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- How to Maintain Your Lucky Bamboo - Tips and Tricks
- The ideal location for Lucky Bamboo
- Plant the lucky bamboo
- Water and fertilize the lucky bamboo
- Get the lucky bamboo in shape
- To increase the lucky bamboo
- The care of the lucky bamboo in a nutshell:
- Tips
The lucky bamboo needs very little care
How to Maintain Your Lucky Bamboo - Tips and Tricks
The lucky bamboo or lucky bamboo is extremely easy to care for. However, he has nothing to do with "real" bamboo, because he belongs to the genus of the dragon trees and is usually a Dracaena braunii or Dracaena sanderiana.
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Although the lucky bamboo likes to stand sunny, he does not tolerate the blazing sun for many hours. If he gets a lot of light, then he grows quite fast. So do not give it too shady place in your apartment. In addition, the lucky bamboo needs a lot of heat and high humidity to grow well and stay healthy.
Ideally, the Lucky Bamboo is therefore in the bathroom or in the kitchen. The room temperature should be at least about 20 ° C. In a warm summer he also likes to stand in the garden or on the balcony. However, temperatures should not fall below 18 ° C even at night. At temperatures below 17 - 18 ° C it stops its growth.
Plant the lucky bamboo
The lucky bamboo can be kept well in hydroponics or in a vase, but also plant in soil. Just decide on your preferences. The change from a vase in hydroponic culture or vice versa, as well as from vase or hydroponics to potting soil usually works without any problems.
If you have bought a lucky bamboo planted in soil, then you should continue cultivating it in soil. When transposing, make sure that the roots are as deep in water, substrate or soil as they were before changing the vessel. Water and potting soil should be as low in calcium as possible.
Water and fertilize the lucky bamboo
Lots of water does not need the lucky bamboo, but the water level in the vase should not fall too much. It is best to pour with stale water or rainwater. Kalkhaltiges tap water does not get your lucky bamboo good. In the vase or hydroponics you should also fertilize the Lucky Bamboo regularly. If, on the other hand, he grows in soil, he needs only little fertilizer.
Get the lucky bamboo in shape
Sometimes you will find in the trade very bizarre shaped lucky bamboo. The individual stems are intertwined or grow in curves and arches. With a little patience, you can do it yourself. You can weave or wrap around young, rather soft shoots. Fixed with a wire this form is preserved.
To increase the lucky bamboo
The propagation of Lucky Bamboo is very easy. You can divide the stem into several pieces and rooted or cut cuttings and put them in water. Use the best side shoots for this.
The care of the lucky bamboo in a nutshell:
Tips
Bright, warm and with high humidity, the lucky bamboo feels really well.