Clemson Cooperative Extension describes a second, less extreme form of renewal pruning that takes.

May 24, Rubber tree cuttings should be about 6 inches (15 centimeters) long and have at least four leaf nodes for the best chance of success. Make the Cuts Once you have chosen where you will take the cutting from your rubber tree, take your sharp scissors or pruning shears and make a swift, diagonal cut directly under the lowest leaf node of the new bushcleanup.barted Reading Time: 4 mins. In the case of Rubber Tree plants (Ficus elastica), rooted cuttings are the simplest route to successfully propagating new plants.

How do you propagate Rubber Tree plants from cuttings? To propagate Rubber Trees this way, take cuttings of the stem tip or sections of a branch containing leaf nodes and root them out in water or soil.

As with most plants, rubber trees are best propagated in the early spring to late summer, in accordance with their active growing period.

Oct 19, Know how to propagate a rubber tree (Ficus Elastica) from cuttings in easy steps. The propagation steps to grow a rubber plant from cutting include making ru. Dec 13, Rubber plant propagation.

Learn how to propagate rubber plant from cuttings in simple steps.

Warning The latex-rich sap of the Ficus elastica is considered mildly toxic to humans and pets and can cause skin irritation on contact.

Grow rubber plant from cuttings easily. The instructions on gro. Jul 22, Cut off any shoots that seem to be sticking out excessively in order to shape the outer perimeter of the rubber tree plant.

Cut at a slight angle just above a.