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title: "I’ve been neglecting my plants for about 3 weeks due to me being…"
description: "I’ve been neglecting my plants for about 3 weeks due to me being busy. I just found my lucky bamboo turning yellow. Can I save it? Or is it too late?😕"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Felicia"
published: "2024-10-01T16:26:05.632911Z"
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# I’ve been neglecting my plants for about 3 weeks due to me being…

_Posted by Felicia on 2024-10-01_

I’ve been neglecting my plants for about 3 weeks due to me being busy. I just found my lucky bamboo turning yellow. Can I save it? Or is it too late?😕

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## 2 comments

### exitJiraffe commented on 2024-10-01

You can always try sticking it in water or spagnum to reroot; plants are pretty resilient, might as well see if it comes back.

#### BigGrac replied on 2024-10-01

Yes but gotta chop off the grode part at the bottom first until you get to nice green/white and non mushy stuff

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