Ivy Vines on House to Potted Ivy?

Question

I'm trying to kill the ivy vines growing on my house but my father has decided he wants a start off of it so he can grow a potted ivy to hang. Where do I need to cut it to keep a piece alive so he can do this? Is it even possible to go from a wild vining ivy and transplant it successfully into a pot?

Answer 1

Pairs of leaves come off the stem of the plant called the node.  On the side of the stem touching the soil or the building, adventitious roots emerge to either embed in the soil or attach to the surface of the wall.  You can cut several segments of the stem, with at least two nodes.  Cut just beneath the node and remove the pair of leaves at that node.  Using Perlite, vermiculite or sand, bury the bottom node in the rooting medium.  Keep the cuttings in subdued light and well water.  You could build a plastic tent over the pot containing the cuttings to keep the humidity high while roots grow from the buried node.  After a couple weeks, the rooted cuttings can be potted individually or grouped in three.

Answer 2

personally id try the gripers that are like roots and try keeping them in tacked and coil in pot in shady area till it has attached to something i would experiment so if it don't work your not screwed!  :)

Answer 3

All you need to do is cut it right after a joint. Then stick it in a cup of water for a couple of weeks to root it. Once you see roots growing you can then plant it in potting soil. I did this from some Ivy at my mom's house.