What do I feed this bamboo type-looking houseplant?
I got a big bunch of flowers for my girlfriend and in it was a sturdy, bamboo looking plant which the florist said will grow roots and can be kept in a vase of just water.
I’m sure she said to feed it too but I didn’t listen.
anyway it really is growing but after a few weeks is looking like it’s slowing down and is a bit jaded.
As I don’t know what type of plant it is I don’t know what type of feed to give it…if I give it Nitrogen rich and it’s not what it wants..it could die right? same for potassium…Hmm
I’m no expert but those are the two types of feed I am good with.
I just don’t know anything about this plant.
It is a bright green curly, spirally stick with a bamboo like texture. About a half an inch thick with some little shoots at the top with slender leaves pointing upward.
If you can identify it I will be HAPPY!
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It is best to feed with a high-nitrogen, low potash fertilizer, i.e. water-soluble 30-10-10, although really most any balanced N-P-K fertilizer solution will do. Slow-release fertilizers like Osmocote 28-14-14 or Sierra 17-6-10 Plus Minors can be mixed into the soil for a complete feeding, as per manufacturers directions.
Here is a website to help you care for it:
http://www.americanbamboo.org/GeneralInfoPages/GrowingBambooIndoors.html
You might try feeding it Pandas,,,LOL, GET IT,,,smiles, but that could become very costly.
Rev. Steven
supposedly those water bamboo plants only need water. at least thats is what i have been told.
The plant commonly sold as "lucky bamboo" is in fact not bamboo at all. It is actually a type of dracaena. The species name is Dracaena sanderana. As far as fertilizer, any ordinary houseplant fertilizer would be fine.