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Prune my schefflera arboricola or not?

lorenzobertolazzi52806lorenzobertolazzi52806 Posts: 3
edited September 2023 in Problem solving
Hi,
I have a big Schefflera Arboricola that I repotted a year ago. It is now grown quite a bit, and there is a big side branch that I wonder if I should prune or not, to give more energy to the rest of the plant and a nicer shape.
What do you think? Should I keep it and tie it tight to the plant to maintain a good shape?
Thank you all!







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  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    Tie it in and repot into a larger one ,is what I’d do .
  • lorenzobertolazzi52806lorenzobertolazzi52806 Posts: 3
    Thank you. I'm just afraid that if I repot it into a larger one it'd grow too big for the room.
  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    They take hard pruning. You could cut the whole thing down to a few inches and it would re-grow.
    Sunny Dundee
  • ValleysgirlValleysgirl Posts: 344
    I took the plunge and took 2 cuttings off my rather unruly Umbrella plant about 5ft tall after advice from Balham.Hill .Took a few weeks in a glass of water but they grew lots of roots and now I have 2 new young plants aswell as my Big mother plant in my Lounge
  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    They are a fun plant to play around with. I buried a rock with 2 cuttings on top of them, and waited a while then dug the rock up. The roots had grown around the rock, and i replanted it by sitting the rock on the surface in a large bonsai pot. That was around 10 years ago, and the plant is only about 10 inches tall through regular pruning. The stem and roots have become woody and tree like.
    Sunny Dundee
  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089

    Sunny Dundee
  • ValleysgirlValleysgirl Posts: 344
    Oops Balgay.Hill just reading back and I see predictive text jumped in on my post. Your post was very informative  Thanks
  • lorenzobertolazzi52806lorenzobertolazzi52806 Posts: 3
    Thank you all for the comments! I think I'll cut the side branch, with the hope of giving more energy to the top and bottom of the plant. I'll try to make a bonsai around a rock with the cut! Love it!
  • thehplants89208thehplants89208 Posts: 9
    lorenzobertolazzi52806 said:
    Hi,
    I have a big Schefflera Arboricola that I repotted a year ago. It is now grown quite a bit, and there is a big side branch that I wonder if I should prune or not, to give more energy to the rest of the plant and a nicer shape.
    What do you think? Should I keep it and tie it tight to the plant to maintain a good shape?
    Thank you all!








    Hello
    In my opinion, don't prune it unless you want to propagate Schefflera

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