Yellow and brown spots? - Lucky bamboo

[Phenomsmom]

I have had my lucky bamboo going on 2 years now. I have started noticing that htere are some brown and yellow spots forming at the base of the leaves around the stalk. What could this be?:confused: Any help is very much appreciated!! Thanks!!

[Mark Meckes]

Hi Phenomsmom, lucky bamboo is not a bamboo, so I'm pretty clueless about this plant.
But others have also posted assuming this is a bamboo.
Type lucky bamboo in the search box and you will find these posts.
I guess we should create a subforum for this plant.

Even though it's not bamboo, maybe others like yourself may have an opportunity to learn more about the real thing. :)

Regarding brown spots on leaves, I will guess on several things
Weakening of the plant caused by
- nutrient deficiency
- chlorine/flouride in tap water
Some cities are changing to chloramine which doesn't dissipate from the water and can be toxic to sensitive plants.

Mark

[Phenomsmom]

Regarding brown spots on leaves, I will guess on several things
Weakening of the plant caused by
- nutrient deficiency
- chlorine/flouride in tap water
Some cities are changing to chloramine which doesn't dissipate from the water and can be toxic to sensitive plants.

Mark

Thanks for the reply Mark. I did know that lucky bamboo isn't actually bamboo but I thought someone he could help! :)

I know it isn't from water because I use bottled water to water it. I will try putting a little fertilizer in the water and see if that help clear the problem up.

Thanks again for the help!!

[Mark Meckes]

No probs and glad to help. I bet there's quite a few bamboo freaks who also have a lucky bamboo in their collection. ;) I did a few years ago but I think it was either lack of humidity during Texas' hot dry summers - I didn't spray it often enough - that led to it's demise, or neglection on a cold window sill during the winter months.

I also had another experience using generic bottled water on some other sensitive plants and they croaked. I found that not all bottled water is 'pure' and had better luck using distilled bottled water.

Mark