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It's one thing to know how to use fertilizer for lucky bamboo but it's just as important to know when to use it. It is rare that you'll need to use fertilizer for this plant. Lucky bamboo can go for years without fertilizer.
Caring for lucky bamboo sometimes feels as though you're neglecting the plant when compared to other houseplants. Lucky bamboo gets all the nutrients it needs from water since it thrives on nitrogen. This is why you want to change out the water regularly.
Since lucky bamboo is a water plant, it requires a clean water environment. This is ideal since most tap water contains the nutrients Lucky Bamboo needs, although fluoride and chlorine are harmful, so filtered water is the best. Nitrogen is the main nutrient followed by magnesium and iron.
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There are some instances when you may need to fertilize your lucky bamboo. Each one is easy to remedy with the right fertilizer and more importantly, the right amount of fertilizer. Be sure you add fertilizer to the soil or water and never as a spritz. Only use water to spritz the leaves if desired.
One time you may need fertilizer is if you're using distilled water since magnesium and iron are lost in the distillation process. A few drops of fertilizer is all you'll need, if that much. It depends on the fertilizer instructions and water to fertilizer ratio. Be sure to follow the manufacturer's guidelines.
If the water isn't clean, then your plant can suffer from a lack of nutrients and succumb to disease. If you've allowed the water to become cloudy or dirty, then you may want to give your plant a little boost. After you change out the dirty water for clean water, you can add fertilizer just to ensure the plant remains healthy
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If you desire to stimulate leaf growth, this can be accomplished by adding a little fertilizer to the water. It's best to do this during the natural cycle of the spring growing season.
If your lucky bamboo leaves are turning yellow and you haven't used fertilizer, the plant may be suffering from a lack of nutrients. In this case, you'll need to fertilize it. Most lucky bamboo arrangements feature a number of stalks. If a stalk turns yellow, it's best to discard and replace.
If you've fertilized your plant, and it turned yellow, this indicates over-fertilizing. The best you can do at this point is change out the water and hope your plant will recover. You can use distilled water for a while to let the plant rest. Once it recovers, you can go back to using regular water.
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It's best to use fertilizers made specifically for lucky bamboo plants. Most lucky bamboo fertilizers are NPK with trace elements. These are usually in a ratio of 2-2-2, meaning, they have a balanced 2 parts ratio of nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P) and potassium (K).
If you prefer to use a houseplant fertilizer, you can dilute it to be a suitable strength for lucky bamboo. Be sure you use an NPK balanced fertilizer.
If you aren't using fertilizer made for lucky bamboo, you can dilute regular houseplant fertilizer. The strength should be around one-tenth less than what you'd use for houseplants. Less is always better. You can increase the strength if needed. If your plant is potted in soil, then you can use a diluted houseplant fertilizer every six to eight weeks.
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For a water-based plant using diluted houseplant fertilizer, you'll use the same ratio of diluted fertilizer to water as the soil-based plant. You'll only need to fertilize once every quarter (every 3-months).
Growing lucky bamboo is very easy, especially when you use a water-based container. Follow the guidelines for how and when to use fertilizer and your lucky bamboo plant will last for many years.Growing bamboo is simple. We’ll teach you how to successfully plant, grow, and maintain healthy bamboo. Remember that our team is available to answer any and all bamboo questions via phone or at our North Plains nursery.
Urposes, whether it’s to build a peaceful oasis or provide a bit more privacy. Here are a few ways to place and space your bamboo.
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Bamboo should be spaced 3-5 feet apart to form a dense screen. The faster spreading types can be planted farther apart if you are willing to wait a little longer for the screen to fill out. If you want an immediate screen, some types can be planted very close together as long as they have some space to spread in width. If you prefer a full size bamboo grove with less emphasis on dense screening, planting at wider intervals is recommended (5-10 feet apart or even 20 feet in some cases). Most bamboo will not suffer from being planted nearly back to back, but their growth rate may be slowed.
Starting from a small size, most bamboo will reach mature height within five or six years. As a very general rule, clumping bamboo gains about 1-2 feet of height per year and the running types gain about 3-5 feet per year, spreading outward at the same rate. Height and spread rate is variable depending on the species and climate. Feel free to contact us to discuss details about your project.
Although most people have an idea of where they want to plant their bamboo, one should keep in mind that most large bamboos (Phyllostachys) do best with five or more hours of direct sunlight. They must be given ample water, fertilizer, and protection from competitive weeds. They will benefit from a windscreen and light shade when first planted as well. This is especially true of smaller plants. Fargesia, Thamnocalamus and Sasa do well with light to moderate shade. In fact the Fargesia and most Thamnocalamus are happier with some shade during the hottest part of the day.
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Fargesia and Thamnocalamus are the hardiest of the clump type bamboos. They can be planted without fear of spreading. Most other hardy bamboos can spread by their underground rhizomes and this must be taken into account when planting them. We recommend annual root pruning as the first option for control. Also, a barrier of 60 millimeters by 30 inches deep, HDPE (high density polyethylene) can be used for rhizome control.
Bamboo is a giant grass and achieves new heights every year by sending up new and larger shoots each spring. Usually starting between April and June, the new shoots emerge from the ground and reach their full height in approximately two to three months.
A young bamboo that is about 8 feet tall with four canes, for example, may produce three additional new shoots in the spring that grow to 10 feet within two months. Next spring, those seven canes will produce about five to ten new shoots that could reach 15 feet. Fast forward four years: the same plant is now sixty canes strong and up to 30 feet tall.
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Because the canes are connected by rhizome, it is functioning as a single plant. Now it has the energy required to produce larger and more numerous new shoots each spring that grow from the ground up to 35 feet in two months. This is especially impressive when watching timber bamboo new shoots grow over a foot per day, from ground level up to 50 feet in the spring season.
When starting from a new planting or small plant division you can expect to see new shoots grow only slightly taller than the previous year’s canes. If the bamboo is freshly dug out of the ground, the new shoots will likely be short and bushy the first year until the plant is established in a new area.
The bamboo we sell are well rooted so you can expect to see strong new growth in the first season. If you purchase plants in the summer or fall, likely most of the growth will occur underground as the rhizomes spread outward. Once the new bamboo is well rooted in the ground, the shoots will be significantly larger than previous canes, usually gaining 3-5 feet of height each year.
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After nearly a month of rainy weather, the shoots have only grown about 12 inches, but the are impressive diameter. This is about the last chance to harvest edible shoots before they get too large and fibrous.
A couple days of warm weather has boosted the shoot growth rate slightly. It looks like we will have a good year for Moso shoots.
Generally warmer weather, growth rate increases to about 6 inches per day. Culm sheaths are peeling away near the base to reveal green canes. Young Moso canes are covered with a velvet-soft layer of microscopic hairs to protect itself from pests.
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Now fully extended and entering early summer, the new shoots to 30 feet in height begin unfolding their branches and unfurling their leaves.
Taking the care to plant correctly is very important for optimal growth and health. Use garden compost or manure to work into the soil around your new bamboo planting as you are digging the hole for the initial planting. Work the new compost into the bottom of the hole to increase
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