Need help thickening my ivy plant?

I bought my Ivy about 2 years ago. It's your run of the mill Walmart variety ivy plant, white and green type leaves, and whoa did the plant take off. My roommate had such a green thumb and watered it weekly and it just exploded in size. After she moved out it took me awhile to get the hang of taking care of it. I almost killed the poor thing from overwatering but I finally have it down to once a week watering and it's doing well. I trimmed some of the long stalks *3* and put them in water one at a time and when the roots came in I planted them back into the soil. But the poor thing is still soooooooo thin, nothing like it was before. So how do I get it to explode again with growth and have a full bush type coverage to go along with the long shoots? Do I just keep doing what I'm doing or will that bind down the root system? Should I be patient and let it just do it's thing? I do use miracle grow sticks. I miss my thick plant *sniffles* Help! :)

Need help thickening my ivy plant?
You just have to continue pinching off the ends and it will eventually get thicker. I had an Ivy that was thick with just a couple of longer ones till we lost power in the ice storm and it froze, I miss my Ivy it really made a difference in the front room.
Reply:I wish I had your problem.



I've got all sorts of ivy, grape vines, and other stuff that will choke off everything else in my yard, and would probably eventually take over the entire house and rip it to pieces if I didn't spend a lot of time beating it back.



Maybe thats what you need to do - get another kind of plant, and let the ivy destroy it. It will release your plants bloodlust, and it will continue to grow and thicken as it decimates all plants in its path.
Reply:your ivy is root bound.replant it in a2 inch larger pot.

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