Rubber plant is a hardy species that tolerates dry soil quite well, so prefer staying on the under-watering side.

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Views: 389, Replies: 9 » Jump to the end. You can now take off up to about 1/3 of your plant's height.

I ended up putting it on a large white pot from Ikea to give it some more room to grow. Either repot now, prune later or prune now repot later. ~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!

Slide the stake in slowly, taking care not to cause damage to the plant or its root structure in the process.

Weird I know.I've got a slightly different answer from the others, sorry, but you know what they say - ask three gardeners the same question and you'll get three different answers!

Be prepared, as another answer says, for plenty of latex sap to be dripping for quite a while; you might want to put newspaper or kitchen paper on the floor to catch it. If the soil still feels dry, it may need water. If I cut off those 2 branches will any new limbs come out of that trunk? The article on how to prune that plant Bamboo has posted could get you going on pruning. It looks like you are overwatering, that is the biggest no no for this plant (all plants except water or marsh plants).

The left branch is hooked under the doorway to the kitchen to keep the plant from falling onto that glass table to the right again which it recently did and broke an orchid. I just turn the pots every few weeks and that forces them to grow towards the light again, opposite of the way they were leaning. You want your plant to be half that size and you will need to do it in stages! Or you could go find some old panty hose or and use that instead of the tape.As are yours Stormy. I suggest you remove half the branch which is sticking out almost at right angles, cutting just above a leaf node making an angled cut - that branch might well break if its left much longer because of the sharp angle. Often, these cells are filled to the point of rupturing.

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Make the cut above a node, and make sure you are ready for the free flowing sap that will ooze. This can cause injury as the plant grows So here I am. Since this moved the branches around at the soil level, I filled in some bare spots and added some more soil. . By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. You can use garden tape that stretches as the plant grows; this would be a great approach for a more fragile plant, I think. Repot later, in 3 months or so. The rubber plant has big beautiful glossy leaves which means it has the tendency to collect dust.

Depending on your growing season, your sage should be ready for another trim in about 4-6 weeks. This can cause injury as the plant grows and the tie cuts into the plant's stem. My rubber plant was also spreading out a lot and taking up a lot of space. Every week see the 10 best gardening photos to inspire your gardening projects It is also just simply common to some species. This includes wiping the leaves with a damp cloth or even misting them. Times are presented in US Central Standard TimeThis site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google It looks so tall!I wanted to update this post because my plant has grown a ton since first posting this! Since the rubber plant’s leaves and branches are quite heavy, I chose a thicker dowel that wouldn’t bend.But staking the plant is just the first step.

I now see that it is tying up your stake, remove it and tie another one at another spot. Edema 3. In addition, hot weather in late summer can cause pea plants to fall over and stop producing pods.

Don't move it around, it seems quite happy where it is, it's just chosen to grow in an ungainly fashion - once new growth begins and it's recovered, after a few months or a year, you will very likely need to prune off more to reshape, probably shortening the branch that sticks out even further, regardless of any new growth - depends where it shoots from as it recovers really. I purchased my rubber plant from Home Depot a little over a week ago, and have not repotted, fertilized it or watered it.

If the older leaves (usually the largest ones, at the bottom) are becoming yellow or brown, that's a sign of overwatering .

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