Taking ivy cuttings

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Has anyone ever done this successfully? I've got lots of ivy in my garden but would like to move and grow it elsewhere, I've taken cuttings and popped in a pint if water on my kitchen windowsill but nothing yet! Is this the way to do it? Any tips or help welcomed

Possibly the easiest option would be to stick the ends of some of the shoots into pots so that a tiny bit of stem is just under the soil but the tip is out the otherside - you'll need to pin it down somehow to stop it pinging out - and make sure you keep the pot damp, the ivy should root and grow into the pot and you should be able to snip below the roots to have a new plant. You could also try sticking cuttings in a pot with soil - much more likely to root with soil than just water.

Thank you - can I put them straight in the soil in the bed where I want to plant them or has it got to be in pots first?

Just stick them in the ground, they take very quickly. ( says she who is forever uprooting the stuff! 😁)

You might be lucky! Chances are, if you want it it will be difficult to root like that and if you want to get rid of it it would grow easily!!!