Yours is the 6th video I tried watching to help me with this and it was definitely the best and most straightforward. I’ve been anxious about pruning my schefflera for ages and now I feel more confident that it will be okay! Thanks!
Perfect explanation and easy-to-understand visual how-to. You'll probably laugh at this, but I got my Scheffleria maybe ten years ago in a Mother's Day Gift Basket. I live in Florida and planted it in the ground - now it is about 10-ft or more wide and about 14-ft wide. I just let it be. The thing is, I cut it back for the first time and decided since it looks so pretty and healthy that I'd like to have a couple of plant babies. Yours was by far the best video on how to take a cutting - well, actually I just put the cuttings in water outside but left on all the leaves - so I guess I will strip them and try to find a big vase or two until roots appear. Thank you again - great video! Subscribed!
I did not laugh at it, it's great to read where you got your plant from. Mine was from a plant trading ;) It was sooo small at first. It is best to remove the leaves that touch the water, to prevent rot and expose the tissue that can make roots. Do not strip away all the leaves. Good luck! And let me know if you need any help!
I am trying to save a Schefflera that was my daughters. She passed away and I want to save her plant, I feel as it is part of her. Thanks for this information you provide so well. The plant I am treating for scale but because of its importance to me I want to propagate it. Bless you
Thank you for sharing and I am sorry for your loss. 🌹 This plant seems to be a magnet to scale insects, because I used to have scale on this plant too. I do have another video on how to treat it against scale, have you checked that also? Then maybe you can try to save the whole plant as well.
I will look to find that video and treat the scale, such a relentless bug. I did wash some with rubbing alcohol. I am glad I came across your page, bless you.@@PlantYes
Thank you thank you thank you, my Schefflera Plant has two stalks and is 7 feet tall. I knew I needed to do something because both stocks are now touching the ceiling with their leaves, but I was afraid to hurt my plant. I rescued it from a very bad caretaker you might say (( my ex-wife )) I have been nurturing it and it is now thriving wonderfully, but I really would like to see it grow side branches instead of simply growing straight up to the sky. Thank you for your video, now I feel more confident in what to do and how to actually replant the part I cut off and continued its generation of life. This plant If I had to estimate is probably over 20 years old and has been very abused in its younger days, I'm surprised it's even still alive From the poor life it had before I showed up Anyways thank you.
@@PlantYes Thank you, you are so very kind to respond. I do enjoy my plants and they bring me much joy when I see them thriving. I guess I'm the happiest around animals and plants, we are their caretakers and should always be striving to do good by them. Stay blessed and keep safe. Danny
Thank you for the great video, very helpful! Can you explain about the auxin a bit more and how cutting the top helped the side branches to grow? I’m not sure I fully understand that. I am subscribing!!
Hi! So basically the plant hormone auxin is produced in the top of the plant. And when you take of the top, the ratio auxin to cytokinine changes. Now cytokinine is more in the plant than auxin, and cytokinine causes branching from the nodes.
What do you mean with that it is usually twice fold? I haven't heard the term "lead shoot" before, usually it is either shoot apex or terminal bud. The process I describe is called apical dominance.
I'm in the SE part of the U.S. and it is currently November. Is it wisest to wait to try this in the spring, or should I be able to propagate my schefflera here in late fall?? Also, do you use simple rubbing alcohol to clean your shears?? I've been afraid that mine may have contributed to the demise of several of my plants. 🤦🏽♀
What kind of temperatures are there in November? For a plant it is best to not have cold stress, especially not after propagation. Also: yes, just rubbing alcohol. This is mainly to kill any microbes that can be on the shears.
Hi please help me? What happens when you cut leaf side branches? I feel Iv cut the leaf to close to the stem & nod. Wil it grow back from these points stil? Or should I remove the leaf node completely so it grow new leaf from main stem? I have not cut my main stem for it to branch out like yours..I just cut leaves branch & feel I cut them to short but I didn’t remove the whole leaf branch Iv left a stump of leaf node but no stem. & now I’m worried new leaves won’t grow back there..I hope this makes sense please help me 🫶🏽
I bought my schefflera and when repotting i let it grow a bit taller and now I want to make it a bit more fuller at bottom, so I can cut off some leafes and from that nodes where i cut them off starts to grow more leafes than one that it used to be there?
I would try to pull the leaves from the lower parts, so that the full node is exposed. The new leaves will only grow from that part when apical dominance is broken, so the top needs to be removed as well.
The "water" roots where still super small, definitely not "delicate" and I definitely did not kill the roots. The plant rooted super fast in soil. Not sure if you just made the comment to troll, or if you are better educated in plant sciences than me (doubt that, but sure). I made the video 3 years ago.. The plant is already in a new home, since I sell my propagates. Otherwise I would have way too many plants in my house.
