Q: I have a rubber plant that’s getting too tall, so I want to cut it back. How can I make another plant from it?

This is air layering propagation at work, where the mature tree or plant is cloned from a stem that is still attached to it.

Air layering works in a very similar way to conventional layering, except that the plant shoot doesn't need to be buried in the ground to stimulate the production of new roots. By wounding the ...