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myLot reputation of 47/100. redrose12 (3117)   ranked 3 out of 16 in house3 years ago

I was given a Lucky Bamboo house plant which was not so lucky for the plant because my fingers are far from green.

I watered it from the tap and the leaves have gone yellow I now know that I should not have used tap water and I have replaced the tap water with bottled water but was I too late?

When the leaves have started to turn yellow - is there any chance of the plant living?

Also, should I pull off the yellow leaves or cut off the shoots with the yellow leaves?

Any help would be appreciated.

 
 
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tags:  bamboo, plants, house plants, caring for house plants, lucky bamboo
 
1. myLot reputation of 93/100. 66jerseygirl (1965)   3 years ago

Make sure you take the yellow leaves off.A big mistake was watering it with tap water.I was told when I mine that lucky baboos should be watered with bottled distilled water.tap water is bad for a lot of plants because of all the chemicals in it. some plants can handle them and some can't. I have seen a report that you should have a filter for your faucet so the chemicals won't harm the plant.I also got a tip from an expert gardner.If you dont have a filter you can go to the tropical fish store and buy instant water conditioner .It works very well.If you use water conditioner make sure you just get the conditioner and not the kind that has stuff for slime coating.just soemthing to dissolve the chemicals

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2. myLot reputation of 97/100. kiiizu (1479)   3 years ago

I found a good site about lucky bamboo - http://www.chiff.com/a/lucky-bamboo.htm, and it links to other sites too. I needed it myself also, the tips of the leaves of my plant are going yellow also and dry out. I guess it is getting too much direct sun light...

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