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title: "My lucky bamboo plant has grown very tall and is falling over. It’s…"
description: "My lucky bamboo plant has grown very tall and is falling over. It’s in a ceramic pot with rocks and water, and leaf tips are starting to turn yellow. Is there…"
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author: "Brit"
published: "2024-01-04T15:07:42.233Z"
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# My lucky bamboo plant has grown very tall and is falling over. It’s…

_Posted by Brit on 2024-01-04_

My lucky bamboo plant has grown very tall and is falling over. It’s in a ceramic pot with rocks and water, and leaf tips are starting to turn yellow. Is there something I can do to get it up right again?

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## 3 comments

### Catherine commented on 2024-01-04

Bamboo is pretty resilient. I have some in our yard and ice storms flatten it to the ground but it bounces back up!! I would suggest finding a support pole/stick to put in pot and tie it to it. Possibly a larger pot too. The larger pot may help yellow tips too.

### Catherine commented on 2024-01-04

This is my golden bamboo

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### Steph commented on 2024-01-05

Hm, this is odd for a bamboo plant. As Catherine said they are pretty sturdy plants. It looks like it’s pretty thin and leggy at that top growth. Is it in water? And is it getting enough light? That could also explain the yellowing leaves (typically an indication of watering issues and the thinning stretch is typically indicative of not enough light).

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