"HumanJHawkins" <JHawkins@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:1175618702.844452.62370@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi Julia,
>
> Sorry to hear about your plant... It's a goner. Apparently (and I have
> no idea if this is just an internet myth), it is also potentially a
> health hazard... Several places that talk about dracenia advise to get
> rid of it at once if it starts to rot, which is what you describe.
>
> Anyway, there is a wikihow article on lucky bamboo that has a lot of
> info on taking care of it. My guess is that the chlorine is not at all
> good for it... If you get another one, you might have to find a source
> of non-chlorinated water for it.
>
> http://www.wikihow.com/Take-Care-of-Lucky-Bamboo
>
> Cheers!
>
> On Apr 2, 5:45 am, "Julia Royce" <juli...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> My 7year old daughter was given a lucky bamboo some 4.5 years ago
>> which has
>> lived quite happily, in a demi-john with a couple of inches of water
>> in the
>> bottom, until quite recently. In the last year the stem has gone
>> brown and
>> woody, with some parts rather blackened and wrinkled and one bit has
>> mould
>> growing on it. The leaves are brown and dry. We moved about 18m ago,
>> and
>> now live in an area where the water is heavily chlorinated - I don't
>> know if
>> that has anything to do with it.
>>
>> There are two parts - at the bottom with the roots and at the top -
>> which
>> are still green. Can I save it? How?
>>
>> Thank you very much.
>
>
Why not pot it up?
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