Bit help: I have this rubber plant that is getting really tall. - Help.com

If you prune a Ficus that is not growing vigorously so that only one or no healthy leaves remain on that branch, you could lose it. So prune in stages. Any branch you wish to shorten, prune back to two or more healthy leaves. If the branch looks awkward, remove it entirely. If the branch is as long as you like it and you don’t wish it to extend further, prune off the growing tip. This will cause more branches to form along the tip-pruned branch.
Yes, you can readily root stems of the rubber tree. Insert them in a well drained medium (perlite, vermiculite, gravel are all good as would be a seed starter mix.) and site in bright light & keep moist. If you are doing this outdoors, securing the cutting with string so the wind does not move it (and break newly forming roots) will cut establishment time considerably.

Make sure you are rooting a stem and not just a leaf. There is a thread floating around now about the results of rooting a leaf petiole with no stem attached.

Took that from a message board post at : http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/l…

:) Anytime! Good luck!

Yeah prettypouf has it right… if you take a cutting to root it, go down about 2 or 3 inches from a set of leaves. Also, dipping it in Root-tone will really help get it going. You can find it at most nursery/Home Depot/Lowe’s