Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Properly Trimming a tropical Plant, 1 by stooky

stooky wrote:
Hey Everyone,

I'm not really a gardener, but I've had this tropical plant (see images) since I was born and that makes Joe 40+ years old. He's got some significant twists and turns in his trunk from being tipped over and who knows what else!

Joe is at the point of not fitting into our home anymore and my wife thinks it's the ugliest thing she has ever seen. My son Logan loves Joe and has literally been in tears at the thought of throwing him away.

Here is a video link (yes that's a balloon monkey that Logan made for the tree and those are my screaming children in the background).
http://rocket.wistia.com/medias/6xz564o6a5


I had 2 thoughts.

1. Somehow grow a plant from a branch. I've read some articles on that, but would like an informed opinion.

2. Chop Joe off at the base and if he's like the Elm's in my yard, he'll be back in full force in no time.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated!