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Dying Lucky Bamboo
My 7year old daughter was given a lucky bamboo some 4.5 years ago which has
lived quite happily, in a demi-john with a couple of inches of water in the bottom, until quite recently. In the last year the stem has gone brown and woody, with some parts rather blackened and wrinkled and one bit has mould growing on it. The leaves are brown and dry. We moved about 18m ago, and now live in an area where the water is heavily chlorinated - I don't know if that has anything to do with it. There are two parts - at the bottom with the roots and at the top - which are still green. Can I save it? How? Thank you very much. |
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Dying Lucky Bamboo
"Julia Royce" wrote in message
... My 7year old daughter was given a lucky bamboo some 4.5 years ago which has lived quite happily, in a demi-john with a couple of inches of water in the bottom, until quite recently. In the last year the stem has gone brown and woody, with some parts rather blackened and wrinkled and one bit has mould growing on it. The leaves are brown and dry. We moved about 18m ago, and now live in an area where the water is heavily chlorinated - I don't know if that has anything to do with it. There are two parts - at the bottom with the roots and at the top - which are still green. Can I save it? How? Thank you very much. Lucky bamboo is not bamboo. It is a Dracena. They are cheap and everywhere. Buy a new one and plant it is potting soil. -- Travis in Shoreline Washington |
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Dying Lucky Bamboo
Hi Julia,
Sorry to hear about your plant... It's a goner. Apparently (and I have no idea if this is just an internet myth), it is also potentially a health hazard... Several places that talk about dracenia advise to get rid of it at once if it starts to rot, which is what you describe. Anyway, there is a wikihow article on lucky bamboo that has a lot of info on taking care of it. My guess is that the chlorine is not at all good for it... If you get another one, you might have to find a source of non-chlorinated water for it. http://www.wikihow.com/Take-Care-of-Lucky-Bamboo Cheers! On Apr 2, 5:45 am, "Julia Royce" wrote: My 7year old daughter was given a lucky bamboo some 4.5 years ago which has lived quite happily, in a demi-john with a couple of inches of water in the bottom, until quite recently. In the last year the stem has gone brown and woody, with some parts rather blackened and wrinkled and one bit has mould growing on it. The leaves are brown and dry. We moved about 18m ago, and now live in an area where the water is heavily chlorinated - I don't know if that has anything to do with it. There are two parts - at the bottom with the roots and at the top - which are still green. Can I save it? How? Thank you very much. |
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Dying Lucky Bamboo
"HumanJHawkins" wrote in message
ups.com... Hi Julia, Sorry to hear about your plant... It's a goner. Apparently (and I have no idea if this is just an internet myth), it is also potentially a health hazard... Several places that talk about dracenia advise to get rid of it at once if it starts to rot, which is what you describe. Anyway, there is a wikihow article on lucky bamboo that has a lot of info on taking care of it. My guess is that the chlorine is not at all good for it... If you get another one, you might have to find a source of non-chlorinated water for it. http://www.wikihow.com/Take-Care-of-Lucky-Bamboo Cheers! On Apr 2, 5:45 am, "Julia Royce" wrote: My 7year old daughter was given a lucky bamboo some 4.5 years ago which has lived quite happily, in a demi-john with a couple of inches of water in the bottom, until quite recently. In the last year the stem has gone brown and woody, with some parts rather blackened and wrinkled and one bit has mould growing on it. The leaves are brown and dry. We moved about 18m ago, and now live in an area where the water is heavily chlorinated - I don't know if that has anything to do with it. There are two parts - at the bottom with the roots and at the top - which are still green. Can I save it? How? Thank you very much. Why not pot it up? -- Travis in Shoreline Washington |
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