I wasn't able to see anything you did. Show us what a " node " looks like. You were too gar away from the camera to see anything. Please film what you do up close so we can all see exactly what you are doing. We can learn if we can't see it. Thank you.
In the video I explain what a node is (where the leaf attaches to the stem), so for a Schefflera there are plenty of nodes to be seen and it does not really matter where you make the cut in the stem. I unfortunately only have 1 camera (without autofocus), so I cannot film from different angles or up close or anything. In some of my newer videos I sometimes zoom into the places, for instance in my dracaena video.
So if I want to direct the growth hormones down the plant, I should not just cut the top of the plant but some of the lower nodes as well? Interesting. I wouldn't have cut the lower branches, but now I shall. Cheers
Cutting of the lower branches is not needed. I just took of those leaves because of some pest damage. But because the nodes were exposed, that is were the new branches have formed.
This was EXACTLY what I was looking for and needed for help. Thank you!!!
@@shirleycolopy4322 thank you so much :)
Yours is the 6th video I tried watching to help me with this and it was definitely the best and most straightforward. I’ve been anxious about pruning my schefflera for ages and now I feel more confident that it will be okay! Thanks!
You can do it 🦸♀️
My thoughts exactly!! Just pruned mine and put the pruned portion in a water vase!
Definitely the best site I have found. Clear and concise. Thank you.
Thank you so much :)
As soon as i saw the progress update I subscribed!
Thanks! Yeah, I think the updates are very important. Most plant channels do not show them, which makes me kind of suspicious ;)
Thank you so much. I've got one of these that needs pruning - it has never been pruned and I must have had it for about 15 years x
Definitely try it out :) It is super easy!
My plant as well is around 15 years old and has grown very tall and outrageous, lol. Im going to prune it soon. I was afraid to in case I killed it.
Great how-to video! Thank you so much :)
Thanks for your kind words :)
Thank you for this informative video! After watching you do it, I have a lot more confidence now to prune my own Schefflera.
Thank you so much and good luck :)
Best at 1.5 speed. Good tips!
Thanks! Some of my other videos are with less talking and more up to speed, so check them out ;)
Very informative! thanks for the information!
Thank you for your comment :)
Perfect explanation and easy-to-understand visual how-to. You'll probably laugh at this, but I got my Scheffleria maybe ten years ago in a Mother's Day Gift Basket. I live in Florida and planted it in the ground - now it is about 10-ft or more wide and about 14-ft wide. I just let it be. The thing is, I cut it back for the first time and decided since it looks so pretty and healthy that I'd like to have a couple of plant babies. Yours was by far the best video on how to take a cutting - well, actually I just put the cuttings in water outside but left on all the leaves - so I guess I will strip them and try to find a big vase or two until roots appear. Thank you again - great video! Subscribed!
I did not laugh at it, it's great to read where you got your plant from. Mine was from a plant trading ;) It was sooo small at first. It is best to remove the leaves that touch the water, to prevent rot and expose the tissue that can make roots. Do not strip away all the leaves. Good luck! And let me know if you need any help!
I am trying to save a Schefflera that was my daughters. She passed away and I want to save her plant, I feel as it is part of her. Thanks for this information you provide so well. The plant I am treating for scale but because of its importance to me I want to propagate it. Bless you
Thank you for sharing and I am sorry for your loss. 🌹
This plant seems to be a magnet to scale insects, because I used to have scale on this plant too. I do have another video on how to treat it against scale, have you checked that also? Then maybe you can try to save the whole plant as well.
I will look to find that video and treat the scale, such a relentless bug. I did wash some with rubbing alcohol. I am glad I came across your page, bless you.@@PlantYes
Thank you thank you thank you, my Schefflera Plant has two stalks and is 7 feet tall. I knew I needed to do something because both stocks are now touching the ceiling with their leaves, but I was afraid to hurt my plant. I rescued it from a very bad caretaker you might say (( my ex-wife )) I have been nurturing it and it is now thriving wonderfully, but I really would like to see it grow side branches instead of simply growing straight up to the sky. Thank you for your video, now I feel more confident in what to do and how to actually replant the part I cut off and continued its generation of life. This plant If I had to estimate is probably over 20 years old and has been very abused in its younger days, I'm surprised it's even still alive From the poor life it had before I showed up Anyways thank you.
Thank you so much for your reaction. Good luck with the pruning! If you have any questions, let me know. You can also contact me on my instagram.
