How to care for your Lucky Bamboo
Use these instructions to care for a Lucky Bamboo. This guide will tell you how to water a Lucky Bamboo; its light, temperature, humidity preferences and any additional care it might need to help it grow.
Lucky Bamboo
Your Lucky Bamboo loves to bask in bright indirect or filtered sunlight but can survive in low-light situations. Pale bleached leaves usually indicate the plant is getting too much light. Slow growth and small new leaves indicate it is not getting enough light.
Since your Lucky Bamboo would be happy sitting in a pot of pebbles with water covering its roots. You can add water every couple of days, but remember to change the water weekly to avoid odor and disease. If you’re growing your Lucky Bamboo in potting soil, water your plant once a week until the soil is moist but not soggy. Another important tip is to use bottled or distilled water since the plant is sensitive to the chlorine found in tap water.
Your Lucky Bamboo thrives in average household humidity levels. So you don’t have to take extra steps to add moisture to the air.
Your Lucky Bamboo is perfectly content in warm temperatures that range between 65-95° F. Remember to keep your plant away from vents and drafts.
Your Lucky Bamboo is not a hefty eater. You can fertilize once in the early spring with a plant food high in nitrogen. All it takes is one drop if you’re using a liquid formula.
Your Lucky Bamboo is toxic to pets and humans. Typically, ingestion will cause mouth and stomach irritation with possible vomiting.
You can propagate your lucky bamboo by taking healthy stem cuttings at any point during the year. If you find the tips of your Lucky Bamboo’s leaves begin to turn brown, it may be caused by chemicals in your tap water. Use filtered water, rainwater, or leave tap water in an open container overnight before watering to allow some of the chemicals to evaporate.
