Thanks for the video. I have a Dracaena marginata that has been with me for 19 years (more still with my family) and I am so worried to cut it back. I will try now, since yours seemed to react well, let's hope mine will, too. Usually youtubers show cuttings in young plants, so it is reassuring to see a big and older tree be cut and it not dying.
@@walle5667 Wishing you luck with your plant. My plant has already reached the ceiling since this video and I'm afraid to cut it again since it's ten years older now. I had another plant that didn't grow after cutting it, but luckily a new sprout came out of the dirt after I cut it. So, if things don't work out, be patient.
I LOVED this video! I have a Dracaena that I rescued like 13 years ago that I never cut. I had no idea I could even do that. It's like 9-10 feet tall, has 5 stalks growing out of it and two of them are scraping my high ceiling. It started drooping and bending several years ago so I'd been tying it up with strings. Haha - how silly that seems now. Anyway, someone asked me once why I'd never cut it and I was like "Cut it off?! No!" thinking they meant just chopping off the top and throwing it away. But they explained cutting and I've been looking for a video ever since that shows start to finish, cutting to grown. Looks like I found it! So you made my day. I'm gonna go cut up my tree now :)
I have same issues. Mine is 20 yrs old, has fallen once, kinda injured, we cut it, tried to grow roots in water then planted it next to the old lonely stalk. (We weren't sure what were doing & just played it by ear then, lol) that stalk eventually dried up ,died Old leafless stalk came back Thank goodness & now again touching my ceiling, bending. We rotate it often to get it to straighten itself lol. I have since tied it with green stretchy plant material to a green plastic plant pole . All my indoor plants are between 10 to 20 yrs old which have names 😏. That tall one is Gabe, named after good friend and flower shop owner that gave it to us as house warming gift & welcoming of our first son's birth 😊 Other huge 1 in a wider palm like way, is Tarzan. We also have a Spidey named by my son which is of course a spider plant lol. My inherited Ficus tree got named Fern 😁. My bathroom peace lily never got named I think because it's not as old yet and names can't be forced! Lol lol. Ok I'm done sounding like a crazy person. I am a tree hugger like my dad tho. He talks to his big trees as he showers them with water gun in summer months. Sounds crazy, I Kno.... 😏
Glad you liked the video. Don't forget to be patient after cutting it. It could take a while to grow back. After this video, I cut back an older plant of the same species, and it took about 2 months to show signs of growth.
That is such a detailed and interesting video. Thank you for filming the progression. I have had an overgrown plant myself and never had the courage to do anything with it. I was too afraid I would kill it. You have given me hope.
I've had a plant like that myself for the past 15 years, it's +20 years. It too has grown way too big and has started leaning. Thank you for this educational video, I have learned a lot and now feel comfortable cutting my plant. Cheers.
"I have NO IDEA why I decided to do this in my kitchen" lolol I love a good time lapse! Thank you for this informative and very interesting video! I'm glad your little buddies came around again for a new chapters! Awesome video!
I've got an overgrown yucca plant just like yours and after watching your video,it gave me an idea what to do with mine. Now I've got several pots of yucca plants too and most of all,I've done a bonsai yucca plant as well. I'm very pleased with my own creation. Thanks for sharing your video!
Beautiful video. Thanks for taking us through the journey. I'm still afraid to cut my overgrown plants, but you're helping me to move in the right direction!
I followed these instructions last spring (both in water and in soil) and now have many beautiful plants from this. Excellent instructions with superb results! Highly recommend!
Thank you so much for the details and progressive pictures. All the other videos that I began to watch were in some other fast paced language that I could clearly not understand, and I began to get frustrated because I could not understand what in the world they were saying. This was clear and positive. Now it is time to get started. Thanks again!
Very good video especially the time lapse. The cuttings in water appeared to grow faster and they ALL survived indicating the hardiness and resiliency of this plant. Great show of how to take care of this overgrowing issue. Thank you.
