Love the chill delivery and information! My wife and I have an umbrella tree that is more tree than it is umbrella! I'm going to try and layer propagate to get rid of the 4 feet of stalk (term?). Thanks again for the help!
Wow! I have a Gigantic thick cutting that the lady at my dry cleaners gave me. I mean HUGH cutting! I just put it in a vase of water about 3 mths ago. It's still beautiful & green and I just change the water occasionally. I just noticed it's starting to root. I'm just going to leave it a few more months until the roots get longer. Wish I saw your video before! 🌱🍃🌿💚💚
That’s amazing! It literally takes months in water so I’m glad it’s finally making roots for you, once you start seeing roots they grow quickly! Put it in dirt when the root is about an inch long and it’ll go crazy lol
@@Macksimize100 Wow! Thanks! This helps me so much. This is really a Gigantic thick cutting. Her mother plant was in the Dry Cleaners and almost to the ceiling. She just broke off a Big piece for me when I told her how gorgeous the tree was. Thanks again!🍃🌱🌿💚
I did propagate one large stem cutting of my 8' "tree" and previously read that a plastic cover should not touch leaves and also stem should not be cut with scissors - can crush stem. Mind you my stem was 1 and 1/2" across so had to use a very sharp knife. I tried two pieces of stem and only one propagated by soil method. Was so happy to have new growth (lots) on stems left uncut. I need to try again on another tall stem. Great help on your RUclips presentations.
I have one of these that's about 8 years old, Ive always watered/rotated the plant, but never really pruned or used trellis' so now it seems a major prune may be the only option l.
I just propogated my umbrella tree today by taking cuttings and putting them in water. I wish I watched your video first! But so glad you've given me the heads up that it will take so long! Do you think time of year/temperature effects how long it will take to propogate?
Glad you’re giving it a try! If you did it this time of year it might speed things up a tad but still may takes weeks :/ keep it by a brighter/warm window and be patient!!
Oh no! Haha I’ve honestly cut at all different times of the year and there’s only small variances in how long roots take so hopefully yours sprout soon! Anything is possible with plants 😊
@Macksimize I just got a umbrella tree from a lady that's taller than me and I'm 5'5. It doesn't have small leaves like yours. I told my husband it was a grown man because the leaves are huge. Can I propagate it? I don't want to throw it away because it's so beautiful.
Yes! You can definitely propagate! For larger plants I always urge people to air layer propagate that way you don't have a huge cutting laying around awkwardly.
Had this plant for ever 20 years, it is basically a TREE in my moms house hahah. Bought it for 50cents. I had no clue what it was and until today!!! yaaay (i took a cutting to do some propagation for my own Umbrella Tree)
My mom has two umbrella trees which are ~20 years old and at least 5' tall. All she's done is water them once every week or two. These plants are so chill
Oh yeah it’s best to do air layering on the established mother plant if you can! And make sure the paper towel is just damp - it’s a fine balance lol - thank you for watching!! :)
That’s another technique you can do! It just works a little slower. Then I tried the air layering and it worked so much faster so felt like I had to share ⭐️
Omg you're hilarious I'm so glad I found your channel! I got my schefflera about a month ago and it's super cute, it's got a really nice even rounded shape and I wanted to know how to keep it that way. Your plant is beautiful, of course, but I'm wondering if it's possible or if it will end up doing what it wants to do like yours? 🪴
Thank you!! Ah yes you can totally prune your plant and train it to grow any way you want! If it starts to go crazy, just keep trimming pieces off and it'll grow into any shape. Mine kinda went wild 😬
@@Macksimize100 I found early on when a friend gave me a huge tree that they only tolerate a very small amount of water. Mine is 3 large branches and 8 ft. and only needs 3 cups of water a week. I couldn't believe it.
Love this advice! I have the same plant, but after 20 years it's a 5.5 ft tree. For the last 2 years, it's dropped a branch underneath whenever a new one grows on top.☹️ Do you think this is root rot?
Hi! Love your videos :) I have a schefflera which was been growing sideways for a while (since I bought it, sigh). The stem is straight for 11" and then veers off at almost 45 degrees. My inexperienced guess is that I haven't been rotating it frequently enough so it gets sun on all sides? I didn't think of using a trellis (maybe because it already has a short dowel, which ends just before it started to shoot off...) and didn't have the heart or guts to cut it as it kept deviating, but now the sideways portion of the stem is 9" long (so pretty top-heavy) and I'm not sure if a trellis would help at this point or if I should cut off and propagate the whole sideways part?
