Rooting English Ivies

• 1). Fill glasses or jars with water until each is almost full. Place jars in your potting area or kitchen--a convenient work area where they can be left undisturbed while cuttings form roots.
  
  
• 2). Clip young growing tips from healthy ivy plants, placing cuttings immediately in water to prevent air from getting into stems.
  
  
• 3). Snip cuttings again, if needed, so each is 3 to 6 inches long with 3 or 4 nodes, or points along the stem where leaves attach.
  
  
• 4). Pinch off the bottom two or three leaves from each cutting--removing leaves right at the stem--and immediately place them in rooting jars, making sure water covers the rooting nodes. Place multiple cuttings in each rooting jar, but not so many that it will be impossible to untangle plant roots when it's time to plant individual cuttings.
  
  
• 5). Place rooting jars near a window in bright but indirect light. Check water levels every few days, and replenish water as it evaporates. Roots should be developed--and ivy plants ready to pot up--in 4 to 6 weeks.
  
  

Rooting Other Ivies

• 1). Clip young growing tips from healthy ivy plants, placing cuttings immediately in water to prevent air from getting into stems.
  
  
• 2). Snip cuttings again, if needed, so each is 3 to 6 inches long with 3 or 4 nodes, or points along the stem where leaves attach.
  
  
• 3). Pinch off the bottom two or three leaves from each cutting--removing leaves right at the stem--then stick each cutting into a flat or pot of clean, thoroughly moistened potting mix, making sure the leaf nodes--where new roots will start--are completely covered.
  
  
• 4). Place the rooting flats or pots in a warm, shady location--inside a plastic bag, to retain moisture and warmth like a greenhouse. Open the bag from time to time so humidity doesn't reach 100 percent, which can cause cuttings to rot.
  
  
• 5). Remove the plastic bag "greenhouse" altogether after several weeks. Water the potting mix only when the surface dries out.