SECRET to FORCE Rubber Plant BRANCH Out Without Pruning
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2022
- Thinking how to get a Bushy Rubber plant (Ficus Elastica) without pruning? Here in this video, I have shared a very simple trick to FORCE Rubber plant to branch out without pruning. By pruning, of course we can make Rubber plant Bushy and I already have a detailed video here - • My SECRETS To Make RUB...
Even if your Rubber plant is not growing well or there is no any new growth, try this and I am sure, you would get the desired result.
PLEASE NOTE - This can be applied on any plants including vines too. We get much faster result if we do on vines. Do it with vines if you want to control their growth.
I used your suggestions for pruning and had super great results. This is an amazing technique and easy to accomplish. If you are sensitive, just consider it is plant yoga poses, they will love you for it!!
That's a GREAT news and I am so glad to know about your result! Obviously you have done a great job! Again, loved your humor..ha ha...Yoga poses, that's really nice..he he..
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You use this technique if you are creating Bonsai of this plant.
I wish I could post a picture. I finally have two new branches on my rubber plant thanks to your pruning technique. So excited!
I just laid it on the floor as it grew 8ft tall and was falling down every now and then due to wind. After keeping it laid down on the floor for 2 weeks it gave side branches automatically. (To be noted that I watered it regularly though by making it stand)
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This is really good information,and so easy to do,thanks
Did you laid it sideways ( horizontaly)or just laid it on the floor (vertical)?
Wow… that’s an amazing tip to follow
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I've found spraying the branches with water often will moisten and promote new growth where those cracks are where the new growth usually starts..but i love the technique thanks for sharing!!
I also saw this video sometime last year and thought it was worth a shot. I wish you could upload images in the comments. I had combined a Ficus Aurdey with me Elasticia and since i wanted to keep them together I followed your example and bent them both in almost a complete upside down "U" and anchored them to wooden skewers (like for the grill) I took a photo on 6/13/23 and some in between to record the results and finally the end date was 10/13/23 and the results were amazing. The best thing was that i didn't have any trouble straightening them out. The bending was not permanant.
I'm so happy that I stumbled across this video!! I was just wondering what to do with my fiddle leaf fig and my rubber trees since they were just growing straight up and it made me cringe to even think about cutting them because they were almost dead when I got them and it's been a long road to get them where they are now. For example, my FLF was bought on clearance for 1.99 because it was basically a stick with two leaves on it. Now it's got at least twenty leaves and it's doing great! So I'm definitely going to try this method rather than pruning her back! Thank you!!!
I tried this on a tree with nothing but a single leaf left. Amazing results
Lol!
You can count the leaves before and after . 2 different.
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I tried this method last year Oct 22 thru April 2022 and the experiment yielded positive results. I conducted the experiment during the off season, so I didnt see new nodes pop up until the 4th month. So, the key is definitely patience!! Thank you for sharing
You are most welcome and very glad to know, it worked for you! Thank you very much for sharing your experience!
I can't wait to try this. What an amazing idea!!
Thank you for this as well as your other videos.
Im gonna try this. My elastica has not grown at all since i got it last summer. Now it has two big leaves that are hanging straight down along side the stem after the other 7 fell off one by one about 1 a month. Thanks so much for this Vidio so glad it came up in my notifications. Have definatly subscribed and nice one for the subtitles. Helps alot.
Oh my goodness. This man is BRILLIANT!!! And I've just subscribed.
Thank you so much for this technique!! I pruned my rubber plant 4-5 months ago and it hasn't grown at all since; instead it actually lost some of the bottom leaves :( Now with the weather turning warmer in the southern hemisphere, I'm hoping it will revive and branch. Could you share any tips on reviving the plant? Thanks in advance!
I propagated my Ruby rubber plant its doing well I have two trees in that pot and did a cutting from each tree. One cutting do well othe has not rooted nor has its new shoot opened after a month. I was cringing the whole time you were helping this tree great job Sir!
Hello. I had followed this technique and it was a great success. Thank u so much for providing this information ❤
Very excited to try this technique on a plant. My father-in-law gave me many many years ago. It has many branches, but very few leaves.
From my bonsai knowledge, I believe those bending create small cracks on the trunk that stimulates branching out.
And also of course like you said the tree is looking for more light & growing upward.
Any basic disruption in hormone flow.
