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lucky bamboo turning yellow
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. |
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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 -- --- "A photograph is neither taken nor seized by force. It offers itself up. It is the photo that takes you. One must not take photos." Henri Cartier-Bresson www.hungryphotographer.org || www.ibiblio.org/kelly || kelly*unc.edu |
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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" -- Chris Dukes Suspicion breeds confidance -- Brazil |
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"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. |
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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
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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 -- Newt ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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