Top it since you probably want it to branch out. Propagation is pretty simple. Cut a 6-8″ length right off the top, below a node, remove whatever leaves except for the one or two at the very tip. Let the cut end dry for a day, after blotting some of the milky sap away that will secrete out immediately. Place in a glass prop jar with enough water to cover a node or two and add just a bit of regular 3 percent hydro peroxide. Put it somewhere sunny. Wait. Change water every week or so if it’s getting cloudy. Roots take a couple months. You’ll see a bunch of white bumps around the nodes that are precursors to the roots that will follow. They look bumpy and barnacle-y but they are a good sign that roots are on the way. Wait til the roots get a couple inches long and start to shoot other roots off the main root. Plant it (in a small pot to allow it to get root bound and shoot new growth, then go up a pot size from there).
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Top it but propagate the cutting
Top it since you probably want it to branch out. Propagation is pretty simple. Cut a 6-8″ length right off the top, below a node, remove whatever leaves except for the one or two at the very tip. Let the cut end dry for a day, after blotting some of the milky sap away that will secrete out immediately. Place in a glass prop jar with enough water to cover a node or two and add just a bit of regular 3 percent hydro peroxide. Put it somewhere sunny. Wait. Change water every week or so if it’s getting cloudy. Roots take a couple months. You’ll see a bunch of white bumps around the nodes that are precursors to the roots that will follow. They look bumpy and barnacle-y but they are a good sign that roots are on the way. Wait til the roots get a couple inches long and start to shoot other roots off the main root. Plant it (in a small pot to allow it to get root bound and shoot new growth, then go up a pot size from there).