I usually kill every plant I buy. I just bought a lucky bamboo, {dracaena} help me not kill it also?

The plant is in a ceramic pot filled with tiny rocks. Should I fill it with water or just barely damp the stones????HELP

I usually kill every plant I buy. I just bought a lucky bamboo, {dracaena} help me not kill it also?
Draceana plant is very hardy. If your lucky bamboo is in a pot without drainage hole, just make sure that there is enough water in the pot. If the pot has a hole, take your pot in the sink and water until soaking wet, let it stop dripping, then take it back to where you have it located. Do this at least once a week, more often during summer, less often during winter.


For better Feng Shui, Lucky Bamboo will improve the flow of Chi. Place the plant on the East side of the house, and/or the left back corner of the office, cubicle, or living room when facing from the door. It should be in a bright area, but not in direct sunlight. Enjoy your plant and good luck.
Reply:If it is indeed a bamboo, then put water almost to the top of the stones. Be sure that it gets plenty of light, but NOT direct sunlight. Give it a bit of fertilizer from time to time; use quarter-strength fertilizer that mixes with water. Do not try to use fertilizer stakes - they will dissolve and kill the plant.
Reply:Just damp it regularly, don't over water. Good luck, lets hope the 'lucky' bamboo lives up to its name.
Reply:Hi, I think the main thing is NOT to overwater it. I had a beautiful bamboo that rotted and died because I, unfortunately overwatered it. I was really bumbed about it. Good luck with yours !
Reply:barely damp the stones will do. they don't require much care. you can just water it once a week. i had one before but i forgot to remove it from the house when i tent up the house for termite and the Terminix poison killed all my plants. :(
Reply:Well, my friend bought one for each of us. Both plants died. I am usually good with plants. Despite what "oriolesr" with the degree in horticulture says, we killed them. THEN someone told her not to water them with tap water. ALWAYS use distilled water. She did and without fertilizer her plant is twice as big as when she bought it and growing like a weed.
Reply:put it in the bathroom, the steam from showers will help it grow... also i fill mine with water till the top of the stones
Reply:kill it
Reply:Fill up the ceramic pot with water and don't put any more.let the water evaporate. Water it after three days depending on how fast the water evaporates. Make sure the bamboo gets natural light, but not to much.





PS: Place a dollar under the ceramic pot, the more the bamboo grows so will your luck and most likely your income, believe me it works and my lucky bamboo keeps growing, so is my luck.





Good Luck
Reply:Bamboo is very easy to keep alive. yes all you need is to keep the bottom filled with water. Change the water every so often.. like twice a month. I had a small plant that lasted 3 years. You dont need any fertilizer or anything just plain tap water