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Posted 2Y ago by @Houseofplants

Got the propagated leaf the is still in perlite and moss....

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Terra
Terra
Variegated Rubber Tree
1ft to light, indirect
2” pot with drainage
Last watered 2 years ago
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Cathleen
6520 XP
2Y ago
@BambooLover
You’ve got to have a piece of the trunk for it to become a plant. It’ll stay a single leaf and a lot of the time they either just die or they can root and stay a single leaf little plant.
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Tee
3911 XP
2Y ago
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@BambooLover I just took it out of the moss. It doesn’t have a piece of the trunk. :(
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Cathleen
6520 XP
2Y ago
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@Houseofplants Is there any stem at all?
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John
9341 XP
2Y ago
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@Houseofplants While it's not impossible to propagate a Ficus elastica from a leaf, it's not the most common or reliable method for this plant. Stem cuttings with a node or air layering are generally more successful ways to propagate a rubber plant. Leaf propagation can be attempted, but the success rate may be lower compared to the other methods mentioned.
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Ashley
66102 XP
2Y ago
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While it won't grow into a tree it will be happy as a rooted leaf for a really long time!
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Tee
3911 XP
2Y ago
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@BambooLover this is what it looks like.
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Cathleen
6520 XP
2Y ago
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@Houseofplants awww … I’m not sure I’m seeing any nodes or anything on that stem. If you want to keep trying and try for some roots on just the one leaf I’d put it in some soil instead. It’s a pretty leaf.