Did you have the rocks before or after you brought he new lucky bamboo stalk home? If you added them after you got the new stalk, you will need to clan the rocks and the container. They may have something the lucky bamboo doesn’t like. Be sure to fill the container with distilled water before you place the lucky bamboo back in the container.

Now the only way to save the older piece of lucky bamboo is to re-root it. Start by cutting off the yellow part of the stalk. You should now be left with a healthy piece of lucky bamboo. Dip the stalk in rooting hormone (you can find it at your local nursery & garden center) and let it dry overnight. Now place the stalk in the container with the distilled water. In a couple of weeks new roots should form. Don’t fertilize for a couple of months. Please keep me posted.

Chances are the damage occurred before you got it. Do this Change your water one more time and clean the container. Place the Lucky bamboo about six feet away from the window if the blind is open about 1 foot if the blind is closed. As long as you heat and cool the room the sir quailty should be ok. However the humidity wont be sufficient for the lucky bamboo. Mist the air in the room around the lucky bamboo every three days. Don’t do anything else to the lucky bamboo for at least two weeks — this means don’t move it; don’t change the water; don’t fertilize it. ghe only thing you need to do during this time period is mist it or add water if needed. The yellow should stop spreading in about a week. Good Luck.

Unfortunately, our cat loves to eat bamboo, so we have to keep the plant in our den with the door closed so the cat can’t get in. We rarely use this room, and lately I am noticing some of the bamboo leaves are turning light green/yellowish. I use only distilled water. I have also tried moving the plant various distances from the window to see if the light was affecting it, but the leaves still seem to be getting yellow.

I am wondering if being in a closed-off room is affecting the plant? I know plants need carbon dioxide, so is it possible that the bamboo is not getting enough fresh CO2 circulation? Would that cause yellowing of the leaves?

I would appreciate your feedback. This plant has a lot of sentimental value and I don’t want to lose it! Thanks!

You can start new plants from your stalk. First have you removed the lucky bamboo from the window and changed the water? If not this will need to be done. You can try to create new plants from both the top and the stem.

Just follow these directions.

New Lucky Bamboo can be created through vegetative propagation. Begin by finding a node - the raised rings that grow around the stalk - make a cut about an inch above the node. You will now have a top and a bottom. Leave the bottom in the original container. The bottom will have no leaves and after a few days will need to be lightly misted every few days to encourage new growth. The tops will have all of the leaves. Take the top and dip the cut end in rooting hormone. Let it dry overnight before placing the top in the original container or a new container.

Just remember that you will need to cut only healthy tissue and remove any bad sections.

Lucky bamboo is sensitive to salts, chlorine and fluoride. Your bottled water can contain salts and fluoride so you might want to use distilled bottled water instead. However, I doubt that water is the problem since you have your other Lucky bamboo for 6 months without any problems. It is my thought that the lucky bamboo was over fertilized before you got it. I would take the lucky bamboo with the yellow stalk and the green leaves and cut the yellow stalk off and root the top of the lucky bamboo. You can create curly lucky bamboo with your straight stalks or by manipulating the piece you cut off the top of the yellow stem. Keep me posted. Oh and always clean you containers and change the water when your lucky bamboo has decay issues.

The lucky bamboo stalk usually turn yellow and die because of a fertilizer issue and sometimes as a result of fungal or insect damage. I don’t quite understand the advise you got about inserting small holes into the stalk. This is not a good idea. How long did you have the lucky bamboo before it started turning yellow? I suspect that the bamboo was given too much fertilizer prior to you purchasing it. Unfortunately once fertilizer damage occurs there is little you can do. Try changing the water replacing it with distilled water. Take the stems that are yellow and cut the green tops off and start new plants. Read Caring for Lucky Bamboo, it will have propagation instruction at the bottom of the page. The yellow stalks are not infecting each per say. But they may have all been exposed to too much fertilizer. Please keep me posted and let me know if you need further advise.