lucky bamboo
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Pros
- i have two fly traps, a nepenthes, pothos, lucky bamboo but they're pretty low maintenance.
- got mine 2 weeks ago also from Ikea - £2 each. Seems like this is an Ikea staple..
- I absolutely love these!
- It’s beautiful!!!!😍 I love lucky bamboo!
- I bought this a year and half ago and it had 2 tiny leaves when I moved into my new house after a breakup. Best 1.50 I’ve ever spent. I think it’s brought me lots of luck
Cons
- Parent context: How? Reply: "Lucky bamboo" is not actually bamboo, it's a Dracaena. Poisonous to cats/dogs/children too. Wish they'd name it properly when selling it.
- Lucky bamboo is poisonous
- Parent context: It's true but if the top is properly sealed, they do last 1 or 2 years submerged. I have a leaf cutting that's been submerged for 3 years now but doesn't really grow Reply: Someone wiser than me said once: "This plant tha...
- Parent context: Here's a lucky bamboo you can have fully submerged in a tank without a problem. Reply: The plant is only semi aquatic. The top and leaves have to be out of the water or it will rot.
Sentiment
6 positive (60%) · 2 mixed (20%) · 2 negative (20%)
Trust + time weighted score: +40% · raw score 40%
What redditors said (10 of 10)
i have two fly traps, a nepenthes, pothos, lucky bamboo but they're pretty low maintenance.
Parent context: How? Reply: "Lucky bamboo" is not actually bamboo, it's a Dracaena. Poisonous to cats/dogs/children too. Wish they'd name it properly when selling it.
Lucky bamboo is poisonous
got mine 2 weeks ago also from Ikea - £2 each. Seems like this is an Ikea staple..
I absolutely love these!
It’s beautiful!!!!😍 I love lucky bamboo!
I bought this a year and half ago and it had 2 tiny leaves when I moved into my new house after a breakup. Best 1.50 I’ve ever spent. I think it’s brought me lots of luck
The most low-light tolerant plant is lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana). This can be grown in water, doesn't even need soil
Parent context: It's true but if the top is properly sealed, they do last 1 or 2 years submerged. I have a leaf cutting that's been submerged for 3 years now but doesn't really grow Reply: Someone wiser than me said once: "This plant that is not growing and losing a leaf here and there, it's not holding in there, it's just dying very slowly."
Parent context: Here's a lucky bamboo you can have fully submerged in a tank without a problem. Reply: The plant is only semi aquatic. The top and leaves have to be out of the water or it will rot.
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