Schefflera - Learning By Doing

Hoffman

I got this tree about a week ago and just got it into a little pot yesterday. The leaves were very thick covering, most of the trunk. I started cutting and might have gone a little too far. It's looking pretty thin (compared to other shefflera on this site).

Since it's a tropical tree, does it matter when I trim, cut, replant, ect? It's staying indoors so I don't see why seasons would matter at all. I realize I probably should have asked before cutting but I got excited:-)

Anyhow, I just wanted some ideas on what to do next. Maybe give it a chance to recover or something like that? What kind of training can be done now? What would you do?

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TreeBay

Greetings Hoffman, I've moved your question into the Varieties forum as it is a question specific to Schefflera. I think you will find some useful response to these very questions in the Related Threads which appear below.

I am sure you will get some additional response concerning timing your pruning operations. In the meantimes, You might want to raise the soil level an inch or two.

Regards,

Matt

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JasonG

Good day, Hoffman.

I too have a Schefflera, I actually keep it in my office which has pretty low sunlight, and its doing great (these things can grow in any warm condition, I'm pretty convinced).

A few weeks ago, I asked the same sort of questions you did, check out this thread:

http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/showthr...ight=Schefflera

Jason

Hoffman

Matt,

You think I should cover the roots up? They were exposed before I repotted the tree. I liked the way they looked so I left them exposed. Why do you suggest covering them? (note that this is an honest question from a beginner, I'm not trying to be snotty, it just reads that way)