How do I trim a rubber tree house plant?

Question

I have a rubber tree that my Mom gave me. Its getting really tall (about 3ft now) and its nice and healthy. I read somewhere that you can trim them back so they bush out. However, where I read that didn't say how to do it. I just want to know how far down the "stalk" i need to go, and if I can make new starts from my cuts?

Also there are 3 little tiny spindly, wiry, little starts coming up. Can i re-pot those and how would I go about doing that?

Thank you.

Alisha

Answer 1

You can start a new plant by taking a little peat moss and packing it around a slit you make in the stem right above a leaf node.  Cut about half way through and wrap the peat moss in plastic and rubber band it on to the stem.  Keep the peat moss moist and in a couple of weeks the area will put out roots.  Once you start seeing roots then go a head and re pot the top of the plant by cutting the top all the way off right at the split.  The old plant will leaf out where it was cut off from.  

Answer 2

Cut back the stems to just above a leaf node.  You should get a new shoot from between the leaf stem and the main stem.  The 'starts' may be difficult to seperate from the main plant so it might be better to leave them alone as if you're looking for a bushy plant these starts may well give you what you want in time.

Answer 3

you dont, have to go outside when it gets to big

Answer 4

scissors,the tree will not grow anymore

not a real tree