How to grow lucky bamboo from cuttings

How to grow lucky bamboo from cuttings. The easiest and fastest way to propagate new plants is by taking a cutting from a healthy stalk. After you remove an offshoot from the main stalk, you remove the leaves and place the offshoot in water until it grows roots of its own. From there, you can continue growing the new lucky bamboo in water, or transplant it to soil to continue growing. Luckily, propagating lucky bamboo is easy and doesn’t take much time. 1. Remove the lucky bamboo stalks from their container. Take the lucky bamboo from its container and remove any wire that’s holding the stalks together. Gently comb through the roots with your fingers to separate them, and then separate all the stalks.Pour the water from the container into a colander to drain the water and catch the pebbles. 2. Choose a healthy stalk with a long offshoot. The parent lucky bamboo stalk should have at least 2 nodes, which are the lines separating the lucky bamboo stalk into segments. Once you’ve identified the healthy, long stalks, look for a good offshoot. The offshoot should be 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm) long, and should be dark green and growing from 1 of the upper nodes. 3. Trim off the offshoot. Use a sharp knife or pair of small pruning shears to carefully cut the offshoot from the parent bamboo stalk. Trim the offshoot as close to the stalk as possible. Then, use the shears or knife to trim off an additional 1⁄4 inch (0.64 cm) from the bottom to make a straight cut. 4. Remove the bottom...