"j west +++" wrote in message ...
hi, i want to propogate some mermaid vine. i remember a long while ago
seeing someone put them in water to root. how should i prune them to do
this. should the joints where the new stems come from be at the bottom?
would roots come out from that point?
many thanks. john west

If this is 'Grape Ivy', aka 'Cissus rhombifolia', it should be easy
enough to root from stem cuttings now, though I think it's getting a
bit late. I wouldn't use water, as water-roots can be difficult to
transfer to potting mixture.

Take a nice shoot: you want one with leaves at the top and bottom, and
somewhere vaguely around 4" long. Cut cleanly just below a
leaf-joint, gently take the leaves off the bottom half, and stick in a
?3" pot of moist (not soggy) half-grit and half-potting mixture. Put
it in a shady but reasonably warm place, cover with a plastic bag not
touching the leaves, and wait till you see new leaves beginning to
grow at the top; then you can move it into a slightly bigger pot.

Better houseplant gardeners than I may contradict, of course.

Mike.