Yet another lucky bamboo question

[ted]

I wonder why so many people love this plant as much as others hate it!
I like the way it looks. I bought few stems last week at a bargain
price. The thing though is it has lot of leaves and doesn't look like
a typical lucky bamboo.

Can I plant this in regular potting soil? Has anyone planted it in
soil? Any special requirements if I plant it in soil? Does it grow
better or worse?

Thanks.

[nswong]

Hi Ted,

>The thing though is it has lot of leaves and doesn't look like
> a typical lucky bamboo.

In native form, it look like now what you get. The "typical lucky
bamboo" are those that stripped like sugarcane by people.

> Can I plant this in regular potting soil?

Yes.

>Has anyone planted it in
> soil?

We do plant it in pot with soil, and a lot more just go wild outside
our fence.

>Any special requirements if I plant it in soil? Does it grow
> better or worse?

This will depend on original environment the plant you got from.
There is always better to develop your own ecotype by propagate and
doing selection yourself. This will give you a more helthy plant and
in the ways you like, the most important are less maintenace cost and
less trouble.

Regards,
Wong

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(ted) wrote in news:8a7cdbf8.0405051119.38b339d0
@posting.google.com:

> I wonder why so many people love this plant as much as others hate it!
> I like the way it looks. I bought few stems last week at a bargain
> price. The thing though is it has lot of leaves and doesn't look like
> a typical lucky bamboo.

Love:
Some other dracaenas have made it on to NASA's top 10 list for removing
certain pollutants.

http://www.zone10.com/wsdocs/tech/NASA/fyh.htm

Plus it looks like panda food and everybody likes pandas.

Hate:
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