English Ivy

i transplanted some english ivy from outside to indoors. i thought it was to tough for something like that to kill it...so i just threw it in some fox farm ocean soil, and i also took a smaller sprig and put it in some water to root...

the baby root in water is looking great.

the planted ivy (with long roots already) is looking a little crispy, and the smaller end of the vine's leaves dried up and crisped off...so i'm thinking the soil is too alkaline?

is there anything i can do to to neautrilize the soil, or should i transplant?

It could be from low humidity levels in your house. Try putting a humidifyer by it, unless you are 100% sure it is the soil. Maybe you can post a picture of the leaves that are browning?

English ivy growers root and grow their plants in well-drained, peat-based potting media which have a high water-holding capacity.So it might be the soil your using.They don't like direct sun all day in a window either..

dont put them indoors, just put in some gritty soil with maybe a few, pea gravel or perlite and just leave in a shady place , leave, water once a week if you have to. ivy is really easy to grow.
may i ask where is the ivy for?.

noOOOO! i want them indoors very badly. we don't get enough light in here (our living room) to grow anything! and and i desperatly need some plants to help the feng shui in here. of the original vine from my friends house (who moved away) only two sprogs seem to be alive. here are some pics....i tweeked the color for more definition of the brown spots, and my camera is crappy, but you can see the small sprig looks good...the big potted one (w/ roots) has dwindled, although the main leaves it had before i burried it are trying real hard to stay. it was showing new growth that i proped up against the plank i wanted it to grow up, but it all crinkled off and is just a twig now....

because my camera is so poor, i tweeked the color a little, remember, the bright red spots are really DARK brown.....the healthy little sprig has not shown any root growth, but it looks bright and happy...maybe i could put some "root grow" in there? i like these guys! i wanna keep them as pets!
..... maybe i really interupted their growth cycle. one of them is dead, with no leaves at all. it had pretty big roots too. what are their chances for survival ?

Might just be leaf drop, if they aren't getting enough sun? Have you tested your soil?

i haven't tested the soil...no ph tester yet. leaf drop probably IS the most likely cause. i've only had them for about 2 weeks.
they do get plenty of light, filtered through the glass doors during the day, but no direct sun light. the leaves that are left have been spinning a little, so i'll take that as a good sign and hope for the best.

i used the ocean forest fox fire, and i'm guessing the ph is somewhere between 6 or 7 but maybe, to be happy, it should be around 4 or five (i thought i read somewhere that ivy is most comfortable in that ph range) isn't there a mixture i can make to neautrilize the soil a little? baking soda and water can do that right?

and once this cute little baby sprig sprouts a couple of roots, maybe i should just put it in some peat moss, or just dig up some backyard dirt to put it in? i want it to hang out in the gloomy living room with me.

this is my first expirience with the stuff (and this isn't actually my message board account, it's my brothers. i'm just taking it over for a post or two on regular old house plants) the green thumb is contagious around here. so far i have a bunch of wandering jews that are maniacly growing, a big fat happy aloe that just popped up a baby, a dendrobium (my favorite plant) and a two tone spider plant...oh yeah, and an iron cross that isn't so happy. i thought it had died, but then it sprouted up a new growth, so i'm going to try not to kill it, and now this ivy. it's all really random, i know.

well if i can get this vine to beef up, it's mainly to cheer up some ugly corners in this joint....above the computer, and by the couch it's gloomy in here....all of our windows are facing either north or south, but at a slant too, so only one window gets very little direct eastern light, but that's over by noon, and then it just gets indirect sunlight. we never have sun beams that shine in here all day
i thought some shade loving plants would do the trick....