15-08-2003, 02:12 PM
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Rooting Ivy
(Justin Hughes) wrote in message . com...
Hello,
I have been trying to get some ivy cuttings to root, which I have
liberated from the wall outside where I work. I don't know what type
it it, but it's quite attractive with red edges to it's broad leaves.
I am now on my third batch of cuttings. They keep dying. First I took
some fresh softwood growth, made a cut below a leave stem and took off
the lower leaves. Dipped it in rooting compound and planted in seed
compost. After a matter of days the leaves and stem had dryed and
compleletly died.
My second batch were from the more mature part of the original plant,
but I fear it was a bit too woody, and they seem to by dying to.
My third batch have gone in this week, and are from somewhere between
the two. I also tried planting a single leaf, as an experiment.
Any hints? Am I doing everything wrong?
Justin
They're growing! The old woody 2nd batch, despite looking completely
dead for a couple of weeks.
My next question is, the new leaves seem to be covered in small
translucent yellow spherical objects, no more than 1mm across. They
look like insect eggs, but there's been no insects in the vicinity.
Just wondering what they might be? Residual from the blooming miracle
that seems to have just happened?
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