How To Look After A Japanese Lucky Bamboo

Step 1

Place the plant in a pot or vase that is about 2 inches bigger in diameter than the plant. Your pot should have a drain hole if you are planting in soil.

Step 2

Cover the base of the plant with pebbles to hold it upright in the pot, or fill the pot with soil.

Step 3

Pour distilled water to a height of 1 inch above the pebbles or until the soil is saturated. Maintain the water level as it drops.

Step 4

Place the plant in a room no cooler than 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Keep it away from air conditioning and heaters.

Step 5

Step 6

Change the water (if you planted your lucky bamboo in pebbles and water), and rinse the plant, pebbles and pot once a week to prevent the plant from rotting and the pebbles and pot from developing algae.