Thank you SO much for this video!! Clear, concise, and I didnt have to watch you talk for 15mins about what you were going to do!! ☺ I have a yucca that is huge and desperately needs trimming. The leaves are yellowing. I have already taken some cuttings that have rooted well in water. Thanks to you I am no longer afraid of hacking up the mother plant. A million thanks.
This vid gave me good advice for cutting back my tall dragon tree plant because it's grown to the ceiling and I didn't know what to do with it. Thanks for sharing.
We have one that was twin branching, and one of the branches exceeded 13ft. We tried your method almost a year ago, after watching this video, and now have many more new plants. Thanks for this! Splendid video!
THANK YOU for sharing! This is the best source I've found! I've been trying to figure out how to save my plant and you've given me the courage to cut it. I'm hopeful that I will have the great results you have.
I've been looking for a video on how to do this forever! There are lots of explanations, but I was to scared to wreck my plant.. had to see someone actually do it. Thanks a ton for the video!
Just wanted to update you on what happened. So my rubber plant had about 5 stems that were about 4 feet tall and lost most of the leave at the bottom. I cut just one and stuck it into the same pot to see what happens. I week later I got the nerve and cut the other 3, leave 1 just in case it doesn't work. I put the other three in their own pot. Yesterday, I saw the the original cut steam is showing new life an several places along the stem. It worked! and will be busier. Thanks again!
Awesome! I really enjoyed this video, thanks for sharing your experience. As I write this, I currently have a semi-overgrown Dracaena looming over me lol.
Best video ever! Thank you so much for making it. Our plant is like yours but 2x as unmanageable and we've been scared to cut it into pieces because we didn't want to kill it. Now seeing this very detailed video we feel confident that we can do it too! THANK YOU!!!!
So glad I came across this video. my plant is too tall and heavy and I have her tied to a pipe to support her weight, but she suddenly isn't doing well and now I know it's ok to cut her down. I did propagate a couple pieces of her in water about a month ago and they sprouted roots fairly quickly, so that, along with this video, have me ready to get to chopping. Thank you!
Thank you soo much..i have been following you. I adopted one that was bent and 6 feet, I managed to straightened it and it shot like a rocket in my house. then I had a wavy 9 foot stalk with babies coming out the sides of the nodes. Someone told me to take the parent, but it wasn't enough to save the plant. I realized I did it wrong. I have been waiting a year to figure this out and now I will replant and I still have the babies from the nodes. Thank you for sharing. Great job! Most of my plants are in my kitchen as well!!
Awesome video. I just bought a 7ft tall Dracaena from a lady who got it from her grandmother long ago and I'm wanting to propagate, but was scared I'd hurt it. This video gave me the know-how and confidence. Thanks so much. ^_^
Very well done video. Thanks for putting the time & effort into it. This is exactly what I was looking for! Here's hoping mine turns out as nicely as yours did.
THIS IS AWESOME!!!! Keep these videos coming!!! Please don't stop. Like your style and honesty! I just followed your advice. A neighbor left a TAAAALLL Dracaena (corn plant) by the dumpster. It has been there for 3 weeks. Today.. the garbage disposal guys said they really did not want to throw it out. It was half dry... some green leaves a bit on top and LOTS Of dead leaves. So I followed your video to the T! I am hopeful.
I want to make more videos, but it's very time-consuming, and it would be difficult to top this video. I spent months on it. But I need to make an update video at least. This plant has reached my ceiling again! I can't believe how time flies.
Finally help!! Real help!! Not only good directions and delivery, but, after seething through and what in the world with others videos?! Crazy useless. Thank you
Your comment cheered me up. It's always good to hear that something I did helped someone out. By the way, the same plant I cut is starting to get too big again. I might have to make another video some day.
