The best water for lucky bamboo
Most houseplants have soil between them and the tap. Lucky bamboo does not. It sits in the water you choose, which is why this one decision decides whether it stays green.
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Use filtered, rain or distilled water. Avoid straight tap water: lucky bamboo is a dracaena and reacts to chlorine and fluoride with yellow and brown tips. Filtered and remineralized water is the easiest to keep up, because you fill it at the tap.
What lucky bamboo reacts to
Fluoride, which it cannot use and deposits in the leaf tips.
Chlorine and chloramine, which damage roots sitting directly in the water.
Softener salt. Never use softened water.
Which water to use
| Water | What it does for this plant | Catch |
|---|---|---|
| Tap water | Carries chlorine, chloramine and fluoride straight to the roots | The usual cause of yellowing |
| Tap water left out overnight | Loses chlorine only | Chloramine and fluoride remain |
| Distilled water | Clean, nothing harmful | No minerals at all; you carry and store jugs |
| Rain water | Excellent | Only when you have it |
| Filtered and remineralized | Removes chlorine, chloramine and fluoride and keeps minerals | Needs a filter |
Watering Can With Filter and Remineralizer for House Plants
Filters chlorine, chloramine, fluoride and lead as you pour, then adds back 20+ minerals
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Less than a season of distilled water jugs, and nothing to carry.
How to switch
Rinse the vase, pebbles and roots.
Refill with filtered water to just cover the roots.
Refresh every one to two weeks.
Watering Can With Filter and Remineralizer for House Plants
Filters chlorine, chloramine, fluoride and lead as you pour, then adds back 20+ minerals
$69 · Free shipping · 30-day money-back guarantee
plus sales tax where applicable
Less than a season of distilled water jugs, and nothing to carry.
The Tap Water Plant Guide
Which 12 houseplants react to tap water, how to tell water damage from overwatering, and four ways to fix it — including the free ones.
Frequently asked questions.
Better water, tonight's watering.
- $69 · Free shipping · 30-day money-back guarantee
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