A generally issue-free indoor plant, the rubber-tree (Ficus elastica) also grows outside in U.S. Department of Agriculture hardiness zones 10 and 11. When left untrimmed it might start searching lanky, and the rubber-tree plant tends to increase quickly and will be susceptible to breaking. Can help keep your rubber-tree seeking wholesome and complete. Pruning facilitates the improvement of a plant construction that is robust, which may lessen the odds of a 10-foot rubber plant. You need to to prune an outside plant in the spring before new growth starts while timing isn’t so essential for pruning a an inside rubber-tree.
Remove any dead, dying or broken leaves or branches. Cut them off flush with all the branch or stem.
Cut off any shoots that appear to be sticking-out exceptionally so that you can shape the perimeter of the rubber-tree plant. Cut in a slight angle just above a node where the leaf grows from a stem or where another stem out branches.
Remove branches. Prune to eliminate as much as a third of the leaves of the rubber-tree plant and stems. Therefore they’re smaller than the diameter of the rubber-tree trunk cut back branches. This may increase the plantâs longevity, as stated by the U.S. Forest Service.
Step straight back occasionally as you prune to test the form of the rubber-tree and make certain your cuts result in a plant that is well-balanced.