How to propagate it using cuttings

How do I cut cuttings?

There are several ways you can cut cuttings from your rubber tree. If the plant has grown too big, shorten the trunk to the desired height. Use the cut part as a cutting. Would you like your rubber tree at the same time rejuvenate, then Mossing a good alternative.

But you can also cut cuttings from side shoots. These should have at least one leaf and one bud and a length of at least six centimeters. Cuttings that are cut in the spring at the beginning of the growing season grow best.

Be sure to use a sharp knife for thinner shoots and one Secateurs when you take the trunk of your rubber tree cut. Gloves prevent the milky sap from touching your hands and possibly triggering an allergy. In addition, your tools should be clean so that they do not Diseases can be transferred.

How do I care for cuttings?

First place the freshly cut cutting in a glass with water until a large part of the milky sap has drained off. Then put it in a pot with a nutrient-poor substrate. Always keep it moist, but not wet. This works best in an indoor greenhouse or under a transparent film.

In addition, your cutting needs lots of lightlike any rubber tree. So put it in a bright place place. After about three months, you can slowly get your young rubber tree used to normal room air by ventilating it.

The essentials in brief:

• best cut in spring
• use sharp and clean tools
• Cut cuttings at least 6 cm long
• at least one leaf and one bud each
• Let it "bleed out" in water
• Put in a nutrient-poor substrate
• Pull under foil or in an indoor greenhouse
• light up
• keep evenly moist