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Mr Sheffield am addicted to watching ur channel 😂became a plant mum march this year an I can’t stop buying house plants an garden plants 🪴 it really helps with my mental health caring for all my beautiful plants !

It's funny to go back and see your earlier videos. You have grown and flourished in silliness over time. In this vid I would diagnose you as clinically depressed, and prescribed a grow light and some Prozac. ❤

Oh my goodness Sheffi you have come a long way with your video etiquette!! I just ran across this one from 2 yrs back and you seemed so bored! 😂 So happy you have gotten so creative and cheeky as you've grown comfortable making your content 🌱🌱🌱

I inherited a 6-foot tall scragley robusta about 3 years ago. I tidied it up and propegated about 5 different pieces. Only one took and is now about 3 foot tall and I’m getting a new leaf almost every other week. By the way, I live in Chicago and this was my first attempt with a rubber plant/bush/tree. I’ve got 3 other plants that are over 25 years old. I’ve killed my asparagus fern at least a dozen times and it still keeps coming back. Love your videos!! Thanks much!

mr sheffield , i just found the tiniest ficus & im so happy!! it was on clarence too! idk why bc it’s perfectly fine. no pest either. thank you for the tips

Just chopped back my plant 🪴 fingers crossed!

My own experience has been that they are slow growing but reliable, easy to grow and propagate. I've had mine since about '02 and it sits in a bay window with plenty of light.

I got the tineke and I'm working on the robusta. Wish me luck. Love and Peace.

Just a token thanks, because I'm sure you have saved all my plants!

I have a variegated rubber tree in a pot outside on my verandah all year. It grows really fast in the Mediterranean climate where I live here in Australia. It's well known here that you don't plant them in the ground as you stated they grow into a very large tree. Also, they have very invasive roots capable of lifting concrete & damaging foundations.

I bought one of these plants but didn't know it was a rubber plant until I looked it up. The great thing was it was actually divided in 4 stems in the pot so I repotted and got 4 separate plants. 4 for the price of one. Only 6 inches tall now and of the variegated variety, so I'm looking forward to watching them grow.

Dang, Mr Sheffield! Your mundane, flat affect is making me laugh! You have come a long way in 2 years (before I started watching). You are quite animated these days, which is so entertaining! I’m sure that’s helped your channel. I knew I could come to your channel to find out how to prune my ficus robusta, well, except you haven’t pruned yours yet. But I think I got a good idea from this video. Best.😊

I thank you and my ficus elastica thanks you! 🪴🪴🪴

The green version (Robusta) is the easiest plant to propagate. Just take a leaf with an inch of stem and place into a jar of water. Roots will grow. Pot up. I love this plant so much, I'm propagating a number to put into the garden for the (short) summer for a "jungle" effect. I'm prepared to sacrifice them, because I know I can root a whole bunch of them quickly, but I'll bring them in and wash them off for the winter if they survive two or three months outdoors in Scotland. Tempted to get myself some of the other varieties too. I don't mind if they grow haphazardly - I just love the leaves and the fulness of them. They are definitely up there in the unfussy plant category.

I hope you are doing okay sir. Love your videos, very helpful as always

I've been watching a lot of your videos, I'm enjoying the classes. I will be purchasing a rubber plant; I like the deep dark green colors. Thank you.

I have two rubber plants and just cut the stem on one plant to make it branch. So far, it looks like a new stem is forming but no other so far. Enjoy your video.

So I just bought a ficus elastica in a tiny pot so he’s about 10 or 11 inches tall (off of the table, not from the soil) from a plant shop down my street and the shop owner told me that ficus elastica likes to stay relatively moist… It does not want to dry out between waterings because if it does, it won’t want to ever branch out. He showed me these little tiny light white dots above the little leaf stems on its main trunk stem and said that that is where branches will grow if you make sure to keep it moist :-) I took a picture of it today because I like to kind of take a picture of it again after a few months because I love seeing how much they’ve grown! Also, he said he waters daily! We both have south facing windows, so maybe that’s why?!

Super. Thank you

I bought the one with the yellow elastic tineke, even thought it was not labled as such. I bought it at Walmart for $20.00, I need to know how to take care of it, never had a rubber tree. I don't want to kill it, she is simply stunning and huge too, I've been looking for one for 2 years, glad I finally found one.

Congratulations for your channel - great job!

