How to make a rubber plant bushy - This method is called notching. You can do it on many plants - scheffleras, rubber trees, fiddle leaf figs, etc. You can do it on most woody plants. Make a cut above a node, like I demonstrated in the video. ⠀ ⠀ A growth regulator auxin is what forces lower buds on a stem to remain dormant. Auxin flows from actively growing shoots downward in a plant. It only flows downwards. ⠀ ⠀ Imagine a shallow stream of water. If you put a large rock in the middle of the st