Rubber Plant Growing Too Tall

How to cut back a rubber tree plant that is 10 feet tall.

Rubber plant growing too tall.

I water it about once per week and fertilize about every 3 months using 19 6 12 osmocote smart release plant food. Rubber trees formally ficus elastica can be enjoyed as either medium sized house plants or grown to become focal point beautiful indoor trees if you re patient enough to grow your own plants that start out younger when you buy them adapt better to indoor living than starting with a more mature plant. Department of agriculture hardiness. With its glossy leathery leaves and upright form it s a striking addition to almost any room in your house.

Decide on a shape for your rubber plant. Rubber plants can grow up to 100 feet in their native homeland of southeast asia. Yes it s definitely a tree. But indoors a rubber tree typically tops out at 6 to 10 feet tall.

Mine was growing in a 10 pot and i repotted it into a 15 pot last year more on that below. A usually problem free indoor plant the rubber tree ficus elastica also grows outdoors in u s. Don t worry though as a houseplant rubber plants usually get to around 8 10. With careful pruning you can shape your rubber tree to be exactly as tall as you want.

Based on the space in which you re keeping the plant and your own personal taste choose which shape you d like the plant to have. Growing in their native environments ficus elasticas can get 60 80 tall. Now there are only a few leaves left and they are all at the top. If you re new to plant parenting a rubber tree is the plant for you.

In its native environment it s normal for a rubber plant to grow to over 100 tall. Rubber plants grow fast and can hit the ceiling in no time. Did you know that you can turn your tall skinny ficus elastica into a tree form. For example if you have the rubber plant on a shelf without much room to grow upwards you may.

Perhaps yours needs to be cut back because it s gotten leggy is just too tall or maybe you want your plant to have a new look. As a domesticated houseplant rubber plants grow anywhere between six to ten feet tall you can grow outdoor rubber plants if you live in zone. Ficus elastica more commonly known as a rubber plant rubber tree or rubber tree plant is a popular houseplant because of its waxy leaves and larger than life appearance. Rubber plants are usually sold as floor plants.

Tall and thin or short and bushy. I want to trim my rubber tree because it is too tall but many of the leaves have fallen off.