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title: "Can’t keep bamboo alive! 💀 I got three little bamboo stalks in dirt…"
description: "Can’t keep bamboo alive! 💀 I got three little bamboo stalks in dirt at IKEA and one by one each stalk turned yellow and died within a day or two, withering…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "N Klepczarek"
published: "2025-07-19T19:30:41.208271Z"
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# Can’t keep bamboo alive! 💀 I got three little bamboo stalks in dirt…

_Posted by N Klepczarek on 2025-07-19_

Can’t keep bamboo alive! 💀 I got three little bamboo stalks in dirt at IKEA and one by one each stalk turned yellow and died within a day or two, withering away completely over a month or so. I transplanted them to a rock and water only pot, instead of soil. Then a few months would go by and the same death would happen to the next one. Now I’m down to my last one after almost a year and it’s turning yellow now too. I know its death is inevitable now. I also noticed that no matter what, the water always smells like rotten eggs. It never grew, except for one small leaf. I keep it in a low-light area a couple feet from a window and I refresh its water every week or every few weeks. Did I just buy a bad plant?

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## 3 comments

### Two Green Thumbs commented on 2025-07-19

I would try buying one that’s already in water. That’s what I did and it’s such an easy low maintenance plant.

#### N Klepczarek replied on 2025-07-19

Okay! Thanks for the advice. How often do you refresh the water?

#### Two Green Thumbs replied on 2025-07-20

The Planta app will tell you … but when I see it start to get a little low I top it off. I keep mine in a glass vase with gravel so it’s easy to tell.

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