Interesting! My rubber tree puts out about one new leaf every month or two. I’ve been keeping the soil moist with a watering globe. It’s sitting about 4 feet away from a window and it’s doing fantastic

Yeah, I’m further in the video and the shop owner said that a fiddle leaf fig needs to be pruned for it to branch out but this plant does not… It’s mainly just a matter of keeping the soil moist, and it will do it completely on its own :-) talking about the ficus elastica, btw

I miss monotone Rich. So chilled and soothing ❤️

Just purchased my variegated rubber tree today so I came back to watch this video. How is yours doing?? Do you happen to have a private Facebook group all your plant buds can share things with each other

home made compost doesn't compact like the store bought one, but what I notice is that it holds a LOT more water :)) so, as you said mixed with perlite helps with both humidity and potential soil compaction. Not sure if it's a good idea but because I like an easy life I'm buying a self watering container (Lechuza has some nice ones) and I'll be adding some slow release fertiliser..hopefully it works. Also a 24w Sansi grow light for 8h a day should hopefully take care of the light (I have a very low light room)

Wow, you’ve come a long way in the last year. 😁Great info, your videos are great

Anyone know if I can put this tineke in leca ? Found small brown spots on 3 leaves maybe fungal or fertiliser.

Thanks 😊. Happiness in leaf 🍃 vlog

Hello, Mr. Sheffield! I just moved to a new place and got a rubber plant as a gift, some bottom leaves have been yellowing and one of them fell off. They are getting really good sun and I haven’t gotten to water it yet as it hasn’t been dry since the time I got it. Was wondering if it could be from transport, I did find webbing from (im guessing) spider mites but removed it immediately and killed some, or could it be overwatering from the previous owner as well? Thanks for the video by the way! Really helpful :))

Thanks for the tips

So nice Rubber Tree...🥰💕

My yellow gem ficus was watered last night and I put it back where it was....it was already drooping but waking up it is all drooping still...so bummed...it has a huge thick root coming out of the nursery pot...It may have gotten too dry....so I may repot this afternoon...my audrey is on top of my fridge and doing fine.... yours are all doing so well...I think I got spidermites on my tineki...and my tuby is doing great...my burgandy struggles but this year I hope is the year for it.....and I have the green version and it is great....I use to have a huge green version 9 yrs ago but when I moved here I cut back and it did not like that and it is no more...I still kick myself....

Could you explain any more about what you mean at 08:10 about circling around the stem at the top? Im unsure what the problem is with mine but one of the 3 stems now has no leaves and has gone black and a bit soft at the top. Can I assume this is because its root bound?

Thank you for information

I don't water my ficus, I spray them by misting every other day. It looks beautiful and perfect like a plastic decoration

Just re- watching. Rich, you got to laugh at me. I swear not two of these new plants want to get watered on the same day. lol Peace.

Great video! Does this apply to Ficus Altissima as well? I have two, they are growing well, but all the new leaves are curly except a random one or two. Not browned, they look healthy, just curly… it’s very strange. All the old leaves look normal and more flat. 🤷🏻‍♂️

A lesson learned, and a question: my rubber plant looking pretty miserable, so I checked the moisture using the meter yesterday, and it was dry in a couple of spots but I noticed when I pulled it out, the stem of the meter felt damp! I poked it around a couple of other spots and the water was way up! It’s in a large pot so I don’t know if that’s part of the problem, but in the future I will spot check a few different areas of soil especially in the larger pots. It’s extremely spindly and leggy so I was thinking of doing the cuttings like I’ve seen in one of your other video and repot the bulk of the plant in new soil. My general question is, the first time you’ve repotted, should you water from the top to allow water to get to the roots quickly and to help settle some of the soil? In my mind I keep thinking it’s the roots that are sucking up the water when watered from below, but is it actually the soil (in which case I would think bottom watering is OK even with newly potted plants that don’t have roots reaching down that far)? Thx!

My rubber plant has very thin stalks. I just bought it 3 weeks ago. Will the stalks get thicker?

Very nice looking rubber tree

Mine has grown super fast when placing into direct sunlight in front of an east/south window. You could watch it growing basically. I had to move it a little bit away and it instantly slowed down. I actually wanted a ficus tineke because of its colors but I do not have place with enough light anymore. It little bit bends toward one side because it's quite big. I have a stick in it but the plant is slowly getting bigger than the stick. Should I put a new one?

Help! I brought one of these home a few days ago from Lowe’s. I put it in a south facing window and did not water it. I noticed that the soil it came in contained very little perlite and was quite wet. I was a bit worried that it might not be well draining enough, but I figured it had growing in that soil for some time and looked beautiful. However, when I came home today, I found a brown spot on one of the top leaves on its edge. I am considering changing the soil to one with perlite in it. Am I over reacting? Is it just the trauma of being moved to my house? Will I hurt it more if I add perlite to the soil? Lol noob to the plant world. Advice appreciated. Don’t worry I won’t hold you responsible for the results.😂l

Do you have to feed it liquid plant good or just water

I have the green variety and the leaves are small hasn't grown much. I moved it to the window July but it grown so slow 🐌

i have an Elastica Robusta and its very sensitive. when new leaves form and are still pointing upwards and touch each other that part of the leaf dies. in this case should i remove the damaged leaf or cut the dead parts? also the leaves dont feel thick like yours

