β’1.Β CleanΒ theΒ growingΒ container.Β CleanΒ theΒ containerΒ everyΒ fewΒ monthsΒ andΒ provideΒ freshΒ waterΒ onceΒ aΒ weekΒ toΒ preventΒ algaeΒ fromΒ forming.
β’2.Β GiveΒ itΒ plentyΒ ofΒ light.Β LuckyΒ bambooΒ makesΒ aΒ greatΒ indoorΒ plantΒ becauseΒ itΒ canΒ tolerateΒ lightΒ shadeΒ andΒ indirectΒ sunlight.Β However,Β yourΒ bambooΒ willΒ growΒ largerΒ whenΒ exposedΒ toΒ brightΒ light.Β ThisΒ doesnβtΒ meanΒ youΒ shouldΒ putΒ yourΒ plantΒ inΒ full,Β directΒ sunlight,Β butΒ keepingΒ itΒ inΒ aΒ brightΒ roomΒ canΒ increaseΒ itsΒ longevity.
β’3.Β FilterΒ yourΒ water.Β LuckyΒ bambooΒ canΒ beΒ grownΒ inΒ soilΒ orΒ water.Β IfΒ youβreΒ growingΒ theΒ plantΒ inΒ water,Β filteredΒ orΒ distilledΒ waterΒ isΒ yourΒ bestΒ optionΒ forΒ keepingΒ yourΒ bambooβsΒ rootsΒ moistΒ andΒ healthy.Β (TapΒ waterΒ mayΒ containΒ chemicalsΒ thatΒ canΒ burnΒ itsΒ stalks).Β AlwaysΒ useΒ cleanΒ waterΒ toΒ refreshΒ yourΒ plant.
β’4.Β ChooseΒ theΒ rightΒ container.Β WhenΒ youΒ buyΒ orΒ receiveΒ aΒ luckyΒ bambooΒ plant,Β itΒ usuallyΒ comesΒ inΒ itsΒ ownΒ container,Β oftenΒ onΒ topΒ ofΒ pebblesΒ orΒ beads.Β IfΒ yourΒ bambooΒ outgrowsΒ itsΒ originalΒ container,Β youΒ mayΒ needΒ toΒ transferΒ itΒ intoΒ anotherΒ containerΒ thatΒ canΒ sustainΒ it.Β GentlyΒ digΒ upΒ theΒ bambooΒ plant,Β washingΒ theΒ pebblesΒ beforeΒ transferringΒ overΒ toΒ theΒ newΒ pot.Β AddΒ theΒ bambooΒ plant,Β carefullyΒ reburyingΒ theΒ rootsΒ beneathΒ theΒ pebblesΒ toΒ ensureΒ theyβreΒ completelyΒ covered.Β KeepΒ theΒ waterΒ levelΒ highΒ enoughΒ toΒ coverΒ theΒ roots,Β butΒ notΒ soΒ highΒ thatΒ itΒ wetsΒ theΒ bambooΒ stalks.
β’5.Β HaveΒ properΒ drainage.Β IfΒ yourΒ luckyΒ bambooΒ isΒ growingΒ inΒ soil,Β makeΒ sureΒ itsΒ containerΒ hasΒ goodΒ drainage.Β LuckyΒ bambooΒ prefersΒ moistΒ soil,Β butΒ addingΒ tooΒ muchΒ waterΒ toΒ theΒ soilΒ canΒ negativelyΒ impactΒ theΒ plantβsΒ growth.Β WaterΒ theΒ soilΒ whenΒ theΒ topΒ inchΒ ofΒ theΒ soilΒ isΒ dry.