Auxin
Auxin induces shoot apical dominance. The axillary buds are inhibited by auxin, as a high concentration of auxin directly stimulates ethylene synthesis in lateral buds, causing inhibition of their growth and potentiation of apical dominance. When the apex of the plant is removed, the inhibitory effect is removed and the growth of lateral buds is enhanced. Auxin is sent to the part of the plant facing the light, and this promotes growth towards that direction.
Thanks for sharing these valuable informations. The appearance of your sweet baby in the video made me so happy. She is so cute and adorable really I love her. She reminds me of my grand daughter who is now living in Pune. Let God shower His blessings upon her through out her life.
You are most welcome Sir and thank you so much for your kind feedback, really appreciated! Take care and sending lots of good wishes!
That’s a very interesting and very useful tip for avoiding a leggy plant, thank you very much.
I truly love my plants. I call them my babies. Your tips and tricks are invaluable. Tank you!
That's so sweet..ha ha..can understand you love towards the plants 😊😊 We all feel the same..Glad you found the tips useful and thank you very much for watching 😊
Wonderful method. Love your suggestions... What I like most is your updates..
Glad you liked it and thank you so much for your words, much appreciated!
Thank you for this! I am starting to have results from your pruning technique, it's exciting!!!
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You are most welcome and I am so glad to know about your result, GREAT job indeed! One more thing - I believe you have noticed there was no music in the video..ha ha..did that just for you! Not all time it's possible as lots of constructions works going around here and busy roads nearby..but, whenever possible, I would do it!
Aww, THANK YOU! !! :)
Auxin induces shoot apical dominance. The axillary buds are inhibited by auxin, as a high concentration of auxin directly stimulates ethylene synthesis in lateral buds, causing inhibition of their growth and potentiation of apical dominance. When the apex of the plant is removed, the inhibitory effect is removed and the growth of lateral buds is enhanced. Auxin is sent to the part of the plant facing the light, and this promotes growth towards that direction.
Are you still making videos?
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This method worked for me, I've bent my plant before summer and it started growing two new branches after 3 months. The plant growth affected during summer, I don't if that is the reason why it took so long to show branches. Thank you sir.. It helped me a lot..
Thanks for sharing mate! This is a great video, keep it up 🤟😃
Success !! Thank you so much 👏🏻 so amazed it worked for me
Wow! This is something different! Loved it!
@Rekha Khanal, Glad you liked it and thank you for your words Rekha!
Great Video and very interesting to make the plant busy. I have a very large plant in a pot outside (Western Australia) lots of sun therefore growing very high with some branches sparse of leaves. Pruning has resulted in more lower leaves, happy with this. My concern is how to keep the plant a reasonable size (currently two (2) meters high) and busy as it a main feature of my entry. Will pruning the top cause the plant to be root bound. Thank you. I enjoy your videos and great advise on rubber plants.
Ficus have dormant buds in each node. Move your tree outside in the summer and it will usually backbud without much fuss. The reason rubber trees get leggy is we starve them for light by keeping them inside.
Agree
Thank you
This is true! I left my rubber leaf on my balcony by mistake but I do not regret it. It started to produce buds in 3 areas
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Hmmmm ? On your balcony ? Maybe I'll try that . Thanks
Can confirm, I live in a area where we get cold winters, but this summer, I put my rubber fig outside. After letting it adjust to direct sunlight, It started to bud EVERYWHERE on the trunk! I have like 4 new branches now and it produced beautiful big leaves. I can recommend everyone to put their houseplants outside if possible.
Houseplants? More like "winter houseplants".
Thanku sooo very much sir iss tarike see mera plant me kai sari new branches aa gye.or achcga grow kar raga hai
Clever,thank you for sharing!
I’m very impressed by your technique .I think I much prefer your method over pruning, especially when you have only a single stem👍🏻
Glad you liked it and thank you very much for your feedback! Yeah, if it has a single stem, it is better to follow this. But, we can get good result by pruning too..I did same for one of my plant (having single stem) and result was quite satisfactory. Have a video in case you are interested in watching - czcams.com/video/B3X_e6DbTq8/video.html
Nature is Amazing! Thank you for sharing!
You are most welcome and thank you so much for your feedback, appreciated!
Wow I’ve been wondering how to save my plant that looks exactly like this one!! I’ll try this and see what happens!!
Wish you all the best and sorry for the late reply!
you are so clever about plants ... and i consider you the plant whisperer ( if you saw movie: the horse whisperer)... amazing ideas
Thank you. I'm going to try this with my rubber plant. It has nice new leaves but no branching.
