Lol so I went ahead and decided to turn the Schefflera and pitch apple to banyan so I've covered in plastic bags, it's insane how fast aerial roots grow. Recently had a mite problem on a ginseng, covered in a plastic bag for FOUR DAYS and this happened.IMO shefflera are best with a dense canopy where you can't see the branches. Find a good base then grow them in bright light to keep internodes tight. Pinch and trim and all that for ramification, but don't expect fine branch structures. Drop a few areal roots if you can get the tree to do it.
To me, they are a tropical species that looks best as a banyan with dense foliage over a trunk and aerial roots. Once they get leggy, the look scrawny to me
Omg lol you're not kidding. Schefflera had a couple baby roots starting but the ginseng was straight alien. What should I do with it? A lot of my plants in fact all I've never done an entire defoliation, chop all the way down (well one I did). Where would u go with the ginseng?Yeah, that's out of control
I've had success with schefflera by creating a "straw" out of dense paper towels wrapped around sphagnum and taping to the branch where I wanted a root. It's easy to keep the root guide damp and easy to control where you want a root.
Schefflera are a little stingier than that ginseng, though!
My plant room has ridiculous light and it's always above 80. Could u give some advice on a philippinensis I have? No idea what to do.
