--- title: "I don’t know what I should do with this Swedish ivy anymore lol, it’s…" description: "I don’t know what I should do with this Swedish ivy anymore lol, it’s taking over. Any suggestions?" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/8oQJaBNLMvWbuu99zCGOrt?language=es" community: "Anything about plants" author: "Julius" published: "2025-01-19T16:15:31.692911Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/5cWiRn9jNSfA47m2p0qbXVSfRmpnOrCyt4GuvY5FOX8/qROUgiwvROa_yZ1gMvepRw.webp?size=large" --- [Comunidad](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=es) / [Anything about plants](https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg.md?language=es) # I don’t know what I should do with this Swedish ivy anymore lol, it’s… _Publicado por Julius el 2025-01-19_ I don’t know what I should do with this Swedish ivy anymore lol, it’s taking over. Any suggestions? ![Adjunto 1 de 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/5cWiRn9jNSfA47m2p0qbXVSfRmpnOrCyt4GuvY5FOX8/qROUgiwvROa_yZ1gMvepRw.webp?size=large) ## 20 comentarios ### Sunny comentó el 2025-01-19 I would enter it in a pageant because it’s a queen!😍 #### Julius respondió el 2025-01-19 Awe :) thank you! Someone suggested adding a top hat and googley eyes, and I think that would help it win a pageant haha ### Tenderedge comentó el 2025-01-19 Humblebrag! :) #### Julius respondió el 2025-01-19 lol! I swear it’s not. I hate he idea of pruning because I wanna see how much bigger it can get, but I haven’t repotted and I’m going on two years 😬 #### Tenderedge respondió el 2025-01-19 I celebrate your enormous ivy! ### Just a guy comentó el 2025-01-19 So cool! if you want you could put it outside depending where you live. #### Julius respondió el 2025-01-19 That might be something I could do! I’ll have to do a little research to see if it could survive ### Ex-Plant Killer 🌱👌 comentó el 2025-01-19 Some goggly eyes and a top hat ! 🎩 she is Fabulous!!! ❤️ #### Julius respondió el 2025-01-19 Thank you! :) I unironically love this and actually might do it lol. Thank you for the suggestion #### Ex-Plant Killer 🌱👌 respondió el 2025-01-19 I expect ridiculously over the top picture of pure faboulusness!!!! Now you have to do it!!!! ### Autumn comentó el 2025-01-19 you could give it to me-👀 SHES GORGEOUS! #### Julius respondió el 2025-01-19 I could never! Haha this is my baby girl, and she’s going on two years in August 😱 #### Autumn respondió el 2025-01-19 WOW!! great work with her! 😍 ### Sylvia comentó el 2025-01-20 It’s soooo beautiful 😍 ### Mia comentó el 2025-01-20 I love love love, and totally support the idea of the google eyes and the top hat. ### Christine comentó el 2025-06-08 Old post but I really need to know what size pot yours is in. Your plant is goals and I’m doing my best to get there, mine may have consumed this table but now that I know they can eat bookshelves I have to get mine bigger. Any tips? I can’t believe it got that giant in 2 years! Repotting sounds like quite a task for you, lol ![Adjunto 1 de 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/lZabkbp7ZPViYWN4ZIkWycOivzZeNqvRXagwxy807dc/AKRttk9dTSmj96fuDQVaDw.webp?size=large) ![Adjunto 2 de 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/lZabkbp7ZPViYWN4ZIkWycOivzZeNqvRXagwxy807dc/LnHxjunGSLWGkpq1QnZKcA.webp?size=large) #### Julius respondió el 2025-06-08 Your plant is equally as gorgeous!! You’re doing a fantastic job :) Tbh, though, there’s not much I do to keep her alive. I follow whatever Planta suggests for the day. Some days I’ll miss because I get lazy haha, but this plant we have is very resilient, and also very dramatic lol. Sometimes planta won’t recommend to water the ivy, but I know when the leaves lose their sheen and start to sag it needs water. At this size, it requires 3/4 gallon of water. I use a store bought miracle gro fertilizer (yellow bottle, green cap), about a half a teaspoons worth when it’s time to fertilize. Other than that, I’m all hands off. I haven’t had a need to prune or anything. Not sure if it matters or not, but I keep that window next to it closed, and open the other window every now and again for some airflow. The humidity in my house hovers around 30% give or take. That all said, you were right, the repotting was terrible! Lol I thought she was gonna die since she was shedding vines non-stop. Luckily it stopped after about three weeks. I did the repot maybe two months ago. Crazy thing was I was expecting the roots to be bound because they were starting to grow to the top, but it wasn’t at all, like not even close… so I probably could have kept it in the same pot for another year. As for the pot, I believe that size was 10 inches across. But yeah, you keep taking great care of your baby the way you already are and it’ll continue to flourish!! #### Julius respondió el 2025-06-08 She lost some volume from the repot, but has recovered well since! ![Adjunto 1 de 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/5cWiRn9jNSfA47m2p0qbXVSfRmpnOrCyt4GuvY5FOX8/orNwBIPnSgq11HRfzZQJsg.webp?size=large) #### Julius respondió el 2025-06-08 My apologies! The pot is roughly 12in ![Adjunto 1 de 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/5cWiRn9jNSfA47m2p0qbXVSfRmpnOrCyt4GuvY5FOX8/7h_Mvvx_S2iqLDlCXyN2Pw.webp?size=large) #### Christine respondió el 2025-06-08 Looks like the subtracted volume was mainly the vines that were getting a tad yellowish, could be the way the sun is hitting it in the picture though. Either way, she looks really healthy now and is prob good to go another couple of years. But your method reflected what I’m starting to learn: often the best thing you can do for plants is to leave them be, and not love them to death with water and fussing! --- _La comunidad de Planta (https://getplanta.com). La lectura está abierta a todo el mundo. Para publicar, comentar y dar 'me gusta', descarga la app de Planta: https://getplanta.com/download_