Like children and puppies, cute but you can't stop them from growing. It's not very tall now, but eventually will be. At one stage it will need the chop and you're going to have to put up with the results. The choice is yours as to when you go through the process.

I think it looks nice as is

It is nice as it is, but it's going to get too tall.

Chopping is inevitable. But doing so now would probably promote the best growth due to the longest days.

I guess I shouldn't tell you how much of my schefflera I'm going to "waste" when I prune it in a month or two!! Sure, almost every bit of a healthy scheff can be turned into a new plant, but Dave is right--scheffleras can become beasts if left to their own devices.

I have a dwarf schef I let go a bit longer than yours, and I did like it the way it was too. I finally did chop it though; rooting the top and setting it back in the pot.

And you know, that did not look beautiful for a while either. I had no luck with pinching the plant to get it to branch out, and mine was not as lovely as your, but I love it now.

Yes, chop it. Right away. Nice and low. Think of the extra space you'll have in your grow room over the winter.

If you nip the newest leaf that is forming, it's likely that side branches will begin to grow. If so, that should slow the upward mobility significantly, and eliminate the need to go through a "just chopped" phase, if that is of interest. Smaller adjustments, more often.

Tiffany,

it's been my experience, that just removing the tip of these will force it to branch just below that. I'd like it to branch much lower on the tree.

I'd probably need to remove the whole tip since it's constantly growing 2/3 new sets of leaves at a time.

This is tough. It looks great as is, but chopping is inevitable.

I wish I had taller ceilings!

I feel your pain.

Dave(Vermont - z5a), in your first pic, is the really thin fluffy plant to the left of your Schef an asparagus variety plant? I have never seen one with that growth habit, and I love it.

It is!

when they mature a bit they turn into a vine of you give them the opportunity.

And when they flower it is just heavenly. Here is a pic from last year. Sorry for digressing.

Yes, snipping as much as you need to get into the main stem should do it. Removing the lower leaves where you would like for the lower branches to grow does not guarantee that the plant will cooperate, but would be the way to try to make that determination for the plant, instead of just waiting to see what happens, especially if you are looking for more branching than just a bifurcated tip.

Chip away!!!!

Thank you for the picture Dave. As soon as I find one of these I will become a pest for prunning suggestions. I saw one in a nursery a few weeks back, so it should be easy to find. I really love what you have done with your vine. Actually, all your plants are beautifully pruned.

Did you chop it, Dave? I have a similar plant and have been trying to work up the courage to chop...

I have not. I'm going to sell it locally as is instead.

ive chopped my dwarf verities and they're back budding all over the place.

No more updates. Sold it today for $50.

Dave, so funny that you mention asparagus fern turning into a vine as I just discovered that mine is grabbing onto a nearby philodendron plant hanger

You should! I bet it would enjoy that.