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redsue42 | 19:02 Sat 01st Apr 2006 | Home & Garden
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We have a very overgrown rubber plant - upwards and outwards! What can we do?
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Repot in a larger wider pot now, before it starts summer growth. Not sure how you can prune tho.

It can be pruned to keep it at a reasonable size. Avoid cutting into young tender growth and instead cut into older wood approx 3ft or more below the tips at just above a branch junction and fresh new shoots should appear in a few weeks.


ps be aware that its likely to "bleed" some white laytex sap after pruning. Use pruners or pruning saw and gloves for safety. Good Luck.

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