how much of it has to be out of the water? i used to ahve bamboo and only the top 1 inch or so was out of water and lived for a long time until i forgot to water it
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Remember this is a terrestrial plant, so the less that is underwater, the better, but then again, this is one of those plants that is "hit and miss" - Try it, if it works, great, if not, it was predicted to happen. Have fun with it!
Remember this is a terrestrial plant, so the less that is underwater, the better, but then again, this is one of those plants that is "hit and miss" - Try it, if it works, great, if not, it was predicted to happen. Have fun with it!
Like you said; these "lucky bamboo" are very tough plants, and can take a lot of punishment. In one of the posts with pics i think on the planted tank sections i remember seeing them completely submerged and the aquarist said they thrived completely submerged and actually grew out of the water. The ones i have, the big ones are about two inches below water, while the little ones that grew out of the large mass are about half out.santoury;921011; said:
Hope it helps.
I have a few of those in my tank. Mine have survived two years and are thriving, in fact they have grown in size. They are compleatly submerged and the roots are burried in the gravel.
As i understand it there are a few different types of "lucky bamboo", some of them die quickly fully submerged, others last for a while, and a few quite quite happy to spend many years underwater.
I don't, however, have any idea which are which.
I don't, however, have any idea which are which.
There is only one type - Dracaena sanderiana - which is a Dracaena, not a bamboo at all. There do, however, seem to be a difference in how well they do "in water" - but that is to be expected, as they are not in fact even marginal aquatic plants. I believe it has more to do with the growing conditions of the parent plants, and might even have a little wax put on some of them? It is very "hit and miss" - If you "hit it just right" by luck, great, otherwise they just die and rot.
im going to chinatown on tuesday, gona pick some up and do some tests. i will keep like half always under water and take the other half out every month for a day or 2 and put them back it see if that does anything
Wangster
Taking it out of water for a day or two will kill it, as the roots need to remain moist. But - it would be a cool experiment nonetheless.
Taking it out of water for a day or two will kill it, as the roots need to remain moist. But - it would be a cool experiment nonetheless.
