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Guide To Caring For Bamboo

Water & Fertilizer

I usually fill my bamboo's pot to the top. And come back in 2 days and refill.  I use Green Green
bamboo fertilizer. If you don't find it at your local store, you can buy it online. 

Location, Location, Location!

Here are hints are where to keep your lucky bamboo.


Temps:     Bamboo can't survive the heat, up to 80 degrees, but It can survive -0 degrees.
Light Amount: Don’t keep it near a lamp, it is like sticking your bamboo out in the heat. (I keep my bamboo, in an area that doesn’t get to much light)
Bamboo does very well in a cold, chilly place. It does very well, next to a window, when it is cold out. But I don't keep it next to lamps, under a floor lamp, on a desk would be fine, (that is where I kept it when it was hot out) I never subject my bamboo to the hot outdoors.

Even shady warm places are good for bamboos. You must keep it inside. And yes, bamboo is outside in China, but It is cold, misty, and doesn't to much light there, in the bamboo forests.

Bamboo Mites- When you are picking out bamboo plants, don’t get the ones with bamboo mites, (you can easily tell if it has bamboo mites, yellowish spots is the symptoms of bamboo mites)
Pet Safety:

The safety of your pets is most important when owning bamboo. I have my bamboo on my desk, up high where my cats can't drink the water mixed with fertilizer. I have a big bamboo, which I do not put fertilizer in, because my cats drink the water all the time. 

Enjoy your bamboo!