Hello! I would like some help & advice on my bamboo plant. This plant was given to me earlier this year, about April. The plant has been growing a lot. I changed the water routinely, and fertilized and the leaves and plant were beautiful and blooming. Last week I changed the pot it was in to a much bigger one since the plant was thriving so well it was on the verge of tiping over since it was huge. I placed rocks in it, and fresh water. Last Friday the plant seemed fine, and then I come to work this morning and the leaves are turning yellow. Mostly on one stalk, but it seems like it's starting on the others as well. There are 6 stalks tied together. I changed the water, cleaned the vase and the rocks and put in distilled water just now. As I changed then, I saw that the stalk by the roots and turning a greenish yellow, but I didn't notice that before. What is going on with my plant? I'm so worried!! What do I do now? I can send more pictures!!! PLEASE HELP!!!!

Hi Vagner, Slow up on the fertilizer as well as water. Fertilize once a month at half the rate of fertilizer, not each week. Later after any transplant shock has stopped, then you may fertilize more often. I think reducing the water (let it almost dry out between watering. If the soil is dry when you stick a finger in all the way, then water. Otherwise, do not water). Transplant shock - surely. That's only natural. Your symtoms however remain in the fact that too much water is being applied. The fertilizer situation however. At this point in time it seems to be doing fine. No matter what though, you need two seperate jugs. One for water only and one for your water/fertilizer mix. You're doing a little overkill there using that much plant food. There's no need to use anything but water on any of your plants already containing the osmocote. You do the rest of the math meaning either use one or the other. If you see holes formed that are burnt and crispy then you're fertizlizing too much. I mention this for any future episodes that may occur and for everyone else reading this. Be sure too that your pot has a drain hole. If not, that's another whole problem in itself. Foliage with any lesions (brown marks) anywhere on a leaf, you're fertilizing too much))) Contorted/Twisted foliage, herbicide drift has occured. Holes with red stippling on leaves, insect damage. Holes occuring with no sign of insect nor brown lesions, I call it "Shothole Fungus". Black lesions on leaves or other discoloratoin and along with yellowing and/or holes as well - That would be a fungus. Good luck Dax

Place it in diffused sunlight. like room with a window through which sufficient amount of light enters. but remember "not to place it directly in sunlight". Little bit of yellowing is okay as new leaves are coming...

When was the last time you had watered it? I think you let it get too dry and it started using the bottom leaves. i have very hard and flouridated water and I am just not buying the whole "dey tips are from salts in the water" thing for many different pants. my darcaena warmeckii is fine with the water and as long as I don't wait for drooping from my Spathyphullum, it doesn't get dry tips either. Same goes for my spider plants. the salts may contribute to the problem for many people, but that could also be people who overwater or leave or sitting in a puddle of water, killing root tips and thus causing the plant to sacrifice the tips of its circulatory system. Kind of like how when it's really cold and you may die of hypothermia, your body takes all the valuable warm blood and circulates it more through your core and away from your extremities. Then we get frost bite. Plants get drought or swamp bite.