Anchor for a vase?

Question

I need to find something to keep a bamboo stalk upright in a vase. Does anyone know what I can use?

I did try the rocks and they didn't work as well as I thought they would.

Answer 1

You can use those glass rocks, they come in all different colors and you can get them at most craft stores and pet stores that sell fish and aquariums.

Answer 2

Try taking a plastic lid, like to a butter bowl or cool whip top and cut it out so that it fits just inside the neck of the vase. Then cut to the center and cut a hole in it slightly larger than the diameter of the stalk. Feed the stalk through to the center and into the neck of the vase. I'm betting this will work once you get it cut out just right. Make sure you check periodically because the bamboo can grow new shoots that will be wanting to come out of the plastic thing you made. Eventually when enough shoots grow out they will help support the center shoot and you can do away with the plastic. Let me know if this works for you. I grow bamboo & have tons of ideas. :)

Answer 3

try placing the stalk in the vase and filling the vase with bleach -clean pebbles, glass see through beads or somethings else you would find attractive. always make sure to keep them clean though.