@@PlantYes Thank you, you are so very kind to respond. I do enjoy my plants and they bring me much joy when I see them thriving. I guess I'm the happiest around animals and plants, we are their caretakers and should always be striving to do good by them. Stay blessed and keep safe. Danny
Thank you for the great video, very helpful! Can you explain about the auxin a bit more and how cutting the top helped the side branches to grow? I’m not sure I fully understand that. I am subscribing!!
Hi! So basically the plant hormone auxin is produced in the top of the plant. And when you take of the top, the ratio auxin to cytokinine changes. Now cytokinine is more in the plant than auxin, and cytokinine causes branching from the nodes.
I believe what you were trying to described is called the lead shoot. I want to say it’s the same for all plants but IDK. And usually twice fold
What do you mean with that it is usually twice fold? I haven't heard the term "lead shoot" before, usually it is either shoot apex or terminal bud. The process I describe is called apical dominance.
Do I need to do anything to the nodes to get it to sprout more branch’s down low?
No that is not necessary. This will happen by itself.
What do you do with the leafs you removed
You can try to root them in water, they sometimes are able to give roots. But it will take a very long time untill you have a plant
This was so helpful and easy to follow. Thank you!
Thank you so much :)
I'm in the SE part of the U.S. and it is currently November. Is it wisest to wait to try this in the spring, or should I be able to propagate my schefflera here in late fall??
Also, do you use simple rubbing alcohol to clean your shears?? I've been afraid that mine may have contributed to the demise of several of my plants. 🤦🏽♀
What kind of temperatures are there in November? For a plant it is best to not have cold stress, especially not after propagation.
Also: yes, just rubbing alcohol. This is mainly to kill any microbes that can be on the shears.
Hi please help me? What happens when you cut leaf side branches? I feel Iv cut the leaf to close to the stem & nod. Wil it grow back from these points stil? Or should I remove the leaf node completely so it grow new leaf from main stem? I have not cut my main stem for it to branch out like yours..I just cut leaves branch & feel I cut them to short but I didn’t remove the whole leaf branch Iv left a stump of leaf node but no stem. & now I’m worried new leaves won’t grow back there..I hope this makes sense please help me 🫶🏽
So if I understand correctly, you just cut a part of the stems of the leaves?
This plant is extremely strong, it can grow basically indefinetely, each prune has a potential to become a new tree.
Yeah, plants are so great and a lot of times underappreciated!
I bought my schefflera and when repotting i let it grow a bit taller and now I want to make it a bit more fuller at bottom, so I can cut off some leafes and from that nodes where i cut them off starts to grow more leafes than one that it used to be there?
I would try to pull the leaves from the lower parts, so that the full node is exposed. The new leaves will only grow from that part when apical dominance is broken, so the top needs to be removed as well.
So if we want side leaves we should pull off some leaves at the bottom??
Not exactly. Only if the apical dominance is broken (by removing the top).
I am here thinking you killed those delicate water roots when you retried potting it in soil? Do you have an update on that poor water prop top?
The "water" roots where still super small, definitely not "delicate" and I definitely did not kill the roots. The plant rooted super fast in soil. Not sure if you just made the comment to troll, or if you are better educated in plant sciences than me (doubt that, but sure).
I made the video 3 years ago.. The plant is already in a new home, since I sell my propagates. Otherwise I would have way too many plants in my house.
Is that a dwarf? The leaves look big!
Hi! No it is a normal sized plant, it just has not grown that big ;)
Have you pruned your Schefflera after seeing this video? Did it go well or not?
What kind of soil are you using with your chefflara cutting? I will be trying this soon with my Schefflera.
@@CA2AL For me it worked to have a mix just of potting soil and some perlite mixed into it.
@@PlantYes thank you! 😊
I wasn't able to see anything you did. Show us what a " node " looks like. You were too gar away from the camera to see anything. Please film what you do up close so we can all see exactly what you are doing. We can learn if we can't see it. Thank you.
In the video I explain what a node is (where the leaf attaches to the stem), so for a Schefflera there are plenty of nodes to be seen and it does not really matter where you make the cut in the stem. I unfortunately only have 1 camera (without autofocus), so I cannot film from different angles or up close or anything.
In some of my newer videos I sometimes zoom into the places, for instance in my dracaena video.
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Thanks!
What are you talking about “nodes”.
Can you specify your question?
Like some of us are new to this hobby and have no idea what a node is, where it's located at on the plant, and what is there purpose?
So if I want to direct the growth hormones down the plant, I should not just cut the top of the plant but some of the lower nodes as well? Interesting. I wouldn't have cut the lower branches, but now I shall. Cheers
Cutting of the lower branches is not needed. I just took of those leaves because of some pest damage. But because the nodes were exposed, that is were the new branches have formed.
It's quite difficult because it's quite hard....that's what she said
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