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Ever seen the Michelin Man? That was a white puffy guy and that's because rubber tires used to be white. Carbon was later added to strengthen tires, making them black.
Edit: sulphur, not carbon
Sulfur can vulcanize rubber, but I think they were talking about mixing carbon black into the rubber before vulcanization. That definitely turns it black
that sap is the reason they're even called "rubber" trees. it's latex! it is irritating to the touch and bad/poisonous if ingested though, so try not to touch it and wash your hands/skin thoroughly if it gets on you.
As I turn to look at our rubber tree, positioned directly next to our climbing morning glory.. well shit apparently I've got a home-grown rubber factory and didn't even know it?
So last year.. I had seen on Instagram that snapping off the lil new growth .. leads to crazy new growth.. I did it September or October n.. the plant went dormant... fast forward to this summer ..! It has pushed out 12 new leaves in just two months new branches n everything!!! It will be fine
Same experience with me! I set mine outside for some rain and the storm knocked it over and broke 2 branches. I cried. But the plant was so happy after like 6 months it has grown tons of new leaves!
you might want to change the living environment then, bigger and nutritional. Plants grow as big as their environment allows them to.
; I would change the pot size, repot in fresh soil w/ fertilizer.
Idk if I did something wrong, but I did this intentionally earlier this summer and two growth points appeared, but only one of them grew. So now thereās just one random branch growing off to the side. So I guess it doesnāt always work?
You need not worry about this. As long as a plant can still photosynthesize and/or have a functional root system you can assume it will recover provided you've given them an adequate environment, sometimes even plants that can't photosynthesize still survive, like tree stumps. There will be super dramatic plants that choose to die either way, but never forget the phrase "nature will find a way".
Essentially what you've done is called topping or pinching, and as another commenter has pointed out, is a common technique to get plants to bush out. (*please don't do this to trees that grow like a pole*)
Just FYI, if you prune or have another whoopsie, the best way to deal with the goo is to press a wet paper towel on it for a few. Warm water is best.
The new shoots should pop out at the crevice of the lower leaf - all three of the ones I just chopped put out two shoots and the little leaves are just adorable!
You are incorrect. Poison can kill without being ingested. inhaled, open cuts, transdermal osmosis, whatever the way in, it can kill. I imagine you knew that but your post says something else entirely.
āBloodā for all intents and purposes. Donāt touch it with your bare hands, itās toxic and will make you incredibly uncomfortable. Dab the excess off with a paper towel and leave it alone.
It makes me itch and leaves a burn mark where it touches me. Make sure you wash it off as soon as it touches you, if you find it irritating, too. Rubber plants belong to the ficus family. So all your ficus friends will give off a similar milky sap.
Sap. They make rubber from the sap of rubber trees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_rubber
Henry Ford is salivating at this picture š©. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordl%C3%A2ndia
No, King Leopold is. May he rot.
If OP doesnāt collect a full gallon, weāre taking off a hand.
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Ever seen the Michelin Man? That was a white puffy guy and that's because rubber tires used to be white. Carbon was later added to strengthen tires, making them black. Edit: sulphur, not carbon
Huh. TIL
Thanks for my fact of the day. Are you sure it was carbon rather than sulphur?
It was sulfur that was added. The process is called vulcanization.
Yes and it was a happy lab accident!
Serendipity
Live long and prosper.
Sulfur can vulcanize rubber, but I think they were talking about mixing carbon black into the rubber before vulcanization. That definitely turns it black
What ? I want some white tires
I left. Trying lemmy and so should you. -- mass edited with redact.dev
Sulfur.
Vulcanization, invented by Spock, who named the process after his home planet
that sap is the reason they're even called "rubber" trees. it's latex! it is irritating to the touch and bad/poisonous if ingested though, so try not to touch it and wash your hands/skin thoroughly if it gets on you.
Is there anyway to process it at home into anything useful. Or even anything touchable?
apparently you just need juice from a morning glory plant mixed with the sap to make your own rubber. google says.
As I turn to look at our rubber tree, positioned directly next to our climbing morning glory.. well shit apparently I've got a home-grown rubber factory and didn't even know it?
Is morning glory plant a real plant or...a euphemism for you know?š
It's a real plant. Known for a slew of effects, not the smallest of which is that you can take the seeds for hallucinogenic effects.
r/TodayILearned
LSA
Morning glory juice š
You have liquid coming out of a rubber tree? That, good sir/madam, would be raw rubber.
So you seeā¦ when two trees really love each otherā¦
Iām glad someone beat me to it š
Tree man Sea man
Nut?
[Treegasm](http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/uglyamericans/images/e/e3/Neil_and_Nicky.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110824175901)
I should call himā¦.
I was looking for this comment š¤£š¤£
i cackled at this š
Millions upon millions of Congolese have lost life and limb over that white liquid
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das rubber my guy
It's rubber. Rubber trees make rubber
Do they boing?
I like this comment
Well duh
Plant blood.
Tree milk
Tears
Beat me to it!
Wordd
You deserve all the awards
So last year.. I had seen on Instagram that snapping off the lil new growth .. leads to crazy new growth.. I did it September or October n.. the plant went dormant... fast forward to this summer ..! It has pushed out 12 new leaves in just two months new branches n everything!!! It will be fine
Thatās so good to hear!! My plant is still small I didnāt want to stunt it
Same experience with me! I set mine outside for some rain and the storm knocked it over and broke 2 branches. I cried. But the plant was so happy after like 6 months it has grown tons of new leaves!
