Lucky Bamboo Yellowing: Distilled Water, Bright Light, Dilute Fertilizer

Your new lucky bamboo yellows from bottom up. Old ones fine. Causes and fixes:

1. Water Quality (Most Likely)

• Hard water salts don't dissipate in 24 hours
• Fluoride/chlorine/salts accumulate
• Fix: DISTILLED WATER only

2. Pathogen Check (New Plants = Risk)

• Inspect with magnifier: scale (cottony/shell bumps), spider mites (crawling)
• Fungal: soft tissue at water line
• Quarantine new plants 2 weeks before joining collection

3. Missing Fertilizer

• Lucky bamboo NEEDS fertilizer
• Water-soluble, 1/10 recommended strength, EACH water change

Action Plan

1. Switch to distilled water
2. Inspect new stalks with magnifier
3. Add dilute fertilizer each change
4. Bright indirect light (no direct sun)

Your old bamboo proves your care works—new ones just need the water upgrade.