Does the pot have a drain hole?

When was the last time it was fully repotted? As in bare rooted and placed in 100% fresh soil.

Yes it has drain holes. It's been probably 4 or 5 years since being repotted.

Yes, you can cut off the tallest part and root it in water or in soil. I believe Dave will be back with more info for you, and he is very experienced at this. Since the plant has had some issues lately, I wonder if getting the plant back to a healthier state before taking the cutting would give a better chance for success.

Rooting in water gives roots that sometimes have a hard time acclimating to soil. I would ask Dave his opinion on this. I stuck mine in the same pot it had always grown in, and it did work out well. But the rooting may have been better off in a seedilng or rooting mix.

The shape of your plant is going to come out looking very nice, I bet you will love it more than ever once it is done. Good luck.

I water thoroughly so a lot drains out about every two weeks. It's been in from of an East facing window for two years now, but prior to that it probably didn't get enough light for about 5-7 years.

So I will repot it and cut off the tall top heavy part and I just stick it in a porus mix? Can you recommend a certain type/brand?

Thank you.

I'd recommend making the 5:1:1 mix. You can find the recipes in the container gardening section.

With the top part, remove all but a coupe leaves when you plant it.

If a cut is done, I would cut the top part so that there is at least 2 feet of naked stem at the bottom of the cut-off piece, and stick that in a pot without removing any of the foliage. If the plant needs to absorb the moisture & nutrients from some of the leaves while taking root, it will have plenty of those reserves on which to draw. I haven't had any leaf loss with cuttings of Scheff.

I guess I was just goingby what's worked for me growing scheffs from cuttings.

Theyve always been bare stems without leaves.

I've never tried it that way. Sounds like it should go well with about any method. :)

That's how this started last fall.

Wow I love the colors on yours

Thank you everyone for the great advice!

Dave, excellent post. Did you happen to have a leafless section of stem with which to work or did you remove foliage that was there?

It was a tip that I used. I chopped it back to bare stem. It started back budding all over he place.

I grew it under lights all winter and it never slowed down.