"Alwyn Williams" wrote in message
...
OK Thanks. Is it true that allowing tap water to stand for a few days
before
watering helps with the hardness.

No.

--
Tumbleweed

Remove my socks before replying (but no email reply necessary to newsgroups)

I was recently given a "Lucky Bamboo" bought from Marks & Spencer. It's
basically a small tiered group of stems each with a small shoot approx 1
inch long. It is tied together & the base is wrapped in foam & stands in a
small ceramic dish full of water. Some of the stems have started to root &
what I want to know is should I eventually pot it in compost or will it live
quite happily standing in water.

Thanks
Alwyn

what I want to know is should I eventually pot it in compost or will it
live
quite happily standing in water.

I removed all of mine from the 'bundle' and potted them up properly.

Btw, they *hate* hard water with a suicidal vengeance.

Best,

- h

OK Thanks. Is it true that allowing tap water to stand for a few days before
watering helps with the hardness.
Alwyn
"H" wrote in message
...
what I want to know is should I eventually pot it in compost or will it
live
quite happily standing in water.

I removed all of mine from the 'bundle' and potted them up properly.

Btw, they *hate* hard water with a suicidal vengeance.

Best,

- h

The message
from "H" contains these words:

what I want to know is should I eventually pot it in compost or will it
live
quite happily standing in water.

I removed all of mine from the 'bundle' and potted them up properly.

Have they grown bigger, Helen? I have a couple which have been
standing in water for over a year..they seem perfectly healthy, but have
hardly grown at all.Now that we live in a hardwater area I give them
filtered water :-)

Janet.

In message , Alwyn
Williams writes
OK Thanks. Is it true that allowing tap water to stand for a few days before
watering helps with the hardness.

I can't imagine how since it's the chalk in the water causing the
hardness.

If you really don't have a source of rainwater you could use distilled
water as sold for use in domestic irons.

--
dave @ stejonda

Sch News from Brighton, UK http://www.schnews.org.uk/
John Le Carre on war with Iraq http://commondreams.org/views03/0115-01.htm

"Alwyn Williams" wrote in message
...
I was recently given a "Lucky Bamboo" bought from Marks & Spencer. It's
basically a small tiered group of stems each with a small shoot approx 1
inch long. It is tied together & the base is wrapped in foam & stands in a
small ceramic dish full of water. Some of the stems have started to root &
what I want to know is should I eventually pot it in compost or will it
live
quite happily standing in water.

Thanks
Alwyn




If left standing in water I've read that they will eventually rot!
L

In article , Alwyn
Williams writes
OK Thanks. Is it true that allowing tap water to stand for a few days before
watering helps with the hardness.

I wouldn't have thought so. I stand tap water for a couple of days
before adding it to the fish tank, but that's to lower the level of
chlorine and other additives. I don't think affects the hardness.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:41:28 -0000, "Alwyn Williams"
wrote:

I was recently given a "Lucky Bamboo" bought from Marks & Spencer. It's
basically a small tiered group of stems each with a small shoot approx 1
inch long. It is tied together & the base is wrapped in foam & stands in a
small ceramic dish full of water. Some of the stems have started to root &
what I want to know is should I eventually pot it in compost or will it live
quite happily standing in water.

Thanks
Alwyn


I was given one for Christmas and the little instruction card that
came with it says that Lucky Bamboo grows in water and will last for
years provided it is looked after. It says the water (half to 2
inches deep) should be changed every week during the rooting stage and
then every other week and that it is not necessary to feed it.

Joan in Bramhall (Cheshire)

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 17:05:11 +0000, "dave @ stejonda"
wrote:

In message , Alwyn
Williams writes
OK Thanks. Is it true that allowing tap water to stand for a few days before
watering helps with the hardness.

I can't imagine how since it's the chalk in the water causing the
hardness.

If you really don't have a source of rainwater you could use distilled
water as sold for use in domestic irons.

Or move to Manchester. (Which would solve the source of rainwater
problem too.)
--
Stuart Baldwin
news\at/boxatrix\dot/co\dot/uk

I removed all of mine from the 'bundle' and potted them up properly.

Have they grown bigger, Helen? I have a couple which have been
standing in water for over a year..they seem perfectly healthy, but have
hardly grown at all.

I haven't had them that long to see if they've grown. However, they are
still all healthy which is a lot better than the first lot I had. I left
these in the water, and most rotted away, despite regular water changes and
using soft bottled water. I find the cheap 12p a bottle Asda water is soft
... and therefore good for bamboo and my coffee machine ;-). Problem is, I
have to divert across town to get to Asda specially for the water. Buying a
trolley load of their water sometimes brings strange looks ;-)

Best,

- h

One of my friends was bought a lucky bamboo last Christmas and it has
survived very well in a shady room being given very hard water which was
never emptied out. It started to look the worse for wear at the end of the
year but when I looked at it, her carer had forgotten to water it. She had
a new one for Christmas and I have taken the old one to see if I can revive
it. So far it has perked up by taking it to pieces, removing the dead
shoots and putting back together in a smaller clump. I have given it a
little liquid feed which I will remove at the next water change. It is
already looking happier (thought still on very hard Kent water)

Elaine
"Ken Riley" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:41:28 -0000, "Alwyn Williams"
wrote:

I was recently given a "Lucky Bamboo" bought from Marks & Spencer. It's
basically a small tiered group of stems each with a small shoot approx 1
inch long. It is tied together & the base is wrapped in foam & stands in
a
small ceramic dish full of water. Some of the stems have started to root
&
what I want to know is should I eventually pot it in compost or will it
live
quite happily standing in water.

Thanks
Alwyn


I was given one for Christmas and the little instruction card that
came with it says that Lucky Bamboo grows in water and will last for
years provided it is looked after. It says the water (half to 2
inches deep) should be changed every week during the rooting stage and
then every other week and that it is not necessary to feed it.

Joan in Bramhall (Cheshire)

Thanks for everyones advice. I think I'll leave it as it is for now & maybe
pot it later. As for the water I do have a water filter so I'll use that &
see how it goes.
Alwyn

"Elaine MacGregor" wrote in message
...
One of my friends was bought a lucky bamboo last Christmas and it has
survived very well in a shady room being given very hard water which was
never emptied out. It started to look the worse for wear at the end of
the
year but when I looked at it, her carer had forgotten to water it. She
had
a new one for Christmas and I have taken the old one to see if I can
revive
it. So far it has perked up by taking it to pieces, removing the dead
shoots and putting back together in a smaller clump. I have given it a
little liquid feed which I will remove at the next water change. It is
already looking happier (thought still on very hard Kent water)

Elaine
"Ken Riley" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:41:28 -0000, "Alwyn Williams"
wrote:

I was recently given a "Lucky Bamboo" bought from Marks & Spencer. It's
basically a small tiered group of stems each with a small shoot approx
1
inch long. It is tied together & the base is wrapped in foam & stands
in
a
small ceramic dish full of water. Some of the stems have started to
root
&
what I want to know is should I eventually pot it in compost or will it
live
quite happily standing in water.

Thanks
Alwyn


I was given one for Christmas and the little instruction card that
came with it says that Lucky Bamboo grows in water and will last for
years provided it is looked after. It says the water (half to 2
inches deep) should be changed every week during the rooting stage and
then every other week and that it is not necessary to feed it.

Joan in Bramhall (Cheshire)