I've had my Schefflera houseplant for twenty years now and still going strong. Very easy to take care of. Watering it every two weeks if I go longer than that the leaves will start to drop.
This was SO helpful!! You did such a great job explaining. I have a mini umbrella and I love it! It's been doing very well but recently I moved it to my bathroom because it seemed to be needing more light and humidity. After I did this, it started dropping leaves. I've now figured out that because it's summer now and the soil dries out so much faster, I need to be watering it a little more. The plant itself looks very healthy, just dropping a few leaves since I moved it two weeks ago. Thank you for helping me figure this out! Your tree looks gorgeous!
I have a big one I got in the mail and had it for like 3-4 months and in that time it lost bottom half of it leaves so I put it in a south facing window and it seems happy now
My umbrella plant started dropping WHOLE branches, not just leaves. I just repotted, moved it, and strung it up to help support it's weight and keep it from drooping. Now after watching your video I'm terrified it's going to be SUPER stressed from all the action and possibly dropped what's left. Is it possible it could regrow more stems from where they previously dropped?
I’m having the same issue and it’s stressing me out :( I love this little tree! It had been fine for years and all of a sudden starting drooping branches. I repotted and it is still happening. 😢 Any luck rescuing yours??
I moved mine indoors after it was outside during the summer, and now she's dropping leaves. I think she's mad at me. I'm not too concerned yet, but I am keeping an eye on her.
Great video. I currently have this issue with my varigated umbrella plant. The only thing I've changed is that I've moved it from an area where the patio door would open constantly to let our cat out. I'm thinking the draft of cold air affected it. Boy, it wasn't happy! Now I have a long stem with leaves and another stem that's bare. Wondering if the bare stem will push out any leaves?
Mine was gifted as a water propagated plant. As soon as I brought it home, leaves started yellowing and falling off. But it also has new growth. It's so confusing!
I bought my plant and it was kind of big and beautiful and I was so excited. Then lraves started dropping and many started turning brown. Now the entire plant is gone. I bought a smaller version and some of its leaves are turning brown and falling. I'm afraid it'll completely die like the other one. Do you think I could revive the first one and prevent the 2nd from getting worse?
Hi Christ, we just got our umbrella plant and l would like to know if we could use a mister to water this plant? Thank you, a quick reply would be deeply appreciated.
I'm no expert, but recently I googled care instructions for my Umbrella Tree and misting with/without nutrients was totally recommended. So I mixed in some stuff (nutrients/minerals) into the water and misted the whole plant-each and every leaf, underside and topside. She (I think she's a she) seemed to love it. If I could find any downside it's this: I live in an area with a lot of fine dust coming in the windows and because after misting the leaves are wet, I noticed quite a bit more dust on her leaves than usual. Because of this I plan on misting only once a month or so.
I have a very large tree that I recently purchased. I repotted in a larger terracotta pot but used wrong soil. It started yellowing some and dropping alot of leaves. I took it out thinking it was the soil staying too moist and repotted back in same pot with tropical sandy soil. It has been dropping leaves like crazy, even whole stems full of leaves. I have decided to just leave it alone and not water at all for a bit. Any suggestions? Dropping the entire stems full of leaves has me concerned.
My dwarf plant is super unwell. It's been in my family for years, and my mother gave me a portion of it, but now it's pissed off and super droopy. I don't know what to do about it.
I have a new plant and I believe mine is dying on me. It's losing leaves and stems. I've kept a normal watering schedule, so I don't know what's going on. The leaves and stems are turning brown and dropping like crazy. I'm going to re-pot it. Any other suggestions would be helpful!
I have had this tree for 15 years and had to relocate and my friend took care of it and the trunk is brown and the leaves are folding. Can you help it?
Got one from a friend and it is dying something terrible but she's also super crooked and mis-shappened. Can I chop it off and start to regrow it or will that doom it?
Mine is under a grow light and a foot back in west window. Watering isn't a issue a ton of new growth but it's even dropping new green growth?! It has a ton of new growth points because I cut the 2 main stocks end of last summer. But I feel like I can't keep it happy unless it's outside.
Became sticky over winter and even floor underneath was very sticky. I sprayed with neem and it seemed to help. Now it’s dropping dark leaves. Help please.
My umbrella tree is living on a stone! Doesn't have any soil, how do I know when it needs watering without overwatering it? I changed it's position because of my cats, but now all the leaves are drooping and some of the branches are turning brown! Help me ples 😭
I just repotted my umbrella plant and is losing a lot of leaves by the whole stem I have a 14.5 Inc in length I put 2 25qt bags of miracle grow potting soil… I don’t know how much water I should give it for this size… I had this plant for 9 yrs …please help
My dwarf plant tree is very skinny stemmed and growing taller not fatter in the stem and I'm concerned with how I can keep the stem straight and also how I can keep it from getting too tall because what am I gonna use to anchor it so it doesn't top all over? Don't know if I can send a picture in my comment or not.
