I’ve got several some as bonsai and some in larger planters variegated and solid. Found a sad dry leggy Schefflera a couple weeks ago sitting on the roadside amongst some storm debris. (Hurricane Sally roughed us up a good bit) anyway the once homeless Schefflera is now on its way to being a nice bonsai. Good luck with yours👍

I found mine sitting on the curb with the trash. It's over six feet tall

Haha this is exactly what I’m doing now

Yeah i still have them i wanna re do the terrarium at some point as the plants are over grown so when i get around to it ill make a video with them.

reptiworksaquatics cant wait till you redo the terrarium!!

In theory it should but never tried so can't say for sure

@@reptiplantworks2294 thanks, I've planted the cutting using Rooting hormone and covered it with a poly bag. Hoping for the best:)

@@vipulnair5217 any update?

@@Amanda-fo2bc hello, there are 4 to 5 sprouts of new growth. But it's been like that for more than 2 weeks now. I don't see the buds growing at all. Hoping it will grow with more time :)

Rooting powder

It's hard to say exactly as there can be alot of variables that effect leaf growth but usually if a plant has grown larger with more leaves it often needs more light in order to sustain the extra growth so upping the lighting might help, however if the plant hasn't had a repot with new within the last year or two this might also be the issue as soil eventually runs out of nutrients after a year or two, repoting in spring or autumn is recommended not winter as the plant is mostly dormant in winter and is best not disturbed, the only other thing that usually causes this sort of issue is pests so look closely for mealybugs or scale, if you find any you can use a product called white oil spray to treat it, best of luck with your plant.

Usually when this happens it's because there isn't enough above lighting as plants grow towards the light and if the sideways lighting is more intense than above lighting this can happen, above lighting is difficult indoors as most people don't have sky lights lol but proping it up with a wooden stake is a good start and if you aren't able to move it somewhere where there's above lighting or mount a grow light above it the only other option is to rotate it every week so the growth is more even but yeah once these trees get bigger it's hard keeping them standing up straight indoors best of luck though 🙂

My husband brought home his giant office plant that was already established like that, four stalks 3ft in length with many various other stalks too but those big ones only one was kind of going upwards all the rest were were going sideways and still are 7 years later and we just moved into a much smaller house where this guy now fills up my art studio (he wasn’t a fan of the unheated full sun no heat in WIsconsin sunroom over winter-but didn’t drop a leaf unlike in my bay window at my last house it would drop every leaf each winter and I’d put out on East facing patio up against the house and it returned full and bushier than before. But NOW I must prune fella back. I should have pruned those back when I got them but I was too chicken. I was hoping your video would address that. Because they do get beefy and out of control and that’s why people get rid of them. I have no room for his monstrosity at the new place. He is always up in my business because I’m stepping over one of his many parallel limbs reaching to all four corners of the room😂.

Double wammy, mushrooms are a good sign

New grows will sprout out the side next to the wound you have cur the direction of the growth depends on where the lights coming from as it will grow towards the light

@@reptiplantworks2294 awesome thanks! That gives me what I need to know to have more control.

Propagating it in water works fine or in soil it's up to you but they both work

If you can pull it out of the pot and see more roots than soil then you can re pot it but it's best to let it settle in for at least two or three weeks and get adjusted to its new environment before re potting

Yes it will rooting hormone just speeds up the process

Are the leaves brown and dry or brown and soft

@@reptiplantworks2294 dry

Sounds like its getting burnt ive found my umbrellas do best in bright Indirect light with preferably no direct sun if possible

@@reptiplantworks2294 Thanks!! I will move it to another location.

Good luck hope it gets better 😁

Best of luck hope it roots up for you

Try putting the cutting in soil and then put the whole thing in a big zip lock bag and blow air into it before closing! I've rooted several rubber trees like that and it provides a very humid environment, never dries out, and roots within a couple weeks! Just set in a place where it gets some sun to stay warm

I also dip the cutting in rooting hormone b4 putting in soil

Im aware they can live in full sun i have ones outside myself however im refering to umbrella trees being kept as indoor plants and moving an indoor plant straight into full sun outside usually is to much of an extreme change to fast for them to handle however I have both species outside and both are also growing well because I put them outside in late winter so it wasn't to hot straight away and they've been able to adjust as the seasons warm in time saying that I've had them burn and dry up in the past when I haven't done this.

The Climate makes a big difference too.

A node is on the main stem where leaves grow from or roots can grow if cut but as far as I know the butt end of a leaf stem isn't technically a node which is why leaf propagation only works sometimes but I could be wrong 😁

your ego is lying to you

Sounds like your soil had a fungal problem so if you have changed the soil im theory it should be alright but don't expect alot of growth during winter as they tend to go dormant.

@@reptiplantworks2294 Thanks man! How do I prevent the fungus from returning?

Mix perlite in with the soil so it drains better and let the soil dry between watering occasionally

@@reptiplantworks2294 Do I have 2 repot the plant again, or can I just add Perlite to the soil?

I repot my plants every year or two but if it isn't due for a bigger pot size you can just change over the soil

Think I had a brain fart mid video 😅

I know the feeling mine killed so many plants when he was a kitten

Do you keep cat grass or any other cat friendly herbs? I have 3 cats and they don't touch my houseplants, and they are like all over my floor, over 100! But because I have cat grass in their own container, they know to only go to that! They do occasionally munch my Boston fern but to be fair, it's like 2 feet from their grass.