Question. I would love for this to grow more bushy, should I do the pinch technique here at the top or prune? Or is this a leaf? Sorry for the ignorance, very new plant mom here. I also hear that you can make notches near the nodes…HELP!
I would cut a little notch or cut under where you want your fig to become more bushy. That is a fig, right?
좋아요 1개 Yes, this a rubber tree
0개 좋아요 Thank you so much for your input!
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No, it is not. It is a burgundy rubber plant.
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Hey! Pinching off the top growth will definitely promote some branching. The new growth is a new leaf, so it might need to be sacrificed in order to get a new branch. On my rubber tree, I wait until a new leaf unfurls and then pinch when the new growth is smaller.
2개 좋아요 It’s been like this for a month and nothing has happened. I did have in a spot that was low light so that may be why. I recent moved it to a place with more light and i want a bushy tree. Lol. I think I may just pinch the top and make some notches ! Ty!
0개 좋아요 Good idea! If it hasn’t grown at all, then pinch away! It should start growing new buds pretty quickly. Good luck!
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I’d recommend the notching technique right above several nodes. Several because they may or may not all result in a new branch. There are tons of tutorial videos on notching for rubber trees or fiddle leaf figs (similar ways) on you tube for a visual, on how to do this. But it should be a 1/3 deep notch cut. I prefer this method to chopping top because you can often get a new branch to grow much lower down so its not creating a top heavy situation, and because it will probably look more balanced.
좋아요 1개 I did pinch the top but I am going to notch the bottom part of the tree today.
0개 좋아요 Some videos say to cut out a rectangle and some day just to make a slit….?
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Trader Joe’s plant? I have the same one. Yours is looking really healthy.
0개 좋아요 Yes
0개 좋아요 Notch and use cinnamon. Just a clean cut—no need to have to be a carpenter and be cutting shapes. Gardening is complicated enough when you’re learning.
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