I've had my Sheffera (umbrella) plant for a few years now and I've noticed in the past few months it started dropping it's leaves, I have a whole section that is bare now (the tallest stem), I watered it last week and it's still pretty moist. I also think it's not getting enough light, I may move it closer to my window...is that a good idea??
Question: I have a scheflerra actinofolia I've had for about 5-6 years first four years or so it grew beautifully. But the last year or so all of the new leaves don't spread out like fans as they normally would. They come out folded back on their stems and stay that way. What is wrong with it and can I remedy the problem?
Does anyone know if a Schefflera exists with 3 leaves in each crown? I'm asking this because I was told I have a Schefflera, but it only has 3 leaves on each twig. To me that is not a Schefflera. I've been to plant nurseries and they tell me they don't know this plant or tell me it is a Schefflera which it is clearly not.
Im wondering if my umbrella tree has out grown its pot I think I water it enough I'm going to move it so it gets more light but this thing is not happy its dropping leaves like crazy and even healthy looking leaves are dropping I can send a picture if needed I just think it might be dying on me and it's a large plant and I want to save it I think it's angry with me 😆
Is it just me or am I hearing Him say the same things and starting to not make sense what he's saying....."I'm probably watering too much but the plant is a thirsty plant and if the leaves are falling off it's probably getting too much water" My plant's soil is partially dry\moist but not soaked but it's still have 4-5 leaves dropping and I have it in a facing window where it can get filtered light.....HELP SOMEBODY!😢😂😅
I’ve had my plant for over 40 years! It is no longer “dwarf” as it is now over 6 ft tall!
My new Variegated Schefflera is losing leaves like crazy, but at the same time I'm seeing new umbrellas forming!
I've had my Schefflera houseplant for twenty years now and still going strong. Very easy to take care of. Watering it every two weeks if I go longer than that the leaves will start to drop.
Do they brown?
@@karinarodriguez3519 no they don't turn brown but they do turn yellow. And fall off.
This was SO helpful!! You did such a great job explaining. I have a mini umbrella and I love it! It's been doing very well but recently I moved it to my bathroom because it seemed to be needing more light and humidity. After I did this, it started dropping leaves. I've now figured out that because it's summer now and the soil dries out so much faster, I need to be watering it a little more. The plant itself looks very healthy, just dropping a few leaves since I moved it two weeks ago. Thank you for helping me figure this out! Your tree looks gorgeous!
I have a big one I got in the mail and had it for like 3-4 months and in that time it lost bottom half of it leaves so I put it in a south facing window and it seems happy now
My umbrella plant started dropping WHOLE branches, not just leaves. I just repotted, moved it, and strung it up to help support it's weight and keep it from drooping. Now after watching your video I'm terrified it's going to be SUPER stressed from all the action and possibly dropped what's left. Is it possible it could regrow more stems from where they previously dropped?
I’m having the same issue and it’s stressing me out :( I love this little tree! It had been fine for years and all of a sudden starting drooping branches. I repotted and it is still happening. 😢 Any luck rescuing yours??
I moved mine indoors after it was outside during the summer, and now she's dropping leaves. I think she's mad at me. I'm not too concerned yet, but I am keeping an eye on her.
Thankyou it was very helpful. I will put my sunlamp on more often then twice a week.
Thank you
Great video. I currently have this issue with my varigated umbrella plant. The only thing I've changed is that I've moved it from an area where the patio door would open constantly to let our cat out. I'm thinking the draft of cold air affected it. Boy, it wasn't happy!
Now I have a long stem with leaves and another stem that's bare. Wondering if the bare stem will push out any leaves?
Thank You. Good approach and insights.
Mine was gifted as a water propagated plant. As soon as I brought it home, leaves started yellowing and falling off. But it also has new growth. It's so confusing!
This is the most helpful video. Thank you!
I bought my plant and it was kind of big and beautiful and I was so excited. Then lraves started dropping and many started turning brown. Now the entire plant is gone. I bought a smaller version and some of its leaves are turning brown and falling. I'm afraid it'll completely die like the other one. Do you think I could revive the first one and prevent the 2nd from getting worse?
Thanks for this easy to understand video 👍👍👍
Hi Christ, we just got our umbrella plant and l would like to know if we could use a mister to water this plant? Thank you, a quick reply would be deeply appreciated.
I'm no expert, but recently I googled care instructions for my Umbrella Tree and misting with/without nutrients was totally recommended. So I mixed in some stuff (nutrients/minerals) into the water and misted the whole plant-each and every leaf, underside and topside. She (I think she's a she) seemed to love it. If I could find any downside it's this: I live in an area with a lot of fine dust coming in the windows and because after misting the leaves are wet, I noticed quite a bit more dust on her leaves than usual. Because of this I plan on misting only once a month or so.