Hi! Thank you for watching! Ahh yes this tends to happen when you don’t rotate your plants every week or so, has definitely happened to me lol. I would recommend air layer propagating the wonky branch that way you don’t have to commit right away to chopping the whole thing off! Or you can very slowly train it to stand upright, start by using a trellis and moving it up straighter and straighter each week by an inch or so. This should retrain the stem but takes time :)
Mine has 3 thick but long spindly trunks, all veering off doing their own thing. I tied a bungee cord around them and slowly tightened them as they started growing upright again, little by little. It worked.
Omg, this has happened to my plant which is 10 years old. The mother plant has two woody stalks and one has stayed pretty straight and the other one is going straight for about 10 inches and then wonky(about 45° also). I have a dowel however that is not helping and I am absolutely terrified to sever the plant into two, or even three, and attempt water propagating/repotting them. Even air layering, though I've watched your video about a dozen times, makes me so nervous. I don't want to hurt my child!
Love the chill delivery and information! My wife and I have an umbrella tree that is more tree than it is umbrella! I'm going to try and layer propagate to get rid of the 4 feet of stalk (term?). Thanks again for the help!
Wow! I have a Gigantic thick cutting that the lady at my dry cleaners gave me. I mean HUGH cutting! I just put it in a vase of water about 3 mths ago. It's still beautiful & green and I just change the water occasionally. I just noticed it's starting to root. I'm just going to leave it a few more months until the roots get longer. Wish I saw your video before! 🌱🍃🌿💚💚
That’s amazing! It literally takes months in water so I’m glad it’s finally making roots for you, once you start seeing roots they grow quickly! Put it in dirt when the root is about an inch long and it’ll go crazy lol
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Wow! Thanks! This helps me so much. This is really a Gigantic thick cutting. Her mother plant was in the Dry Cleaners and almost to the ceiling. She just broke off a Big piece for me when I told her how gorgeous the tree was.
Thanks again!🍃🌱🌿💚
I had no idea it could take that long.
I did propagate one large stem cutting of my 8' "tree" and previously read that a plastic cover should not touch leaves and also stem should not be cut with scissors - can crush stem. Mind you my stem was 1 and 1/2" across so had to use a very sharp knife. I tried two pieces of stem and only one propagated by soil method. Was so happy to have new growth (lots) on stems left uncut. I need to try again on another tall stem. Great help on your RUclips presentations.
I have one of these that's about 8 years old, Ive always watered/rotated the plant, but never really pruned or used trellis' so now it seems a major prune may be the only option l.
Yes pruning at least once a year is always good for this plant! Helps keep their growth nice and full without the leggy-ness
Rooting hormone is my friend!! It worked wonders with my umbrella cutting!!
Do you dip it in rooting hormone and then put it directly into soil? And how often do you water the cutting?
How sweet, you gave ur mama the queen bee of cuttings! 🤣👌🪴💜
I just propogated my umbrella tree today by taking cuttings and putting them in water. I wish I watched your video first! But so glad you've given me the heads up that it will take so long!
Do you think time of year/temperature effects how long it will take to propogate?
Glad you’re giving it a try! If you did it this time of year it might speed things up a tad but still may takes weeks :/ keep it by a brighter/warm window and be patient!!
@@Macksimize100 I'm in South Australia so we are just going into some colder weather. What a test of patience this is going to be! 🤣
Thanks!
Oh no! Haha I’ve honestly cut at all different times of the year and there’s only small variances in how long roots take so hopefully yours sprout soon! Anything is possible with plants 😊
Prop update! So it's been 5 or weeks and I'm just starting to get some roots on my umbrella cuttings! So glad you told me to be patient! 😅
@Macksimize I just got a umbrella tree from a lady that's taller than me and I'm 5'5. It doesn't have small leaves like yours. I told my husband it was a grown man because the leaves are huge. Can I propagate it? I don't want to throw it away because it's so beautiful.
Yes! You can definitely propagate! For larger plants I always urge people to air layer propagate that way you don't have a huge cutting laying around awkwardly.
