My grandmothers plant started roting and became mushy so I took it and tried to heal it. I did some research finding no heal was available. So i cut off the notch about half way. I put that in a cup of distilled water and forgot about it and all the water evaporated! I then put the plant in a make shift pot with distilled water and got 3 roots!! My question is since its a notch will it grow into a bamboo stem or what should i do with it now. Before this i cut of the tip of a notch of my other bamboo in my frogs tank to see what would happen, It grew about 2" of stem. The problem is there is only that one root. The plant is about an 1" tall. Is that a bad thing cause both my plants have different # of stems. They are both green and look healthy but my grandma's notch is a tad yellow at the very bottom.

I agree with TJ. I got one about 13 years ago, and it came in a dish with pebbles and water. I kept it like that for a couple years, but then decided it would be better in soil. It has thrived in soil, and even grew new stalks, which actually are attached to one of the main stalks, but below the soil, so it looks like a seperare stalk. If you choose to keep it in water, you MUST change the water often. I used to change mine every couple of days. Also, water has no nutirituve value, so you need to fertilize it, but because the fertilizer can't leach out, you must be very careful with it. Just look at typical fertilizer dilution. Per gallon, you only need a teaspoon, 1/4 teaspoon if you feed every time you water. Now think of that, and think of how much fertilizer you may have put in, even though it was only "a pinch". A pinch is probably good for a quart or 2 of water, depending on what kind of fertilizer you used. I would suggest you pot it up, and keep it out of direct sun, to avoid bleaching it. Mine thrives in lower light levels, with no direct sun. Good luck! Joe

i just saw that there was a seperate one.. sorry. I am brand new to this site. thanks though.

I solved my issue, mdln. I sliced off the yellowing nodes with a sharp knife.dipped the tips in hot wax. I also have them in only water. (No rocks/gravel) so then there is nothing blocking the pores. Since making this post, I already see signs of new shoots growing. Good luck!