I've had my lucky bamboo for over 2 years. It has done extremely well and has outgrown its pot. It's not planted in dirt but submerged in water. I decided to put it in a larger pot a week ago. However, it was stuck in its old pot because there are a lot of roots packed into a small space. I had to firmly and slowly nudged it out. Now, in its new and larger pot, almost all the leaves have turned yellow. Also, two of the stems have turned yellow too. The water has also begun to smell even after changing it. I think that I may have traumatized it and killed it. Is it salvageable? I've given it plant food but it is not helping. More leaves are turning yellow.

When a leaf turns yellow on a Lucky Bamboo, it is a sure sign of one's luck runing out. It's even worse if the plant dies. I would get my things in order. Actually it is not a bamboo, and the only people it brings any luck to are the vendors (lucky dollars). What you have is Dracaena Sanderana: commonly known as the ribbon plant. Check out the Houseplants forum, or do a search for culture tips.

Congratulations on your new lucky bamboo plant. It looks like the yellow stalk has a green shoot on it. Is the stalk getting soft or rotting where it is yellow? It usually means that the stalk is dying when it turns yellow. If it starts to get soft or rot, you will need to cut it off. You may be able to leave the part of that stalk that is green and healthy and see if it is strong enough to form a shoot for you. Otherwise, throw that stalk out. You can attempt to root the healthy green shoot by dipping it in a rooting solution. You can also just put it in water to see if it forms roots. (This is if you have to cut off the yellow portion of the stalk.) The jelly stuff is a polymere gel that is reconstitued with water. The bamboos grow nicely in this base that holds water for the plant. You will have to add water to this gel as the water evaporates and as the plant takes moisture in from the gel. If the gel becomes discolored from algae growth or minerals from the water, you can remove it and plant your lucky bamboo in soil or just use water and pebbles. The leaves and shoots of the plants grow and continue to get taller. The stalks will stay the same where they are cut. Lucky bamboo like water. Be careful about using water that has chemicals in it. You may need to let the water sit overnight to allow the chemicals to escape. Do keep your plant watered to the level of the pebbles since you want to keep the gel moist.

how is the plant now?