Can lucky bamboo be propagated
Can Lucky Bamboo be propagated? If so, how do I do this????
Yes, Lucky bamboo can be easily propagated. A cut section of the stem will root in plain water, although natural spring or rain water is better. Cut through the stalk with a sharp knife 1″ below a node ( joint). Place the new cut section in water and roots should begin to grow in 2-4 weeks. New leaf shoots (1 or 2 per stem) will eventually sprout from the joints. I have tried this and it works.
It can also be propagated from the leaf shoots. Break or cut off a 4-6 inch shoot from the stem and place it in water to root. Once rooted plant it in soil and you will have a new leafy plant. It takes a long time to grow the stem. First it starts out as a leafy plant and then as the plant matures and looses its lower leaves, it will produce the bamboo-like stem.
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The leaves at the top of the stalk are getting high. Can I cut them off and new ones will re-grow out of the stalk? Or do I just trim them?
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i have a clear glass vase with glass rocks holding 3 stalks of lucky bamboo about 2 feet tall. about 1 foot is nothing but leaves and the whole plant is very green. I would like to trim the plant so its not quite so leafy, but I’m not sure if i should just trim the leaves themselves or if i should just take off the entire stalk and leaves stemming from the original plant. if possible i would love to cut these off and re pot them for gifts but I’m not sure how thick around they should be before i detach them from the main stalk. any suggestions?
Hi there,
I was fascinated by these lucky bamboo as they call it and wanted to keep one for us and bought one. Its very small one only about 10 Cms in height. I had about 19 of them nicely tied in a red thread. 2 of them died after becoming yellow. Now the third one is almost dead. When i had a look at that the top part of the stem is very much yellow and is spoongy. So after reading all the above i kind of assuming that it is dead but the bottom part is strong and there is a leaf coming out as well but it just started. I didn’t like the thought that its dying so i used my knife and cut the top part and the bottom part leaving just about 1/2 a cm of stem with the leaves coming out. I have placed them in water for the roots to grow. Am i right in doing this. I understand that if it grows it will be a leafy plant. I have 2 questions for you. 1. Will it survive? 2. How do we grow the stem if possible and if not why doesn’t the stem grow?
hi I was given a lucky bamboo as a gift it is in a 3×5 glass vase with small rocks it has 6 shoots in the vase I was wondering do I need to transplant it into something larger or leave it in the same vase..it seems to be growing quite well and am not sure what to do with it I really like it and want to take good care of it. would appriciate any suggestions…thanks Tina
I have a large bamboo plants with layers of shoots. It was so beautiful. We just returned from vacation to find out that the water is smelly and the green leaves are turning yellow and are soggy. I changed the water twice since and they still get rotted from the bottom. Can I cut the bottom and take out the dead bamboos? Or what do you advise me to do.