I have a very large tree that I recently purchased. I repotted in a larger terracotta pot but used wrong soil. It started yellowing some and dropping alot of leaves. I took it out thinking it was the soil staying too moist and repotted back in same pot with tropical sandy soil. It has been dropping leaves like crazy, even whole stems full of leaves. I have decided to just leave it alone and not water at all for a bit. Any suggestions? Dropping the entire stems full of leaves has me concerned.
My dwarf plant is super unwell. It's been in my family for years, and my mother gave me a portion of it, but now it's pissed off and super droopy. I don't know what to do about it.
I have a new plant and I believe mine is dying on me. It's losing leaves and stems. I've kept a normal watering schedule, so I don't know what's going on. The leaves and stems are turning brown and dropping like crazy. I'm going to re-pot it. Any other suggestions would be helpful!
What if the plant is turning yellow green ? I haven’t lost any leaves but she looks sad dropping but not falling off and yellowish stems .
This has been very helpful! What should I do if it’s lost a lot of bottom leaves and it’s kinda top heavy? Mine is very tall now 😅
I have had this tree for 15 years and had to relocate and my friend took care of it and the trunk is brown and the leaves are folding. Can you help it?
Got one from a friend and it is dying something terrible but she's also super crooked and mis-shappened. Can I chop it off and start to regrow it or will that doom it?
Mine is under a grow light and a foot back in west window. Watering isn't a issue a ton of new growth but it's even dropping new green growth?! It has a ton of new growth points because I cut the 2 main stocks end of last summer. But I feel like I can't keep it happy unless it's outside.
Became sticky over winter and even floor underneath was very sticky. I sprayed with neem and it seemed to help. Now it’s dropping dark leaves. Help please.
Why would leaves of Umbrella plant turn Black???
My leaves are turning black. Can you help me?
To give my umbrella plant its best advantage, should I prune the bottom suckers at the trunk. And alow the nutrients 5o grow in the crown of the tree?
Ty ❤
My umbrella tree is living on a stone! Doesn't have any soil, how do I know when it needs watering without overwatering it?
I changed it's position because of my cats, but now all the leaves are drooping and some of the branches are turning brown! Help me ples 😭
I just repotted my umbrella plant and is losing a lot of leaves by the whole stem I have a 14.5 Inc in length I put 2 25qt bags of miracle grow potting soil… I don’t know how much water I should give it for this size… I had this plant for 9 yrs …please help
My dwarf plant tree is very skinny stemmed and growing taller not fatter in the stem and I'm concerned with how I can keep the stem straight and also how I can keep it from getting too tall because what am I gonna use to anchor it so it doesn't top all over? Don't know if I can send a picture in my comment or not.
I've had my Sheffera (umbrella) plant for a few years now and I've noticed in the past few months it started dropping it's leaves, I have a whole section that is bare now (the tallest stem), I watered it last week and it's still pretty moist. I also think it's not getting enough light, I may move it closer to my window...is that a good idea??
What about bonsai version of umbrella plant losing leaves?
Question: I have a scheflerra actinofolia I've had for about 5-6 years first four years or so it grew beautifully. But the last year or so all of the new leaves don't spread out like fans as they normally would. They come out folded back on their stems and stay that way. What is wrong with it and can I remedy the problem?
Mine keeps drooping even after watering it, i am not loosing any leaves, it just keeps drooping, could this mean it’s completely dying ??
Can you tell dwarf to the regular plants
Does anyone know if a Schefflera exists with 3 leaves in each crown? I'm asking this because I was told I have a Schefflera, but it only has 3 leaves on each twig. To me that is not a Schefflera. I've been to plant nurseries and they tell me they don't know this plant or tell me it is a Schefflera which it is clearly not.
Heard you should leave the dead leaves in the soil. They say it gives the plant added nutrients?
It also can be bad for pests living in there. I would remove it 👌
I think I over watered mine and the stem is turning brown can I save it?
Im wondering if my umbrella tree has out grown its pot I think I water it enough I'm going to move it so it gets more light but this thing is not happy its dropping leaves like crazy and even healthy looking leaves are dropping I can send a picture if needed I just think it might be dying on me and it's a large plant and I want to save it I think it's angry with me 😆
one cup of water a week? Or more than 1 cup of water a week?
good vlog ❤️
Is artificial light OK? We don’t keep our blinds open during the day for security reasons and when we’re home from work, it’s almost dark 😢
Artificial light from lamps designed for plants is fine. Regular artificial light for people is way too weak.
How u water it?
Mine in east window I need to propagate
Good luck!
The new leaves r pink
Is it just me or am I hearing Him say the same things and starting to not make sense what he's saying....."I'm probably watering too much but the plant is a thirsty plant and if the leaves are falling off it's probably getting too much water"
My plant's soil is partially dry\moist but not soaked but it's still have 4-5 leaves dropping and I have it in a facing window where it can get filtered light.....HELP SOMEBODY!😢😂😅
🎉🎉like my tree hope it’s ok 👍
There dramatic very dramatic I have a few of them and evert time I have to mover then bitches they turn on to tree Karen's
Thank you