Professur said:Yup. Fucking crap is supposed to grow fast. I'm still waiting on my first fishing rod.
greenfreak said:Most bamboo are extremely invasive plants and if given time, will destroy everything in it's path. SNP, if the clump is still small, he should yank it. They don't look very nice once they start taking over either. The only way to keep it contained is to surround the root ball in cement. That stuff is almost indestructable.
Nixy, my boyfriend's parents have one bamboo stalk that is years old and about 5 feet tall, in water. If you pot the "lucky bamboo" in dirt, it will grow faster. But only in water will keep it under control and you won't see much growth.
Water changes are a pain in those kinds of containers though. The rocks will get scummy after a while and you'll have to rinse them. I have an extra spaghetti strainer for just that purpose.
Inkara1 said:...and you have to top off the water pretty much every day.
greenfreak said:Most bamboo are extremely invasive plants and if given time, will destroy everything in it's path. SNP, if the clump is still small, he should yank it. They don't look very nice once they start taking over either. The only way to keep it contained is to surround the root ball in cement. That stuff is almost indestructable.
Spot said:we've got 2 bamboo plants. a small one on the kitchen window sill and a big clump of em on the coffee table.
one of the few plants that we didnt kill in the first month
tonksy said:i've been wanting to pick up some bamboo for the bedroom. it seems to dark for much of anything to grow in there. i regret not buying some in montreal's chinatown because the price was terrific.