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Gardening Know How Questions & Answers - https://questions.gardeningknowhow.comI have a huge rubber tree (ourdoors in a corner) and it is taking over my porch (well, almost). I would like to split it and re-pot it in smaller pots. Can I do this safely?
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1 Comment To "Rubber Tree Splitting"
#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 08/11/2017 @ 6:29 pm
Rubber trees typically have one main trunk (at least at the base) and so they wouldn’t take well to splitting. You could try pruning to stop it from increasing in size:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/rubber-tree/prune-rubber-tree.htm [1]
To propagate it, you can take cuttings as described in this article:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/rubber-tree/propagation-rubber-tree-plant.htmRubber [2] trees