This was EXACTLY what I was looking for and needed for help. Thank you!!!
@PlantYesАй бұрын
@@shirleycolopy4322 thank you so much :)
@saram732 жыл бұрын
Yours is the 6th video I tried watching to help me with this and it was definitely the best and most straightforward. I’ve been anxious about pruning my schefflera for ages and now I feel more confident that it will be okay! Thanks!
@PlantYes2 жыл бұрын
You can do it 🦸♀️
@amymaschue334811 ай бұрын
My thoughts exactly!! Just pruned mine and put the pruned portion in a water vase!
@lizbourn41923 ай бұрын
Definitely the best site I have found. Clear and concise. Thank you.
@PlantYes3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much :)
@Sooz31124 ай бұрын
Thank you so much. I've got one of these that needs pruning - it has never been pruned and I must have had it for about 15 years x
@PlantYes4 ай бұрын
Definitely try it out :) It is super easy!
@laurawarlow5036Ай бұрын
My plant as well is around 15 years old and has grown very tall and outrageous, lol. Im going to prune it soon. I was afraid to in case I killed it.
@cathyc.25126 ай бұрын
Best at 1.5 speed. Good tips!
@PlantYes6 ай бұрын
Thanks! Some of my other videos are with less talking and more up to speed, so check them out ;)
@chelmerich2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this informative video! After watching you do it, I have a lot more confidence now to prune my own Schefflera.
@PlantYes2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much and good luck :)
@livergen2 жыл бұрын
Thank you thank you thank you, my Schefflera Plant has two stalks and is 7 feet tall. I knew I needed to do something because both stocks are now touching the ceiling with their leaves, but I was afraid to hurt my plant. I rescued it from a very bad caretaker you might say (( my ex-wife )) I have been nurturing it and it is now thriving wonderfully, but I really would like to see it grow side branches instead of simply growing straight up to the sky. Thank you for your video, now I feel more confident in what to do and how to actually replant the part I cut off and continued its generation of life. This plant If I had to estimate is probably over 20 years old and has been very abused in its younger days, I'm surprised it's even still alive From the poor life it had before I showed up Anyways thank you.
@PlantYes2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your reaction. Good luck with the pruning! If you have any questions, let me know. You can also contact me on my instagram.
@livergen2 жыл бұрын
@@PlantYes Thank you, you are so very kind to respond. I do enjoy my plants and they bring me much joy when I see them thriving. I guess I'm the happiest around animals and plants, we are their caretakers and should always be striving to do good by them. Stay blessed and keep safe. Danny
@rosehill15952 жыл бұрын
Perfect explanation and easy-to-understand visual how-to. You'll probably laugh at this, but I got my Scheffleria maybe ten years ago in a Mother's Day Gift Basket. I live in Florida and planted it in the ground - now it is about 10-ft or more wide and about 14-ft wide. I just let it be. The thing is, I cut it back for the first time and decided since it looks so pretty and healthy that I'd like to have a couple of plant babies. Yours was by far the best video on how to take a cutting - well, actually I just put the cuttings in water outside but left on all the leaves - so I guess I will strip them and try to find a big vase or two until roots appear. Thank you again - great video! Subscribed!
@PlantYes2 жыл бұрын
I did not laugh at it, it's great to read where you got your plant from. Mine was from a plant trading ;) It was sooo small at first. It is best to remove the leaves that touch the water, to prevent rot and expose the tissue that can make roots. Do not strip away all the leaves. Good luck! And let me know if you need any help!
@jakecarlson25335 ай бұрын
Great how-to video! Thank you so much :)
@PlantYes5 ай бұрын
Thanks for your kind words :)
@rickg10209 ай бұрын
I am trying to save a Schefflera that was my daughters. She passed away and I want to save her plant, I feel as it is part of her. Thanks for this information you provide so well. The plant I am treating for scale but because of its importance to me I want to propagate it. Bless you
@PlantYes9 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing and I am sorry for your loss. 🌹 This plant seems to be a magnet to scale insects, because I used to have scale on this plant too. I do have another video on how to treat it against scale, have you checked that also? Then maybe you can try to save the whole plant as well.
@rickg10209 ай бұрын
I will look to find that video and treat the scale, such a relentless bug. I did wash some with rubbing alcohol. I am glad I came across your page, bless you.@@PlantYes
@drew6099 ай бұрын
As soon as i saw the progress update I subscribed!
