Caring for a Schefflera Plant

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[@karenbcz22]

Hahaha! Nice story about the "tree" at your grandparents' house.

[@Roxanne821]

That was truly amazing! I got goosebumps and teared up LOL not sure why hahaha

[@WilliamAndScout]

Love the Story at the end as well. Great demeanor.

[@frankwilson7146]

i am glad you talk about the gradual transition needed to go between indoors and out. i am pretty new to keeping plants and found this out the hard way, tho my experience was the reverse. (bringing them in for the winter) anyway, it is an important point a lot of videos fail to mention. thanks for the information!

[@Snakeplisskin440]

Thanks for the video. I just found one today and loved the look for it. I placed it with my peace lilly in my computer room. It gets mostly indirect light near the window until about 4 or 5 in the evening then some full sun for 2 or 3 hours. I think it'll do nicely in here. The story about the tree reminds me. My mother-inlaw had a mimosa in her front yard. They actually don't fair very well up here in Ohio but it grew to full size over the years. I think a very cold winter took it out, just had a few branches coming out the top with some leaves when spring came. We ended up cutting it down until it was just a stump because it had been two years and hadn't really grown back. A year later it grew to 8 feet high with multiple branches coming out. Very resilient tree it seems. It's still there today. It'll flower sometimes in late July when it's warm enough.

[@radziwill123]

Short and informative, brilliant!

[@toritacoo1338]

thank you for this video!! so I was gifted this plant a year ago and cared for it with water and sunlight. however, there have recently been these brown spots and I've tried searching everywhere to figure out what it is just. this video helped me realize the brown spots are aphids!

[@simonpetrovic502]

Thank you for guidance!

[@acorfamily]

Love the story your Grandparents have to share! Thanks for sharing with us too

[@andrewsaylor7291]

Hey Dave, thanks for the excellent video! I have a braided schefflera that I took inside for the winter. I bought a blue/red plant light because here in Wisconsin, we don't see the sun much in the winter. That has helped it prosper, and I got tons of new growth. I recently noticed that some of the leaves are dying and getting droopy, and there's a weird shiny, slightly sticky substance on all the leaves. I did have little millipede looking things in the soil, but thought I drowned them when I soaked the plant a few weeks ago. Found a few in the soil again today. I'm thinking about using a systemic insect control on it, and then fertilizer the following watering. Any tips? Am I taking the best course of action? This is my first plant, and seeing as I found him by the dumpster one day, I'd like him to survive ME haha. Thanks!

[@nancycorrea538]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@ICanSayKatarina]

Thank you Dave

[@rosagrinzato3374]

Hilarious story of the tree😄😄.

[@MiscellaneousMichelle]

Nice!

[@TheSuperblade7]

I bought a dwarf variety for a chameleon tank I'm setting up

[@esmaalothman4595]

Hi, do you mind giving more detailed information about how to care for it indoors if we do not want it to die, but also want to keep its size under control?

[@israelkelvin6068]

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[@londonkeith4804]

@Israel Kelvin Yea, I've been using InstaFlixxer for years myself :D

[@statusdisarray9598]

It is the only plant that I have requiring frequent drinks. I hope i can live up to this plats needs 😮

[@aishabegum9192]

Please tell me what is the name of your plants in the video background on left side, the tall cattus plants shoots looks like humans harms going up ?? Thanks

[@BloopyBlobBob]

My umbrella tree is literally doing nothing. It's not growing, it's not yellowing/dying. I thought at one point that it was plastic and I somehow didn't notice when I bought it, but that's not the case. It had a tiny tiny little new shoot at one point but that went nowhere, just kind of stopped and died. Do I maybe need to fertilize it?

[@staceykersting461]

Also, you can use coffee in a spray bottle to get rid of any 'sot shell' bugs. You don't always have to use harsh chemicals. Dish soap works well as a plant soap: just don't rinse the soap down into the soil.

[@Jameslee-ys2jr]

neem oil works better. I use it on all of my bonsai.

[@frankwilson7146]

i also use neem oil, but it can get pretty expensive. (20 dollars or more where i live) it is good to know of less costly and effective alternatives

[@katiewilliams9273]

If it's a small plant when you buy it , how do you know If you bought a drawf plant or an original size ?

[@atul03]

Can heat over 40 degrees Celsius even under shade lead to some issues in plant.

[@fatkins320]

My dad rescued a plant someone abandoned and gave it to me, turns out it's an umbrella tree. But it's long and scraggly looking, not like a little bush like those. Idk what to do with it. But it's pretty healthy other than some dead stuff on it.

[@xenu-dark-tony]

Time after time I've ordered a Schefflera Taiwaniana plug plant - around 2" tall and very immature - and it's looked great when it arrives, but within a few days it has wilted and died. I try all sorts of different care regimes with them, but nothing works - thay ALWAYS die, almost as though they have been poisoned. At around the tenth attempt I'm thinking of giving up on an impossible dream of having one (a hardy Schefflera) growing in my southern England garden. Does anyone have any tips?

[@kayanmixup6451]

Is it have strong nice smell

[@LauraGriffs]

My friend gifted me one of these because she didn't have space for it. When I got it I realized it was covered in meely bugs! Lol

[@mhgiahi447]

what should we do in winter. we dont have that much off sun light...

