Just built a 5 foot 1x6 shellf in my bed room

[tim]

for putting jars of water to put schefllera leaves in to propagate.
The plant we have often have 7-stem leaves, sometimes 6,8 and rarely 9.
I am gonna try to step down by propagating a 6-stem leaf see if it will produces lower number of stems variations.
And for stepping up I use a 9-stem leaf and see it will produce higher number of stems variations.

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[gibletsWithShaman]

Charles

[Pat625]

Tin, I like schefllera plants. They are very nice looking. Currently do not have one and have never tried to propagate from a cutting. My understanding from reading is that it is easy to get them to root in water or soil. I was surprised to read that one should always wear gloves when handling them as they are poisonous. I never had a problem with handling the plant when I had one. Of course, caution is warned if around pets or kids who might handle or "sample" them. I don't know if it is really true as I only read from one source about this. Good luck with your experiment!

[Krikor]

I had never heard of this plant before. So I had to do a little quick research, just to get better guidance on what was being commented on here.
It appears to be a tree (not just a plant) from New Zealand.
I don't know how far they can reach, but they can and are usually created inside houses through pruning or the bonsai technique.

Thanks to Pat I learned that there is a certain danger in the handling of these plants because they are poisonous. Thx Pat!

► On this site How to care for Schefflera Arboricola tips

Particularly, I tend to do something similar, with fruit-type plants, mainly avocado. I recently discovered that it would be easy to make pineapples as well and maybe I will try to plant some.

For those who are curious, below is an image of this plant.

[tim]

didn't know they were toxic either, but never had problems from handling them.

[Ella]

Some years ago I also had a schefllera plant. I can believe what Krikor wrote, that it is more like a tree.
My plant grew very large and regularly I took shoots from it. I let them take root in sand not in water.
That way I was able to enjoy it for many years. At some point it got sick and died, why I don't know.
Pat, I didn't know it was poisonous but never had any problems with it, even without gloves.

Good luck with your breeding, Tim

[tim]

they grow roots in water but there's no nutrients so they don't grow much in water.
But I also order 1.5 KG of Miracle Grow water soluble plant food....so I am going to mix that into jars when I receive it.

[Wallace]

[tim]

My mom added 2 more jars (on the left). hehe

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[tim]

I enjoy these plants way too much (from different angle).

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