Bamboo Plant Expert---need your assistance!?

I have learned that 8 stems of bamboo is considered good luck, I recieved one as a gift from a kewl friend.





I had bought a big vase, and some brown stones, the kind you buy at Pet store for fish tanks, and put the bamboo stems nicely in the vase with cold water--- It's not happy? Partial of the bamboo stems are uneven and even...I am trying to keep the leaves form touching each other.





-- Did I do some thing wrong?





What about if I can seperate the stems in the same vase, would that help? I am wracking my brains to find a neat solution for the 8 bamboo stems to grow flowly with happiness...Hmmmm HELP!

Bamboo Plant Expert---need your assistance!?
Lucky Bamboo should be planted in a pot without soil (rocks and stones are fine). It only requires a few inches of water. Water should be changed once a week. Grow this plant indoors in areas with indirect sunlight. It can thrive in temperatures between 50 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Fertilizer is not necessary. If you wish to encourage extremely fast growth, feed with an indoor fertilizer once a month. You can also use a few drops of "Green Green" fertilizer each time you change the water.
Reply:not an exact science apparrantly











Meaning of Lucky Bamboo Numbers ¡ª Marketing Guide





Ancient Chinese tradition has it that the number of lucky bamboo stalks have different meanings and bring different beneficial factors into your life. The ingredients for a happy life are Happiness, Wealth and Longevity.





We now have several Perfect Combinations for you to choose from. Each one of our Perfect Combinations have a certain number of lucky bamboo stalks, each one with its own meaning and benefit, either for your self or as a gift for someone special.





1. Three (3) stalks of Lucky Bamboo: Bring Fu (Happiness), Lu (Wealth) and Soh (Longevity).


2. Ten (10) stalks of Lucky Bamboo: Complete and perfect.


3. Towers - Better, Promotions, More of the Good Things of Life, Climbing


4. Twenty-one (21) stalks of Lucky Bamboo: To offer very powerful all purpose blessing.


5. Five (5) stalks of Lucky Bamboo: Represent the 5 different parts of life from which wealth spurs from.


6. Six (6) stalks of Lucky Bamboo: Also sounds like "Luck" in Chinese, bringing prosperity and favorable conditions.


7. Seven (7) stalks of Lucky Bamboo: Good health.


8. Eight (8) stalks of Lucky Bamboo: In the Chinese spoken language sounds like "Fah" which means to grow, thrive.


Same tiers tower bamboo has same meaning with above.








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Usually you will buy (or make) this cure with a specific number of stalks, most popular ones being 3 (for Happiness) and 5 (for Health.) Other numbers used in this cure are: 2 (Love %26amp; Marriage, obviously!) and 8 (Wealth.) 9 is considered a very lucky number and is an overall good number for Good Fortune and Happiness.