Indoor bamboo can even be grown in water. Proper care will provide this plant with a long life, during which it will delight its owners with its beautiful appearance.
Indoor bamboo is a plant that is truly called Dracaena Sandera. Its stem is smooth, with bridges; green shoots, if desired, can be twisted into a spiral. In the teachings of feng shui, it is argued that indoor bamboo can bring prosperity and success to the house.
Bamboo care
Dracaena Sandera, that is, home bamboo, belongs to perennial ornamental plants that are very unpretentious. It can be grown in a glass of water if desired. It is better to keep bamboo in a semi-dark place, where there is no active sun, but there is enough light. There are no special requirements for humidity, if the air in the apartment is dry, the bamboo will feel quite good. From time to time it is necessary to wipe the leaves of the plant from dust; there is no need to spray it regularly.
If the bamboo does not grow in water, but in soil, the care for it will be almost the same. The soil can be taken both special for dracaena and ordinary - bamboo is picky. But good drainage must be provided to him, and here one cannot do without a layer of expanded clay in the pot. Fertilizing the plant is almost not required, but it can be carried out with fertilizers for dracaena no more than once every three months. The transplant should be carried out no more than once a year - in the spring.
How to grow bamboo the right shape
For many owners, bamboo grows in a spiral twist. It may seem that this is not an ordinary dracaena, but a new variety or plant that needs special labor-intensive care. But this is not at all the case. Bamboo has very flexible stems, and to get the coveted spiral, the shoots must be twisted around the support. A stick or tube is fixed in the ground, around which it is necessary to direct the growth of the stems. Gradually, you can get a plant curved the way the owner wants.
You can also shape the crown of the bamboo at will. For example, such an option is often found when the leaves turn green in the upper part, and the stems below are completely naked. It is very simple to do this: all unnecessary shoots must be carefully broken off. It should be borne in mind that the bamboo will grow quite tall - about 70 cm in height.
To make the plant feel good, it should be watered only with settled water. Chlorine has a detrimental effect on many plants, and dracaena is no exception. The best water for watering indoor plants is thawed water. To get it, you need to pour tap water into a plastic bottle and hold it in the freezer. Then this water is thawed and left until it warms up to room temperature.
