How To Grow Lucky Bamboo
Lucky Bamboo’s a fascinating houseplant that grows in water. It’s great for novice gardeners and those looking for a novelty plant. Here you’ll find Lucky Bamboo care tips.
Are you a beginning houseplant gardener? Here’s a great one to get started with. It’s easy as pie to keep looking good and sure to become a topic of conversation as you’re busy showing it off.
Chinese coins decorating a spiral Lucky Bamboo at LeeLee International Supermarket here in Tucson. The tie or ribbon colors have meaning in Feng Shui. Green symbolizes renewal & fresh energy.
How To Keep Lucky Bamboo Alive (lucky Bamboo Care)
First off, a Lucky Bamboo plant isn’t actually a true bamboo. The canes, stalks, or stems (whatever you prefer to call them) resemble the canes of a bamboo plant and that’s the origin of “bamboo” in its common name. It’s a member of the Dracaena family along with popular houseplants like Dracaena Lisa, Dracaena massangeana, Dracaena marginata, and Dracaena reflexa.
Lucky Bamboo has been a part of Chinese culture for thousands of years but has really skyrocketed into popularity in the past twenty years. It’s known to bring good energy into your home. You can find it in many different shapes, forms, and arrangements from a single stalk to an arrangement with multiple twisted stalks.
They’re often sold in Asian and international markets so if you have one in your town or city, check there. Or, if you live in an urban area, Chinatown is a good place to find one. I’ll list a number of online sources towards the end in case you’re interested in purchasing one.
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The number of stalks has different meanings as do the various forms like a trellis, tree, spiral, etc. This is something I don’t know a lot about. I do know that you should avoid an arrangement using four stems. It’s bad luck in Chinese culture and who needs that?
Three stems is a favorite number and a good one to start with because it represents happiness, long life, and wealth. Yes, please! Lucky Bamboo is known to increase feng shui, which is a whole other topic I’m not well versed in either but find very interesting.
Here I am leaning on the counter at Lee Lee International Supermarket in Tucson to provide some scale on how tall Lucky Bamboo can get. Their stock plants grow in artificial lighting so growth is thin & leggy.
The Benefits & Care Tips Of Lucky Bamboo House Plant (dracaena Sanderiana)
This fascinating and very popular houseplant grows in water, and I want to give you a few Lucky Bamboo care tips to make sure yours stays as healthy as can be.
Lucky Bamboo does great in bright light. It’ll tolerate lower light levels indoors just fine but it won’t grow much. If yours isn’t getting
Be sure to avoid putting it in a location with the direct, hot sun (such as in a south or west window) as it’ll burn.
Lucky Bamboo Plant Care
Right now one of mine sits on a north window sill but I’ll need to move it as the weather heats up because the glass gets hot here in the Arizona desert when those summer days roll around.
The taller arrangement grows in my guest room. The exposure is east/south and a larger window gives it a good amount of bright natural light with indirect sunlight all day. It sits about 12″ away from those windows.
You may need to rotate yours from time to time so it gets light on all sides. I often do this when I’m changing the water.
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There is a bit of mixed opinion regarding this in terms of clean water. Some people never change the water, some change it frequently, and others every now and then.
I fall into the “every now and then” category as I change the water about every six-eight weeks. If the water is smelling bad, then change it to fresh water!
In terms of water level, I make sure the water completely covers the roots in both of my arrangements. I keep the water level just above the roots and not too far up on the stems. I add a bit of water as needed, every two-seven days depending on the temperatures and how much it’s evaporating out.
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Lucky Bamboo is sensitive to minerals, including chlorine, in the water. If your tap water is hard and it contains a lot of minerals, then you’ll need to use bottled water like purified or distilled water. Rain water and spring water are great so if you have access to either, that’s a good way to go.
Here in Tucson, the water is hard. I used purified water before I got this tankless R/O system installed in my new home. It has a re-mineralization cartridge that puts the good minerals back in. This is what I use to water all of my indoor plants.
All Dracaenas are prone to tipping so if your leaves of yours are starting to show a lot of small brown tips or you see a build of white in the vase or dish, don’t use tap water.
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Are you new to or having issues growing a Lucky Bamboo plant? Here are 24 Things To Know About Caring For & Growing Lucky Bamboo.
This might be a good starter size if you’re new to Lucky Bamboo. It’s cheaper & can really tuck in anywhere. We saw these at Lee Lee Market & later in the day, I saw some this size for sale at Lowe’s.
If your Lucky Bamboo arrangement is growing in a low dish or bowl, then make sure it has at least 1″ of space all the way around so the roots can spread out a bit.
Growing Lucky Bamboo Plant
My shorter Lucky Bamboo has been growing in that low white dish for six years now. It’s going to need a larger vessel soon as the roots are starting to get crowded. I have to add water to the dish every few days now because it drys out fast here in the desert. Another reason to get a new container!
The taller spiral stem arrangement is in a glass vase proportionate to its height. I keep about 3″ of water in the vase, just enough to make sure the roots are fully submerged. You don’t want to keep the vase full of water because the stems (canes) could rot out.
Is one of the fertilizers specially formulated for this plant growing in water. Lucky Bamboo doesn’t need too much fertilizer but if you change the water out, it’s a good idea to use this food 3-6 times a year to ensure a healthy plant.
Dracaena Sanderiana (chinese Water Bamboo, Friendship Bamboo, Lucky Bamboo, Ribbon Plant, Water Bamboo)
I change out the water on my Lucky Bamboo about every two months or so. I use Super Green or this other Lucky Bamboo fertilizer every time I do the switch.
Just be sure to not use more than the recommended amount of food or use it too often. Too much fertilizing can cause the stalks to yellow.
I saw this beautiful arrangement in a garden center near Pasadena (I can’t remember the name but it might be San Gabriel Nursery). The assortment of Lucky Bamboo arrangements here was impressive!
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Lucky Bamboo is native to tropical rainforests. If it’s been in your home for a while and you’re seeing brown leaf tips, one of the causes is the dry air that our homes often have.
Lucky Bamboo prefers warm temperatures but adapts fine in our homes. As I say about other houseplants, if it’s comfortable for you, it’ll be so for them also. It’s best to keep it out of any drafts and away from heating and cooling vents.
Mine have never gotten any – so far so good but that could change. Like all dracaenas, Lucky Bamboo is subject to an infestation of spider mites, especially in the fall and/or winter when the heat comes on.
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My friend got spider mites on her Lucky Bamboo which prompted me to write a post on this subject. This will give you more info: Lucky Bamboo and Spider Mites.
I hadn’t pruned or trimmed my Lucky Bamboo up until last year. The foliage growth on my spiral arrangement was getting very spindly and I didn’t like the look. They were both a lot happier when I lived seven blocks from the ocean in Santa Barbara.
Lucky Bamboo loves high humidity and mine aren’t thriving in the desert where I now live. After the pruning, new shoots started to appear at the top of the stems or canes. This is how dracaenas grow when you cut them back.
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An occasional lower leaf turning brown or yellow isn’t a concern. Just take them off. If your plant has lots of dead leaves or brown leaves, then you have an issue. This could be due to minerals in the tap water or too much direct sun.
Mine get an occasional yellow leaf every year. If yours is getting quite a few of them, it could be that it’s getting too much sun, poor water quality, or fertilizing too much or too often.
Here’s my new little Lucky Bamboo plant growing in soil. I’ve always grown it in water, so when I saw this at Green Things Nursery, I thought I’d give it a go. After I’ve grown it for a year
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