@PlantYes8 ай бұрын
Thanks! Yeah, I think the updates are very important. Most plant channels do not show them, which makes me kind of suspicious ;)
@andimatrus Жыл бұрын
This plant is extremely strong, it can grow basically indefinetely, each prune has a potential to become a new tree.
@PlantYes Жыл бұрын
Yeah, plants are so great and a lot of times underappreciated!
@kathrynspieker6189 Жыл бұрын
Very informative! thanks for the information!
@PlantYes Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comment :)
@puddinpak11 ай бұрын
Thank you for the great video, very helpful! Can you explain about the auxin a bit more and how cutting the top helped the side branches to grow? I’m not sure I fully understand that. I am subscribing!!
@PlantYes11 ай бұрын
Hi! So basically the plant hormone auxin is produced in the top of the plant. And when you take of the top, the ratio auxin to cytokinine changes. Now cytokinine is more in the plant than auxin, and cytokinine causes branching from the nodes.
@Prickly-Brew9 ай бұрын
I believe what you were trying to described is called the lead shoot. I want to say it’s the same for all plants but IDK. And usually twice fold
@PlantYes9 ай бұрын
What do you mean with that it is usually twice fold? I haven't heard the term "lead shoot" before, usually it is either shoot apex or terminal bud. The process I describe is called apical dominance.
@catherineolsen19318 ай бұрын
I wasn't able to see anything you did. Show us what a " node " looks like. You were too gar away from the camera to see anything. Please film what you do up close so we can all see exactly what you are doing. We can learn if we can't see it. Thank you.
@PlantYes8 ай бұрын
In the video I explain what a node is (where the leaf attaches to the stem), so for a Schefflera there are plenty of nodes to be seen and it does not really matter where you make the cut in the stem. I unfortunately only have 1 camera (without autofocus), so I cannot film from different angles or up close or anything. In some of my newer videos I sometimes zoom into the places, for instance in my dracaena video.
@vanillapod1 Жыл бұрын
This was so helpful and easy to follow. Thank you!
@PlantYes Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much :)
@louisepaquette31593 ай бұрын
What do you do with the leafs you removed
@PlantYes3 ай бұрын
You can try to root them in water, they sometimes are able to give roots. But it will take a very long time untill you have a plant
@TopGFishingMediaАй бұрын
Do I need to do anything to the nodes to get it to sprout more branch’s down low?
@PlantYesАй бұрын
No that is not necessary. This will happen by itself.
@PlantYes2 жыл бұрын
Have you pruned your Schefflera after seeing this video? Did it go well or not?
@CA2AL10 ай бұрын
What kind of soil are you using with your chefflara cutting? I will be trying this soon with my Schefflera.
@PlantYes10 ай бұрын
@@CA2AL For me it worked to have a mix just of potting soil and some perlite mixed into it.
@CA2AL9 ай бұрын
@@PlantYes thank you! 😊
@patriciariley65464 ай бұрын
🎉
@PlantYes2 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@rixo7451 Жыл бұрын
I bought my schefflera and when repotting i let it grow a bit taller and now I want to make it a bit more fuller at bottom, so I can cut off some leafes and from that nodes where i cut them off starts to grow more leafes than one that it used to be there?
@PlantYes Жыл бұрын
I would try to pull the leaves from the lower parts, so that the full node is exposed. The new leaves will only grow from that part when apical dominance is broken, so the top needs to be removed as well.
@rrt4012 жыл бұрын
So if we want side leaves we should pull off some leaves at the bottom??
@PlantYes2 жыл бұрын
Not exactly. Only if the apical dominance is broken (by removing the top).
@melissasmuse3 ай бұрын
What are you talking about “nodes”.
@PlantYes3 ай бұрын
Can you specify your question?
@TinaShmina2 жыл бұрын
Is that a dwarf? The leaves look big!
@PlantYes2 жыл бұрын
Hi! No it is a normal sized plant, it just has not grown that big ;)
@blackhole77 Жыл бұрын
So if I want to direct the growth hormones down the plant, I should not just cut the top of the plant but some of the lower nodes as well? Interesting. I wouldn't have cut the lower branches, but now I shall. Cheers
@PlantYes Жыл бұрын
Cutting of the lower branches is not needed. I just took of those leaves because of some pest damage. But because the nodes were exposed, that is were the new branches have formed.