[@tonidill5197]

southfacing windows. I'm lucky I have bay windows there and I put a buffet table inf ront of it because that's in the kitchen. My plants go nuts when they're on that table in the bay window

[@rajashreeiyer3369]

Good information. I have kept my plant in shaded area but with bright sunlight. It looks good, but got only one leaf in five months. Any suggestions on what to do to increase leaf growth ?

[@raphlvlogs271]

the most iconic thing about them are the palmate leaves.

[@nicholeb2746]

So will the dwarf version get large as well? Will it become a tree eventually over time?

[@aazarie1610]

I have one about 2 feet tall with a trunk

[@nancycallender8477]

How do we prune it or start a new plant from my overgrown one?

[@marykennedy1745]

When a leaf falls off my tree, I cut the stem and place it in water. In about 3-4 weeks(be patient with the timeframe), a root will start to grow. I have learned to let he root grow long so it will do well when placed in the dirt.

[@LivFP]

How do you propagate one of these? I have one that's grown really well and I love it so I want another

[@fulesmackofule]

Break off some stems from the trunk. Be careful to have it properly removed by having the wide and thick bottom part too left on the stem. Put them into water and wait many weeks to see the roots appearing. Most sites write 2-3 weeks, but I had to wait about 2 months. Now it has started to root in May, but I think as long as the leaves are green on the stems, you are ok. Replace water regularly.

[@fatblue2355]

My schefflera is very leggy. Do you know why this happens?

[@melvargas1960]

What kind of soil does a schefflera need?

[@marshalkennedy-craig7111]

Hey, good stuff mate. I just bought a Schefflera from our local Lidls here in sunny Port Glasgow in Scotland. All the best for 2017 ! & Burns Night! Marshy.

[@madelinevalentini3126]

Why does my schefflera plant have yellow spots on too many leaves

[@powpaow]

How do I root the Schefflera? and how do I cut it? My Schefflera only have one tribe? not multiple. I also only have a regular scissor

[@rainsfall2494]

Cut it at an angle and use rooting hormome like clonex

[@Rightbackatcha1313]

Question: I have a scheflerra actinofolia I've had for about 5-6 years first four years or so it grew beautifully. But the last year or so all of the new leaves don't spread out like fans as they normally would. They come out folded back on their stems and stay that way. What is wrong with it and can I remedy the problem?

[@growingwisdom]

Check for scale or mealy bugs under the leaves.

[@Rightbackatcha1313]

@@growingwisdom I didn't notice any infestation of any kind. It's been recently repotted and it's not in full 🌝🌝🌝 for the last three months. I didn't really check the roots when I repotted it, other than it was pot bound. Maybe I'll do a deep dive on the roots again.

[@abo3azzoz]

does that means 6 months without water schefflara can survive? i'm very course for this kind of schefflara as i'm just now bought one

[@growingwisdom]

No 6 months without water will not be good.

[@sandracarli1110]

My schefflera was growing well but the pot was small. I repotted it and it died very quickly. What went wrong?

[@Thankful_.]

Sandra Carli Could it have shock from transitioning to a different type of soil? Perhaps new soil type or new soil having been too wet? Was it put back in same location after being repotted?

[@elizabethdavis2877]

Gently gently

[@travelnomad2128]

How do you make it more bushy rather than leggy & tall?

[@growingwisdom]

Cut it back at a node, a place for new leaves to come out. It will be bushier.

[@mirthoutofmire]

I need dire help for my Schefflera plant. It's a dwarf one like that and it's leaves are browning and gets a deep color too it and it isn't doing good. All the leaves have drooped and it looks nasty. I tried pruning it and removing it from the soil, checked the roots and put it directly into water. It's winter for me and I don't want my plant to die, can you help me at All?

[@gregq55]

Don’t over water 💦 it have a watering schedule pick a day say like a Sunday and just water once a week every Sunday. It works for me I have had my Schefflera house plant for over fifteen years now. And also it’s very wise to let your plant dry out every once in a while.like don’t water 💦 it for about two weeks.

[@evanq4366]

The dwarf umbrella plants dont get that big, but the regular ones do.Not the type you were showing.

[@sammyskit]

Can we grow these outdoors? I have a gold capella Scheflerra, and I just noticed it said home decor so the planting instructions are simply to repot not to grown on the ground. I’m also nervous about the region I am in. I live in McAllen, Texas, border city to Mexico. It is very humid here.

[@mayaportland8805]

is it poisonous?

[@thelowmein9143]

Im afraid that I trimmed my poor plant back to far.

[@concettasirianni6156]

Possono parlare in italiano per cortesia che non si capisce niente almeno sotto i titoli grazie

[@JassminaVellucci]

The plant is Native to Taiwan and south China.

[@ulvihuseynli1978]

Qulağ asdım heçnə anlamadım😔

[@Milkovichultear97]

Uki 😭

[@curvingfyre6810]

gotta suck having *that* last name, my condolences buddy, nice vid

[@leec2101]

Isn’t the plant toxic

[@growingwisdom]

Maybe, but I don't eat it. Many plants are.

[@florenckaf]

Very little and superficial information. What about fertilizing?