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| A while back I did a light leaf wet fingers washing on a lucky bamboo in a sence to remove the dust I do this step monthly need it or not. While doing this last time piece fell out with with ease. It has three small sized leaves 2 1/2 inches long and about 3 inches of cane or stem about 1/4" round almost white in coloring down to the base.
I placed the fallen part into a small vase of water no slicing or cutting of any type and it is still alive and seems to be doing very well after a month staying as white as it was when placed. If I keep it the way it is and do what I must will this small piece root ? The parent bamboo is over four years old and it has only had one spell of yellowing leaves in the first year ( six leaves ) we got it and it did seem to want to recover from that on the next yr as of current it looks real good even with the missing piece.
Parent plant stats:
With this in mind am I doing good or can I do something better ? If you reccomend fertting I insist on only organic methods any non organics need not even be mentioned I just wont buy em. Thank you for understanding.
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- Posted by evonnestoryteller 5-6 (My Page) on Sat, Oct 31, 09 at 16:30
| Are you using store bought filtered water or is your home water that you are using filtered through some system? If filtered by you or a household installation, what are you using as a water filter? I am concerned about salts that some filters use. It may not be a factor since most of the plant is doing well, but salts can cause some of the whitening. It may be that the small piece that broke off simply suffered some sort of trauma that was not immediately noticeable and eventually weakened and fell off. If it is showing signs of life, I would just leave it and give it the opportunity to root. |
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