilizer application

Fertilizing ivy in the garden - necessary or not?

While ivy is the ideal ornamental plant for some gardeners to green up dark corners or form a dense privacy screen on the fence, others count the climbing plant among the weeds. Opinions also differ on the question of whether ivy in the garden needs to be fertilized at all.

In a favorable location that is moist but not waterlogged, ivy grows by itself and does not need any additional nutrients.

However, fertilizing cannot do any harm either, if you accept that the climbing plant will grow even more luxuriantly and spread faster. Fertilization is only done from mid-March to the end of July. You should not fertilize later.

Fertilizer for ivy in the garden

If you want to fertilize ivy in the garden, you can use the following types of fertilizer:

  • compost
  • horn shavings
  • blue grain
  • liquid fertilizer

Simply spread compost between the tendrils in spring. This also applies to blue grain and horn shavings. (32.93€) Use a commercially available shrub or hedge fertilizer as a liquid fertilizer.

When giving liquid fertilizer, make sure that you do not exceed the quantities specified under any circumstances. Fertilize on a cloudy day. In direct sunlight, the leaves burn. After fertilizing, you should give the ivy an additional water shower so that the fertilizer is better distributed.

How to fertilize ivy as a houseplant

Ivy grows better in the garden than in the room. To ensure that the plant grows well in the pot, occasional fertilizer is advisable.

Fertilize the ivy every two weeks during the growth phase from March to August with a commercially available universal liquid fertilizer. Use less fertilizer than indicated on the package.

tips

Ivy as a houseplant should be placed in fresh soil every year. After repotting, you do not need to fertilize the plant for several weeks.

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Indoor plants