Lucky Bamboo 7 Stalk Curly — Small — (Indoor)
Lucky Bamboo is an attractive plant that is very easy to grow. Technically, This is not a Bonsai but it is easy to maintain the plant. It is a tropical indoor plant that can adapt easily to indoor conditions. It will take some months for this plant to adapt to a new environment. By moving the plant to another environment, the plant can lose more than 20% of its foliage. This is not unusual.
Are you a beginning houseplant gardener? Here’s a great one to get started with because it’s easy as pie to keep looking good and sure to become a topic of conversation as you’re busy showing it off. I’d to introduce you to Lucky Bamboo, a plant which grows in water, and give you a few care tips to make sure yours stays as healthy as can be.
This isn’t something I know a lot of about, but I do know that you should avoid an arrangement using 4 stems. It’s bad luck in the Chinese culture and who needs that? 3 stems is a favorite number because it represents happiness, long life and wealth. Yes please!
First off, Lucky Bamboo isn’t a bamboo at all. The canes, stalks or stems (whatever you prefer to call them) resemble the canes of a bamboo plant.
Lucky Bamboo has been a part of Chinese culture for thousands of years but has really skyrocketed into popularity in the past 15 years and is now commonly found in many parts.
Lucky Bamboo care tips:
1- LIGHT: Lucky Bamboo does great in bright light. It’ll tolerate lower light levels just fine but it won’t grow much. Be sure to avoid putting it in direct, hot sun as it’ll burn baby burn. You may need to rotate your plant so it gets light evenly on all sides.
2- WATER: There is a bit of mixed opinion regarding this. Some people never change water, some change it frequently & others every now & then. I fall into the every now & then category as I change the water about every 2 months. I make sure the water completely cover the roots in both of my arrangements so I add a bit of water as needed, every 2–7 days depending on the temps. If the water is smelling bad, then change it!
Here’s 1 thing I can tell you about your Lucky Bamboo & water: if your tap water is hard (containing a lot of minerals), then you’ll need to use distilled or purified water. All dracaenas are prone to tipping so if yours is starting to show a lot of brown tips or a build of white in the vase or dish, don’t use tap water. I use purified water now for mine (it costs about a dollar a gallon & lasts for at least 2 months) & I’ve already seen a difference.
3- CONTAINER SIZE: If your Lucky Bamboo arrangement is growing in a low dish or bowl, them make sure it has at least 1″ of space all the way around so the roots can spread out a bit. Mine which has been growing in the low white dish for 3 years now is going to need is going to need a larger vessel soon as the roots are stating to get crowded. My much taller spiral stems are in a glass vase proportionate to their height. I only keep about 3″ of water in the vase, just enough to make sure the roots are fully submerged.