Had this plant for ever 20 years, it is basically a TREE in my moms house hahah. Bought it for 50cents. I had no clue what it was and until today!!! yaaay (i took a cutting to do some propagation for my own Umbrella Tree)
That’s so cool! I hope mine grows into an actual tree one day..! Good luck with propping this one ☺️
My mom has two umbrella trees which are ~20 years old and at least 5' tall. All she's done is water them once every week or two. These plants are so chill
That's amazing! They truly are so easy
Thank you! Trying air rooting with the clippings that were rotting. So far they aren't happy. Think I kept the towel too wet. Cute kittyyyyy
Oh yeah it’s best to do air layering on the established mother plant if you can! And make sure the paper towel is just damp - it’s a fine balance lol - thank you for watching!! :)
@@Macksimize100 I'm trying off the mother plant now too. Maybe I used too much water. Oops. Ill let them dry more before I wet again.
what about the method where you replant the cutting into a little pot of rocks and soil? u made a video on that a year ago i think maybe less
That’s another technique you can do! It just works a little slower. Then I tried the air layering and it worked so much faster so felt like I had to share ⭐️
Omg you're hilarious I'm so glad I found your channel! I got my schefflera about a month ago and it's super cute, it's got a really nice even rounded shape and I wanted to know how to keep it that way. Your plant is beautiful, of course, but I'm wondering if it's possible or if it will end up doing what it wants to do like yours? 🪴
Thank you!! Ah yes you can totally prune your plant and train it to grow any way you want! If it starts to go crazy, just keep trimming pieces off and it'll grow into any shape. Mine kinda went wild 😬
I love your videos. I have a schefflera that is suffering and I need to “fix” it by propagating.
Aw thank you!! Ah yes, good luck on the propagating!
@@Macksimize100 I found early on when a friend gave me a huge tree that they only tolerate a very small amount of water. Mine is 3 large branches and 8 ft. and only needs 3 cups of water a week. I couldn't believe it.
Love this advice! I have the same plant, but after 20 years it's a 5.5 ft tree. For the last 2 years, it's dropped a branch underneath whenever a new one grows on top.☹️ Do you think this is root rot?
Hi! Love your videos :) I have a schefflera which was been growing sideways for a while (since I bought it, sigh). The stem is straight for 11" and then veers off at almost 45 degrees. My inexperienced guess is that I haven't been rotating it frequently enough so it gets sun on all sides? I didn't think of using a trellis (maybe because it already has a short dowel, which ends just before it started to shoot off...) and didn't have the heart or guts to cut it as it kept deviating, but now the sideways portion of the stem is 9" long (so pretty top-heavy) and I'm not sure if a trellis would help at this point or if I should cut off and propagate the whole sideways part?
Hi! Thank you for watching! Ahh yes this tends to happen when you don’t rotate your plants every week or so, has definitely happened to me lol. I would recommend air layer propagating the wonky branch that way you don’t have to commit right away to chopping the whole thing off! Or you can very slowly train it to stand upright, start by using a trellis and moving it up straighter and straighter each week by an inch or so. This should retrain the stem but takes time :)
@@Macksimize100 thank you!!
Mine has 3 thick but long spindly trunks, all veering off doing their own thing. I tied a bungee cord around them and slowly tightened them as they started growing upright again, little by little. It worked.
Omg, this has happened to my plant which is 10 years old. The mother plant has two woody stalks and one has stayed pretty straight and the other one is going straight for about 10 inches and then wonky(about 45° also). I have a dowel however that is not helping and I am absolutely terrified to sever the plant into two, or even three, and attempt water propagating/repotting them. Even air layering, though I've watched your video about a dozen times, makes me so nervous. I don't want to hurt my child!
Wish I had learned air rooting before I cut a foot off lol. The cuttings aren't having it.
That’s the worst when cuttings don’t take! But if they look green and aren’t rotting, stick with them! They may pop a root out in a few months
What about making a cutting and putting them directly in soil?
You can try that! I’ve had better luck with the paper towel in plastic technique or air layering, then once it’s rooted I place them in soil
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you look like you're in pain in the thumbnail and i clicked because i relate.
Lol smiling is painful for me
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Why do you change your face so much?