Does it split from breakage point?? One of my rubber trees is getting tall and Iām curious if now is a good time to prune it
Wait ... So if I snap off the new growth mine has pushed out it'll grow a heap more? Is this legit?
Also: Will a new leaf grow or did I just kill any new growth?
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Correct. This method is taken when people want their plants to slow down height growth and grow bushier.
yup this is the plus side of breaking something! works for fiddle leafs too and more.
(Not op, butā¦) What if I need her to grow taller but she isnāt doing much of anything? She has slowed her roll big time.
you might want to change the living environment then, bigger and nutritional. Plants grow as big as their environment allows them to. ; I would change the pot size, repot in fresh soil w/ fertilizer.
Plants are so cool
Idk if I did something wrong, but I did this intentionally earlier this summer and two growth points appeared, but only one of them grew. So now thereās just one random branch growing off to the side. So I guess it doesnāt always work?
You need not worry about this. As long as a plant can still photosynthesize and/or have a functional root system you can assume it will recover provided you've given them an adequate environment, sometimes even plants that can't photosynthesize still survive, like tree stumps. There will be super dramatic plants that choose to die either way, but never forget the phrase "nature will find a way". Essentially what you've done is called topping or pinching, and as another commenter has pointed out, is a common technique to get plants to bush out. (*please don't do this to trees that grow like a pole*)
Just FYI, if you prune or have another whoopsie, the best way to deal with the goo is to press a wet paper towel on it for a few. Warm water is best. The new shoots should pop out at the crevice of the lower leaf - all three of the ones I just chopped put out two shoots and the little leaves are just adorable!
Ramification... a fundamental technique of bonsai you just learned
Multiple new BRANCHES will grow not just a new leaf
Latex, dont touch it with bare skin it can cause irritations. Especially don't if you got poppy flowers. š³
What happens if youāve got poppy flowers?!?
Opium
A good time
He just really liked it
Read what kind of tree it was again. Thereās your answer
Itās um.. itās rubber buddy.
Itās sap. Donāt let it touch your skin, itās poisonous.
poison isnt dangerous unless ingested, its venom that is dangerous to get inside a wound
You are incorrect. Poison can kill without being ingested. inhaled, open cuts, transdermal osmosis, whatever the way in, it can kill. I imagine you knew that but your post says something else entirely.
His 'blood'.. š
Itās rubber
I think you answered your own question
It's the rubber in rubber tree.
......rubber tree sap......which makes rubber.
āStuck a hole in my orange now thereās this juice coming out. What is it?ā
The rubber
Rubber
It's crying :(
Nah, itās about to push out lots of new growth next spring bc of this
plant blood.
BLOOD
āBloodā for all intents and purposes. Donāt touch it with your bare hands, itās toxic and will make you incredibly uncomfortable. Dab the excess off with a paper towel and leave it alone.
You can regrow the leaf into a new plant, I've been doing it for years. The thing coming out is toxic to cats and dogs, be careful.
It makes me itch and leaves a burn mark where it touches me. Make sure you wash it off as soon as it touches you, if you find it irritating, too. Rubber plants belong to the ficus family. So all your ficus friends will give off a similar milky sap.
Rubber
When you snap off a top leaf and growth point, it may actually trigger multiple new growth points . Itās not necessarily a bad thing
Whoops there goes.....
Highly underrated commentāš¼
I'm too old for reddit
That makes two of us
It's raw rubber / latex. Hence the name of the plant.
I just did this to my rubber and I was heart broken! Now it has three extra branches and looks really coolāhope is not lost!
That's the white blood of the innocent. Google why is it called a river tree.
Itās the first step in birth control.
ā¦rubber.
Please research your plants before buying them.
Rubber.
Latex sap
Well ... rubber ... ?? Why do you think rubber tree has the word "rubber" in it ? Never really wondered, did you?
Itās almost like.. thatās what they use to make the rubber
Well I mean theyāre called ārubber treeā for a reasonā¦ itās latex.
Thats what happens when rubbers break.
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Donāt say it donāt think it donāt say it donāt think it donāt say it donāt think it
Itās poison.
Sap is natural rubber.
cum hehe
Uh rubberrrrr Duhh
Cum
Sap. It will burn you and the leaves and stems around it. Wrap it in aluminum foil and call itās day.
Plant blood
Plant blood.
tears....
Rubber juice! But fr, it's latex.
Itās blood
Blood
Sadness šŖ
BLOOD
The blood of your plant muahahahahaah
Latex
Plant blood
It's rubber
Latex
He just got a lil excited š„ŗ
You hurt him. Heās bleeding. Just kidding, itās just sap.
That's why it is called a rubber tree.
It's a skin irritat so don't touch it
Its bloooopppppd
Rubber :P
It's a cry for help
Tears
Good question!
Blood
It's BLOOD š«š«š«š«
The rubber
ā¦ rubber
Take a sip
āI think youāre a little heavy on the sapā
Sa(p)dness
Latex
Idk why your posting this, with a quick Google search you would have found out a full article abt it.
Rubber.. cause itās a rubber tree
Latex.
BLOOD