Gardening

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It will grow faster then.

As to where to cut it -- the plant doesn't care, you can basically take off the majority of it if you want to.

I think what you need to do is to be careful to pinch out the tips of the new growth several times when those shoots get to be about 4 to 6 inches long. That way, rather than a few long, straight shoots that will want to flop over, it will branch into several each time you pinch it. That will make it more full and compact in the long run.

Finally, remember that schefflera shoots root pretty easily in water or in soil with a rooting powder -- you can cut up and root the trimmings, and then replant them in the same pot to make it even more full and bushy -- I do this with that type of plant quite often. They wont' all root, but if you do it right, most will.