This video is so interesting and informative. I can’t believe how you transformed this plant! Amazing job. So enjoyable to watch. Many thanks! 👏🪴🥰
Glad you liked it and thank you So much for your words, much appreciated!
Very creative! I'll try.
Thanks a lot for the video.. Helped me a lot in developing lower branches on tulsi plants..
Sorry for the late reply n glad to here it did work for you!
It's mindblowing! Thank you for the video, I have a small rubber plant with a soft bendy stem, that would be a fun experiment. And I Iove your accent, you make english sound way more interesting! (Not a native speaker myself)
This is amazing. I wish I knew this before! Sadly, I threw away my plant when the leaves dropped off. I thought it was hopeless.
Thank you!
Glad you liked it and thank you So much for your words! Wish, I could've uploaded much earlier..:-(
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You seem VERY busy, so no problem!
How nice to connect across the world❤!
@Kellycasper Hanson, Thinking why you thought that way..perhaps, my reply was not the right one :-( Sorry if you felt bad as I didn't present any .......for your plant. But, obviously felt bad and so I wrote - "Wish, I could've uploaded much earlier.." Anyway, happy growing more plants and totally agree with your words..Internet is a great thing :-)
Great technique!🤗
Wonderful, thank you.
This technic is very common in bonsai. People do this to force the plant grow branches in specific places. It really works!
Hi, I am a Japanese fan of your videos. Regards from Tokyo.
Thank you SOOOO much and I am being honored! Happy Gardening 😊
Beautiful plant Useful information
Great video thanks for the tip !
Nice! I will definitely try this method.
Wish you all the best :-)
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Your garden is beautiful ❤️💐
Thank you so much 😊
Very useful video I must try these tips
Thanks a lot! Very informative! Though I have a question how to deal with the "opposite" side of tank when we have new multipul growth points on the other side. How to bend and not to damage new growth?
Wonderful idea 👍
That is amazing well done 👍
Thank you so much 😀
Great stuff!!
I had used this technique on my leggy Banyan bonsai, most grew branched & a few areal roots, next I’ll chop off the ends during monsoons to get compact canopy 🤞
That's great to hear that you also tried and it's growing well..All the best with your Bonsai!
I hope it will work for my rubber plant😍great😍
Thankyou! That's really helpful. I had my rubber plant lose bottom leaves in winter as it wasn't getting enough sun, i put it up on a stool to get sun, too late. Will definitely try this. I have four trunks one has lost all leaves- is that one beyond help,
Thank you for this idea❤️❤️❤️
Most welcome 😊
i would love to see more updates on this!
Sure, I would do very soon..thank you :-)
Even notching and making rings around the stem helps in getting side branches I've done it on all ficus group of plants and was successful. Anyway thanks for your new method.
Yeah, that also works and thank you very much for sharing your experience here, appreciated! Have a you tried the same method (in reverse way) to control the height of the plant? In some plants, we can do that. But haven't tried on Rubber plant yet. Please let me know your experience if you have done.
Notching has never ever worked for me. Ive tried it on three different plants, multiple times, all now 6 feet tall. Nothing! Not even a single bud. The plants are all super healthy though. Gonna try this method starting today.
Wow. This is something different idea 👍👌
Glad you liked it and thank you for watching :-)
I follow your idea । It is realy amazing ।
Ya it’s true…amazing. I tried this technique 😊
Thank you so much for your inputs 😀
Very interesting method! Thank you for sharing! Never seen this before. How much time has passed between each step?
Glad you liked it and thank you so much for your words! I have shown the Timing on the screen (Top-Left corner) like After 35 days..n so on...
Just superb
Yes its worked..it happen to me by accidentally i dont give attention to my leggy rubber tree then it goes bending for a month and suprisingly they start growing new branches 😊 100% agreed this method..also it happen to other plants too..natures finds there ways to live,,AMAZING
So glad to hear it and thank you for sharing your experience! And totally agree with you, happens with any plants and I usually do it with vines to control them and to make them bushy :-)
THIS is different! I have never seen this before!
