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As European ivy is easily propagated from cuttings, I took some and they rooted in my garden. What I want to know is, in what time I can expect them to develop any more solid trunk, and is there a special treatment in order for them to do so, or it's just a proper regular care and time? Thank you in advance.

let them grow. metres long. thiink years to get a decent trunk

I also have some rooted Ivy cuttings but I don't expect much of them for a good few years yet

Dave

I've read a suggestion somewhere to try wrapping a few stems together for a couple of inches, so they can perhaps fuse, like ficus does. Anyone got any experience with this?

No experience, but if they grow fast and you feed 'em well enough you should be able to let them fuse, however, that will take decades for a smooth fuse. But hey, those are cuttings, why not give it a shot?

Nikola990 wrote: I've read a suggestion somewhere to try wrapping a few stems together for a couple of inches, so they can perhaps fuse, like ficus does. Anyone got any experience with this?

Hi Nikola...

If you are really interested in fusing your cuttings into one tree, perhaps you might want to read this article first:



Wish you good luck.

Alain

It's an interesting process, but I have a 100 rooted cuttings and don't want to use them all on this. Now, as they are planted about 10-15 cm from each other, I'm predicting they could make a real mess haha. I'm going to support them with wires, but only for 35 cm, the length I want the trunk to grow upwards. I'm curious if I can keep the vine's length on 1 metre, when it gets there, and cut off the rest, when it exceeds? Would it slow down the process or damage it gravely?

Nikola990 wrote: I'm curious if I can keep the vine's length on 1 metre, when it gets there, and cut off the rest, when it exceeds? Would it slow down the process or damage it gravely?

It would slow down the process, which, according to 'blackdidthis' will not take years, but decades.
He has been working with Ivy and you may find his post interesting. It's here:

I've read his comment before, but I understood it was related to choosing mature cuttings over younger ones, not the growing length, and I can't help but still read it like that, over and over again. About his advice; some say it's better to use soft cuttings,as they would presumably adapt and grow faster, so I mixed it up.

Nikola990 wrote: I've read his comment before, but I understood it was related to choosing mature cuttings over younger ones, not the growing length, and I can't help but still read it like that, over and over again. About his advice; some say it's better to use soft cuttings,as they would presumably adapt and grow faster, so I mixed it up.

This part goes for young cuttings too:

"With a fresh started plant or cutting, you would best arrange a few sacrifice branches (those you let grow freely a few years and then remove) low and close to the roots to ensure thickening more towards the roots since a Hedera does not easily taper (meaning it more what uniformly thickens through out length of the plant)"

Except that for young cuttings you should change 'a few years' to 'many years'