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Newbie LB question

19 years ago

I got my very first lucky bamboo (although I've had plants for several months now). It came from a nursery in CA with only one stem in the curled fashion w/2 other straight stems. It is in a planter with the top part gravel glued together, to keep the stems in the center maybe. My worry is: how do I know how to check the water? I'm thinking to break that barrier. Anyone ever had one of these in this kind of planter?

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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
19 years ago
Yes, you should get rid of that stuff.
loni_in_eek
Original Author
19 years ago
Thanks for a response and I apologize for my late reply. I did break that barrier and it was to find even more gravel AND white gooey stinky stuff coating the roots. I cut off most of the yellow stalk and am currently rooting all three in water. What do you suppose the white stuff was? Some kind of rooting hormone?
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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
19 years ago
No telling.

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