Hi I have a ficus elastica robusta with a single bare stem up to about 3 feet and lots of growth at the top with lots of lovely healthy leaves (it’s now becoming very too heavy and stem won’t be strong enough to support) -to get it to branch and become more bushy would I be able to cut off the top to the desired point near an old leaf node? The problem with this is that there will be no leaves left for photosynthesis/translocation. Will this kill the whole plant? Cutting above first leaf will still make it too tall and gangly. TIA ♥️

Thank you 💗

I love my rubber plant so much and I did some mistakes in the beginning (last year). I never watered it until water came out but only like a few glasses every few weeks. I was scared that I would over water it at once. It grew super small leaves last year and there is no grow eversince. BUT now I water it through maybe all 3-4 weeks and basically all leaves are super wrinkly now. Also the stem became brown and patchy. Are the roots rotten? I'm lost

Thanks for the good information. How can I make the leaves of my Ficus Robusta bigger ?

How to make the leaves spread like that? Coz mine are mostly vertical

Hi, my rubber plant roots are showing on top of the potted compact soil. Can I just add compost and perlite on top of the soil in the pot?

How can I strengthen the trunks? I have 3, all single trunk, no branches, potted together. All are putting out new growth like crazy. They range in size 3 to 4 ft tall above the soil line. The trunks are skinny and unless supported by dowels, they lean alarmingly to the side. Thank you!

I got a small rubber plant with 2 stems, have placed it near south facing window and the plant gets morning sunlight till 10.30am and indirect sunlight for the rest of the day. Initially the new leaves which came out were perfect, but off late the leaves on one of the stems are very damaged, they are incomplete and disfigured. Whereas the second steam is giving out healthy full leaves. What could be the problem, please help.

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Hey, i made a few mistakes and did a few things to save my plant from dying, would really appreciate your opinion on my plant and my decisions. Is there any possibility to write an email to you so i can send pictures?

Hi. Very nice explained thank you. Are these plants only for inside or can i put them in the balcony? My windows and balcony face west side (too much sun in summer😔). Thank you 🙏🏽

i cannot quite hear it; Do you say @ 03:12 mid afternoon sun might scorch the leaves? or should the plant get mid afternoon sun? (for tineke)

Can i wash it in the shower and also can i use the tip you said about the lint rollers on the leaves

Good morning you look so serious .🤠

I've been watching lots of your videos, they are great. But this one made me laugh out loud. You sound depressed for some reason. I'm sure you already noticed this because I haven't seen that in any other video. You are doing a great job, but this one made me laugh.

my Robusta is showing signs of distress...not sure why....has grown several new leaves in the past couple of months but now it looks browned off on 3 of the lower leaves.. and 3 little leaves at the bottom have indeed dropped off..............any ideas to make him well again

I have a rubber plant just like the one on the left in your video. It was given to me by a 90+ year old lady when she moved. She had it for years! It’s all stem, however, with the lovely leaves on the end of the branches. The branches are also all over the place. It’s such a mess (cosmetically) but VERY healthy. What can I do to corral it again? If I cut the branches back, there will be nothing on the plant and it will looks just like sticks sticking out of the dirt. Would love any tips you have. Thank you.

I’m getting a few new leaves almost every 2 weeks or so across different stems. Is that good?

I have lack of sun light in my apartment. Can I use LED grow light instead?

Great video 👍 how do you clean the leaves?

My rubber tree is like 6-7 ft tall. It has a lot of branches, so I tie them up. I've ran out of room to give it support now. It grows like a weed. 😳

My rubber tree keeps loosing healthy looking green leaves. I lost the fourth leaf in about 2 months. Left with only three leaves on the stem but one already facing down and feel’s loose. I don’t know what to do. Could anyone help me with this please.

Do you have a video on ficus lyrata? Very popular here, usually called just "ficus" or "Indian fig". I've had one for decades that I often cannot believe is still living as many times I thought it was at death's door. I would like to make a happier life for it, though. I try to search but didn't come across that particular variety. Thx!

I noticed my tenike started producing only white leaves. Maybe it’s receiving too much light?

I bought my burgundy rubber today and mistakenly broke 1 leaf in the middle when I was wiping it. Do I need to cut it off completely?

Smile 😃😃😃

Make new video on rubber Plant plz

Just brought one going to put it in my window but not directly

I got one online, when it arrived it was crammed into a small nursery pot so I moved it to a larger one. It originally had 5 leaves. One went black from the base up and came off, another fell off, so I have that in perlite. The very top leaf is quite limp and soft, whilst the bottom leaf is drooping. I checked the soil and it's not too wet, the roots are quite long, but not rootbound. I put it under a grow light and that caused further wilting to the top leaf. Any suggestions?

Which would be better if you only have a north or south facing window

That bottom shoot should grow pretty fast and than it will be the two branches your looking for....

Which type of rubbber tree grow faster?

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Can you grow them in Leca?

He sounds hungover here

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How to propagate

Is that a huge spider on your wall ? 😲