It sounds like you should be ok, though.

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 treegrinding.barted Reading Time: 4 mins. Jul 24, Prune rubber tree plant by making your cuts just above a node– where the leaf attaches to the stem or where another stem branches off.

You can also prune just above a leaf scar. Remove about a third to one-half of the plant’s branches but take care not to Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. Aug 08, Rubber tree plants can grow very tall and this means an indoor rubber tree occasionally needs to be pruned. After pruning, don’t throw out those cuttings; instead, use them to propagate a rubber tree plant.

Propagating a rubber tree plant from cuttings starts with getting a good cutting. The cutting should be about 6 inches (15 cm.) long and have at least two sets of leaves. The next step in how to start a rubber tree plant 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. In a matter of months, you will have cuttings with new root growth, which you can then transplant to fully root out and begin pushing new stem and leaf growth.

Jan 03, Pot the cutting. Dip the cutting in rooting hormone and grab your pot filled with moist soil. Unlike Monsteras, Rubber trees do not need to root in water. These get planted right into fresh soil Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins.