"Lucky Bamboo", is not true bamboo. It's not even a true grass. It's a
species of Dracenea that grows in the ditches of Southeast Asia. They just
figured out that they could cut chunks of it and sell it to us stupid
appleheads.

However, if you really want to keep it alive, first, check the water. It
probably needs changing. Second, take a fresh razor blade (like for a box
knife) and drop it in boiling water for a few minutes to sterilize it. Then,
cut the stalk at one of the ridges, (or "nodes" to be proper) at the next
section above the mushy part. You should be cutting off a little of the
remaining green part, and should also be very careful, as you'll be cutting
thru the hardest part of the plant, along the centerline of the ridge.
Now, if you wish this to happen faster, you can use rooting hormone in the
water, but you don't have to. Just stick it back down in the water after
leaving it on the kitchen counter for about an hour to let the cut dry out.

If it doesn't make it after this, nothing you could do would have saved it,
but at least you tried.

Good luck,
Murri

"Merle Finch" wrote in message
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Does anyone know why a piece of lucky bamboo with roots that was very
healthy and is in a container with a perfectly healthy piece of lucky
bamboo would suddenly begin turning yellow from the bottom up and
getting mushy? Anyone know how to fix it? Thanks for any advice you
can give.