Beginner Gardening: How do you prune a schefflera (umbrella plant)?, 1 by tapla

tapla wrote:
If you think you have a month where you can leave the plant outdoors to recover, or that you can move the plant in and out as temps fluctuate above/below 55* (especially at night) then you can do it now and expect the plant to be recovered to the point where it won't be too susceptible to insect predation and disease over the winter. The bio-compounds that make up the defense mechanisms a plant uses to thwart insects and disease are by-products of the plants metabolic rate and state of vitality, so we want to avoid doing anything that significantly weakens a plant too close to fall or winter.

Also, thank you for the very kind words - they are much appreciated.

Al