Me and my mom went to Ikea, and we bought a Rubber Tree Plant, and a Lucky Bamboo.
I went onto the internet and found out how to care for them. My Rubber Tree Plant is doing great, but my mom's lucky bamboo seems to be dying.
There are 3 lucky bamboos. One of them has brown-yellow one part of the stem near the top. Some of the leaves are yellow. When you touch it it is almost like hollow. Is it dying?
I just changed the water today. She has it in water.
Is there anything I can do to help it?? Thank you!!
2007-09-09 06:01:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
A few things first.
Are you using tap water? If so, then you need to switch to distilled water or get a filter for the tap. Tap water will kill your Dracaena quickly.
Make sure you change the water every two weeks. They only need to be in about 2" of water.
Dracaena don't necessarily need fertilizer. A tiny bit is okay, but not very often. They don't really like to be handled and can bruise easily. They actually thrive on neglect. Fresh water every week or two and you should be in great shape.
They like bright indirect sunlight.
One thing you can do to try and save your plant is to trim off the mushy bottoms. Cut the plant just above a node (the ring that goes around the stem) and set the top healthy part in a couple inches of water and it should reroot in time.
Good Luck
2007-09-09 07:37:56 · answer #1 · answered by Sptfyr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the yellowing cane feels hollow, it's probably because it's rotting from the inside. Discard it. Wash the roots of the surviving canes with fresh water and put them back in the pot with new water. If the other canes are firm and green, you're probably Ok. You need to change the water about every week to prevent the roots from going anaerobic.
2007-09-09 07:01:22 · answer #2 · answered by briggs451 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow congrats on keeping it around that long. the plant itself isn't actually bamboo and their lives are seldom lucky. its a chunk cut from a stalk of dracaena and would greatly prefer to be in soil. it is a vigorous grower when in soil and remains remarkably stunted but alive when kept in shallow water for a couple of years. it is a close relative the "corn" plant -- another dracaena variety that grows in extremely adverse conditions and popular houseplant. in general using filtered water on plants is not a good idea -- filters filter out the natural particulates (metals and things) that would help the plant grow. if you want to salvage the plant the only advice i could give is put the puds in moist soil in a well drained pot and grow a happy dracaena plant.
2016-05-20 05:36:12 · answer #3 · answered by francis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never had any luck with them in water, i've had 5 and kill them everytime yet the 2 that I have in soil won't stop growing!
I'd suggest that its too late for that plant, but next time (and please try again its worth it) put it in soil or if you must use water, try to get some water holding crystals and put the canes in there instead of water, i've been told that this stops the plant from getting too cold which kills them. Don't use tap water, but if you do, stand it overnight to allow the chlorine/fluride to dissipate, good luck.
2007-09-10 02:17:38 · answer #4 · answered by jpuddledub 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine died too. It started turning yellew and it just went up the stalk.
2007-09-09 06:17:56 · answer #5 · answered by doglover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