You can propagate indoor ivy just as easily as ivy outdoors. You don't need much previous knowledge for this. There just needs to be a plant from which you can take cuttings or bend shoots down far enough.
Indoor ivy can be rooted in the water glass
Multiply room ivy - Here's how
You can use two different methods to propagate indoor ivy: cuttings and layering.
Both methods work fine.
Indoor ivy can be propagated all year round, even in winter. However, it is then often very dark in the room, so that the young plants do not grow well. Early spring is best for propagation.
Grow house ivy from cuttings
- Cut shoots 15 cm long
- Remove leaves below
- Slightly score the bottom of the stem
- put in a glass of water
- alternatively put in pots with potting soil
- transplant after rooting
Cut off shoots that are already slightly woody at the bottom. Adhesive roots do not have to be present because they are only needed for climbing.
Place the water glass or the pots with the cuttings in a bright, warm place. Avoid direct sunlight. Don't 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 have to replant shoots that have been grown in potting soil when new leaf bases appear.
Multiply ivy in the room using sinkers
Indoor ivy can also be propagated using sinkers. For 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 dirt over the scored area and weigh down the sinker with a rock. The tip of the shoot must look out of the ground.
Keep the pot moist but not too wet. As soon as leaves form at the top of the sinker, separate the offshoot from the mother plant and continue to care for it normally.
tips
Outdoor ivy is not suitable for propagation as indoor ivy. Common ivy does not thrive well indoors. Therefore, only use plants that are suitable for indoor care.