SORCERY! How clever! 🤗
thanks for sharing. very informative
You are most welcome :-)
So this has similar aspects in it to Bonsai methods. Makes perfect sense. Have a ? Do you twist the plant the opposite direction to get new growth encourage on they other side so the plant is fairly symmetrical all around or does the plant spout on bottom side that is shaded and then correct its self when you return the plant to the upright position? Hope this ? Makes sense. Thanks 😊
@Debbie Fox, You are 100% correct 😊 Mostly used in Bonsai..and even on Adenium too to force them to produce more branches. Twisting is not necessary..or else the stem might break. Actually, kept the growing point facing west (as there is a wall just behind the plant) This way, it had to produce new growth which can get more light from east side. But anyway, doing exactly same like me is not necessary (like, keeping behind a wall and facing to west). All plants would produce new growth because of their natural growing habit.
If I cut the rope, it would correct itself in coming days. For that, I would just need to make sure that it's getting light from all side. If it's not possible, we can just adjust the location of the plant based on the direction of the light. All plants always bend in case there is a wall behind it and light is coming from other side.
I hope, I have answered your question..if somehow I got it wrong, please let me know. Thank you!
Thank you so much.tha's great!!!
You are most welcome and thank you very much for your feedback!
Great idea! Thanks.
You're welcome and thank you for watching!
Amazing! Does the plant straighten out again once you release it from the wires?
Good question, I was thinking the same. Hope you get a reply.
Tq for this info... allowed me to share this video whit others.😊
Most welcome and thank you so much for doing that, really appreciated 😊
I saw some massive rubber trees in mexico this year and most of the branches actually point downwards but they don’t branch out. So I think you damaged the stem which is causing the growth lower down. Interesting technique though! Are you planning to straighten the plant back up or will you be pruning the top once the new shoots fill in more? I’d love to see an update in a few months. Thanks for sharing
no as this same effect can be had by simply laying the plant on its side
Very good informative video ....I killed my rubber plant earlier last summer ....never tried again due to harsh weather here ....very effective tips ...thanks for sharing
Thank you so much for your feedback and sorry to know..Since it's too hot over there, I believe you can grow all these Heat Tolerant plants - czcams.com/video/7M11juZaJ_8/video.html
It's an old video and I would try to update the list in coming days, thank you!
Beautiful❤
Awesome video! Can you do this to a Fiddle Fig Tree? If yes, do you have a video for it?
that’s beautiful I had my rubber tree for 4 months no new leaves yet I cut the tip (without the leaf just the tip)at the top part to bloom new leaf,I’m nit sure if I did it right, or should I cut the tip with a leaf also? please let me know if I did the right thing
very intelligent!!!
Nice video. Real fact. What do you think would happen if we just position the pot horizontally?
Bonsai rubber plant with that wire! Brilliant
Nice concept, I will. Also try it
Thank you and wish you all the best!
Thanks for sharing 👍. Happiness in leaf 🍃 vlog
That’s fascinating. Thank you!! I mean painful but awesome lol
You’re most welcome and thank you for watching 😊
Thanks for sharing 👍 😊
My pleasure 😊
my rubber plant's stem is too hard due to being tall already and i need to do the same fix you've explained in this video. for harder stems, what would you recommend? thanks for this informative video.
Wow 😮 it's so amazing 👍👍
Thank you so much 😀
Amazing idea👍👍
Thanks a lot :-)
Omg his right tysvm I did this midsummer its fall now and wow too many babies came out
So glad to hear and thank you so much for sharing your experience, AWESOME!
Thanks for sharing this idea bro❤
You are most welcome and thank you for watching!
Great idea
Thank you! 😊
Great video! Is it possible to achieve such results even if the stem still has leafs or should I remove some and then try to bend it? I have my rubber plant for almost 4 years now, unfortunately it has only one stem. Tried your other method last year (by pruning the top part) unfortunately my plant just kept growing as usual, haha.
Glad you liked it and thank you so much for your feedback. Sure, it is possible and please avoid removing the leaves. You can bend the stem without even removing any leaves.
Again, sorry to hear that Pruning didn't work out for you. Normally it does if all goes well (need hard pruning). Anyway, sometimes plants just like to behave in their own way..he he..and don't grow like we want. I have pruned many of my Rubber plants (including the one I have shown in last year's video) again and soon I would share the result. Thank you!
I'll try...😊
WOW ! Common sense ! Plants WANT TO GROW UP ! Bet others do this too ! Thanks !!
what would be the best fertilizer for rubber plant ? I think you have the best knowledge about this
Nice presentation
Thanks a lot :-)
Amazing 👍👍
Thanks 🤗
Very informative topic,ang ganda ng rubber plant😢
nice stuff