Many thanks for this video really it was very useful. One question please, when we cut the plant we put the cuts indoor all the time or do we need to put them outdoor? Thanks
I live in a cold climate, so I keep all of the cuttings and plants indoors. But I tried one time to put a cutting outside during summer. It survived through the summer, but died during the winter.
9ft! Wow. Please get some pictures or videos of that for us RU-vidrs! You might be surprised to find out (like I was) that overgrown plants get a bunch of views. :-)
Awesome video. I have the same overgrown plant which I have trimmed many years ago and have now got over grown again. I couldn't remember how I trimmed it the first time. Thanks for sharing ..
Thank you, my dumb cane is so leggy, and I wanted to save it. I have learned how to save it and make my mother in law happy I kept her plant alive and thriving.
Fantastic video. This happens to be the exact same type of indoor plant i have in my own home. I have been very reluctant on trimming it back, and getting it back to a more manageable size. Thank you again.
Glad the video helped! Some extra info: I cut another one of these plants years later where it didn't grow from the stem, but it sprouted a new plant from the dirt. So just be patient if it doesn't work like the video.
Thanks so much for this video. I have a rubber plant that I have had for years which has gotten way too tall and lost most of it's bottom leaves. This video gave me hope that I can do the same to get it bushier! the before and after was great! Thanks for sharing!
I am so glad you made this video-It is great! It is short and to the point and the most helpful video I have found to follow and help me cut my very unhealthy Corn Plant- Wish me luck- I am about to do exactly what you did - Thank You
wow, this is just what i couldn't find until i came across your video. i have several plants outside from the same family as yours and i was going to cut them back next spring but had no idea how they would side sprout. this was just what i needed to give me the confidence that i won't kill them. thanks so much for this.
I'm glad my video helped. Since I made the video, I cut back another stem of the same type of plant, but it didn't work. The stem was much older, so I think that's why it didn't grow new nodes. But after a while, 3 new baby plants sprouted from the dirt around it. So it still survived.
mine is called cordyline and i took my front lawn out and replanted with drought tolerant plants which i water every three weeks. dark chocolate brown. i planted them maybe 2 years ago and some have branched out on their own with up to three stems. but i want to cut them back (nursery warned me to only do in spring before new growth starts). i didn't realize i could start new plants on my own. one big one i bought two years ago was $35.
This is fantastic for me as I have only just purchased my Dracaena :-) I am now prepared for what to do if/when it grows too big! Also love the variety of ideas for how to grow different sections of the plant! Well done and thank you :-)
Dude thank you so much i got mine from my mothers friend who didnt have time to care for it and after 2 years it hit the roof of my apartment. I was afraid to cut it but now i saw your video thanks so much
I watch so many videos! Loved yours. It must have taken so much discipline to take photos, keep the videos organized and of course - growing a plant!! You are my inspiration :) Thanks!! I'm going to take a nap and then cut some trimmings off my crotuns!
I love that you showed it over time!! I recently got a dracaena plant from my cousin I had given her about 4 years ago because my cat would eat the leaves. I wanted to trim it down & see what would happen :) thanks for sharing!!
This technique also worked with my plant. I just cut it in two same size pieces, the original piece with the roots all the leafes died, but after 2-3 weeks new leafes appeared, now after 2 months is showing 7 new small leafes going bigger every day. The terminal piece with no roots was just planted in a pot with black earth, I didn't apply any root promoter due to I couldnt find it. The first days the 5-6 bottom leafes died, but the 5 top leafes remain alive and vivid, but not growing at all, no new leafes either. Thanks again for your helpful video.
THANK YOU as I got the same plant as it's grown too tall and I had it for such a long time I would feel bad it I tossed it out... So now I feel better that I can cut the top off and save the bottom as the top of my plant doesn't look so healthy and new healthy leaves are popping in at the bottom :) Thanks for the video
Thanks for sharing,, I inherited one of these plants and I want to repot it, it seems very root bound. You have given me hope and I can't wait to repot my plant.
