How to care for a lucky bamboo without rotting its roots
An introduction to green plants and flowers about how to care for a lucky bamboo without rotting its roots and detailed techniques for maintaining the plant, the site editor will introduce to netizens next.
Lucky bamboo is an ornamental leaf plant that many families have, it not only has a very good meaning of attracting wealth, but also has beautiful branches and leaves, is green and vibrant all year round, and is very suitable for beautifying the home environment.
Although lucky bamboo is very popular, many gardening enthusiasts do not understand its growth habits, resulting in frequent occurrences of root rot, yellow leaves, and leaf drop during maintenance. In fact, lucky bamboo has "two likes and two fears", and as long as you master the maintenance skills, you can avoid root rot and yellow leaves, allowing the plant to grow with lush branches and leaves.
Loves loose and breathable soil
To care for lucky bamboo well, the choice of potting soil is crucial because the root system of this plant is not well-developed. Even a robust lucky bamboo has only a small number of fibrous roots. If clayey potting soil is used, the potting mix can easily become compacted after a period of time, which is very poor in water and air permeability, not conducive to the growth of the plant's roots, and the root absorption capacity in such soil is also poor, resulting in the plant not growing vigorously.
When potting lucky bamboo, it is necessary to prepare loose and breathable potting soil in advance. You can use more decomposed leaf soil and add a small amount of garden soil. You can also add some decomposed peanut shells, coal slag granules, etc., to the potting soil to increase the soil's permeability, which is more conducive to the plant's root growth, making the roots sturdy and the branches and leaves naturally grow vigorously.
Loves thin and frequent fertilization
Feeding lucky bamboo more is not necessarily better. Many gardening enthusiasts see that their lucky bamboo is not growing vigorously, so they frequently fertilize it or apply a thick fertilizer all at once, which can easily burn the plant's roots.
The delicate roots of lucky bamboo have limited absorption capacity for water and nutrients. Feeding it too much thick fertilizer at once, the plant cannot absorb and utilize it all, and it stays in the potting soil, easily burning the roots. Once the roots are damaged, they will slowly rot, and the leaves above will start to turn yellow and fall off.
Lucky bamboo does not like too much water and fertilizer. Fertilization should be "thin and frequent". In winter when the temperature is low, there is no need to fertilize. Only during the plant's growing period, apply some thin fertilizer water. If you have a general-purpose plant nutrient solution at home, applying it once or twice a month can meet the plant's growth needs. If there is no nutrient solution, you can apply some thin compound fertilizer every month to promote the plant's vigorous growth.
How to care for lucky bamboo without rotting its roots
AFraid of frequent watering
In fact, the most crucial aspect of caring for lucky bamboo is to properly master watering. Many occurrences of root rot, yellowing leaves, and leaf drop during maintenance are caused by frequent watering. Lucky bamboo is a plant that is very afraid of waterlogging. Although it can be grown hydroponically, hydroponics is different from soil cultivation. If the potting soil is too moist, the oxygen inside will be squeezed out, the roots cannot breathe normally, and over time, root rot and yellowing leaves will occur.
This is also why loose and breathable potting soil is used. A good soil permeability allows excess water to be easily drained out of the pot after each watering, preventing waterlogging and thus avoiding root rot.
Do not water the lucky bamboo too frequently. Wait until the potting soil is completely dry or 80% dry before watering it thoroughly. Implementing the "dry-wet alternating" method can keep the lucky bamboo healthy.
AFraid of strong sunlight
Lucky bamboo is a shade-tolerant plant that is afraid of strong sunlight, especially during summer maintenance. Be sure not to place it in a direct sunlight environment, as it can easily sunburn the branches and leaves, causing the plant to wilt.
For lucky bamboo potted plants that are kept indoors long-term and do not receive sunlight, except for summer, they can also be placed in a location with diffused light during other seasons, allowing them to receive some diffused light, enhancing their photosynthesis, and making the plant grow stronger with darker and more lustrous leaves.
The above-sharing on how to care for lucky bamboo without rotting its roots and detailed techniques for maintaining the plant are for everyone's reference and operation.