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.

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Merle Finch wrote:
-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.

I don't know, but if you find out, please post! I've been looking for a
way to get rid of backyard bamboo for years.

(but good luck with your lucky bamboo anyhow)

Cheers
KJ

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On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:49:46 -0500 in . unc.edu K. Jo Garner wrote:
On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Merle Finch wrote:
-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.

I don't know, but if you find out, please post! I've been looking for a
way to get rid of backyard bamboo for years.

Lucky bamboo isn't actually bamboo, but a similar grass.

As for bamboo removal

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/p...es/bamboo.html

You might want to do one pass of cutting followed by double strength roundup
with a shot of hand dishwashing detergent once growth hits 20-24"


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wrote:
On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:49:46 -0500 in . unc.edu K. Jo Garner wrote:
On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Merle Finch wrote:
-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.

I don't know, but if you find out, please post! I've been looking for a
way to get rid of backyard bamboo for years.

Lucky bamboo isn't actually bamboo, but a similar grass.

As for bamboo removal

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/p...es/bamboo.html

You might want to do one pass of cutting followed by double strength roundup
with a shot of hand dishwashing detergent once growth hits 20-24"


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Suspicion breeds confidance -- Brazil

I've read somewhere that "as pest, rat are unstoppable but as food,
they disappear overnight" - I don't suggest eating rat but maybe you can eat
the bamboo shoots which maybe edible ?

"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
...
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.

As Murri has said, it's not bamboo at all but a dracaena. Ususally once a stem yellows, it's a goner. You should find this helpful.

http://www.nbizz.com/lineargifts/page1.html#

Newt

Lady Blacksword Wrote:
"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
...-
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.-


As Murri has said, it's not bamboo at all but a dracaena. Ususally
once a stem yellows, it's a goner. You should find this helpful.

http://tinyurl.com/5spha

Newt


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