A wee Question

[blackrose]

Early last week I was out with son in the woods and he pulled a length of climbing Ivy from a tree, I have stuck it in ground with some plant food and lightly run it up the fence. As yet the leaves still look full of colour and showing no sign of drying out. Should this cutting take hold and continue to grow? If not what should I be doing to get it going.

[Spruance]

Did the cutting have any roots CB? Ivy (Hedera) tends to root easily, but I would have been inclined to pot it up in a gritty compost mixture rather than place it straight into the ground.

My mum knows a saying about ivy....

"In the first year it sleeps, in the second year it creeps, and in the third year it leaps!"

I've tried googling this but have drawn a blank.

This does seem to hold true though as about this time last year I planted two ivies against our side of the neighbour's garage wall, and despite support from wires, they hardly budged. This year they do seem to be growing, so I suppose next year they will just take over!

[blackrose]

Cheers Spruance, I'll keep an eye on it see if it grows any. It's not something I'm too fussed about, I just tried it as wee man had pulled it from the tree.
I have a holly cutting that seems to have taken quite nicely, will be looking to get that into ground later.

[Deleted]

That's great Spruance, this year my ivy should leap ;D CB, it sounds as though you have a long piece, so it probably does have aerial roots all along it's length ... what about cutting it into smaller lengths, each with roots, and then planting those shorter pieces .... that's what we did, and it means you have 'insurance' if one doesn't take ... cheers ...