Thank you for this video someone had to move and gave me their giant dracaena (which I didn't know was a dracaena until i took a picture of it and did a reverse google image search!) and I have NO experience with houseplants. But I love the way it looks in my living room. With your help, I just might be able to keep it alive lol
I also have a yucca plant that has grown too tall it's touching the ceiling. I was too scared to do anything before but now I think I'll try to cut it like you did and propagate a few new plants. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for that comment Sarah! That's the nicest comment I've ever gotten, and it makes me want to upload more videos. But I can't take too much credit for my discipline, I actually set reminders on my computer for stuff like: "Take Picture of plant", "Water plant", or "Take out garbage" - you know... stuff that's easy to forget. I don't know much about crotons, maybe you could upload a video about them?
I like that "dirty and green" name. That's great! I'm glad you posted those pictures of your rubber tree. It's good to see it come to life after you cut it.
Thanks for your comments! I did notice that the stalks planted deeper have faired much better over the past year. I ended up adding more dirt later and it's doing great still.
Watching this Feb 2019. Thanks for this great informative video. I have a yucca that was bought for me in 1988. It now stands 6ft tall but is mostly stem! Scared of losing it completely I have hesitated about trying to 'fix' it but I think this has given me the confidence to try. If it does die so be it. Not bad going I suppose... 30yrs! 🙄
Thanks for that. There was a time when I planned to make more videos, but it's so time consuming. I'm glad you appreciated it. My camera was pretty nice at the time, now it doesn't even power up.
@@jkontrad Yes, it is timeconsuming (I have made some videos as well and still have something I want to make one day. With elements in there similar to timelapse) You need to have a real passion to keep making 'em over time. I'm a hobby-hopper myself and put in energy here and then there and then do nothing creative for months or years. It doesn't matter. Your video is great and well worth the effort! Since 8 years later people still enjoy the fruits of the work and energy you have put in back then. Who knows in the future you will be back at it again, or do something else that's great like this video. Maybe you are already ;) Have a good weekend!
@@WazigeLogica Hobby-hopper is exactly right! I'll take up some hobby for a while, like painting, finish a canvas or two to prove I can do it, and then have a box of painting supplies I rarely use. But you're right, I'm always thinking in the future I'll come back to making videos.
This is genius! Very inspiring. I found a yucca that was on deaths door in the street and brought it home (I’m a scavengeing skip rag and proud Womble). The yukka was pot bound and old and withered. I’ve probably been obsessively overewatering it to revive it and there’s little green nodes on it like in your video. The trunk is horrible! It’s got the fat look shop bough style at the base and above but then shoots you into a scrawny thin elephant trunk. Your vid has inspired me to saw it and grow a cutting to remove the ugly snakey trunk from the thick sturdy base! Have you thought about putting a black wax on the top of the yucca trunk to seal the sawn area? Many thanks Dave UK 🇬🇧
Thank You for this video. I did the same with my Yucca, and it is groving beautifull. It was 2min burned from the sun, and now they are 4 with young leafes. In watter they grow much faster.
Thanks for the video.....my plant is now a tangled mess against my ceiling. The plant was at my ex-girlfriends house for a decade with not noticeable change.....moved it to my place and the thing is going through a growth spurt like I've never seen a plant do. The pot had two draceana in it.......those are now well above 7 foot tall.....and warped due to not being able to grow up anymore.....6 months ago both plants sprouted new ones out of the bottom....those are now approaching 3 1/2 feet. Not sure how the cuttings are going to go as the stalks are funky as hell.
excellent video. i have 2 huge Yuccas what i have been wondering about what to do once they get a bit bigger. your video given me the confidence to chop mine up.
You did a great job with this and made me feel so much better for when i have to do mine,ive a while to go yet though as only just got my plant a few weeks ago.
OMG THANK YOU FOR THIS ...I"VE BEEN eyeying this plant in front of my apt its so tall and skinny and would love to cut it into several pieces...thank you..
