lucky bamboo... how big will it grow indoors???

[Magnum Man]

I have a stalk of it, (Dracaena sanderiana ) I placed in a nano tank ( 5 gallon canning jar style ) I routed heater cord, and air line down it, to hide them... the tank sits in a south west corner window, and there are several plants ( including algae ) in the tank... the top is going skyward pretty rapidly this is 6-8 months growth...

anyone else have it in their house ( potted or tanked ) for a while??? I think in the wild, it's a tall grass, that goes to around 6 feet???

also has anyone ever had to "top" them for getting too tall???

the tank is on a table ( like 30 inches tall ) and the top of the plant is 18-24 inch's from the ceiling... I expect at some point it'll likely get a flower, or seed head on the top???

 

[Magnum Man]

AI says a couple things... one place says 5 feet normal maximum height, while another says 10 feet maximum height... I did read up on trimming it. which makes it branch out... which may or may not be good for my situation???

 

[Rusty_Shackleford]

I don't know. With most plants if you trim off the growing top they fill in and get thicker, growing wider than tall. I'm not sure bamboo behaves that way.

 

[Back in the fold]

AI says a couple things... one place says 5 feet normal maximum height, while another says 10 feet maximum height... I did read up on trimming it. which makes it branch out... which may or may not be good for my situation???

Artificial Intelligence doesn’t seem so smart to me . You’re keeping it and it looks good . Univac can go fry an egg .

 

[GaryE]

My daughter has one in her tank that seems to be slowing down at around 6 feet, probably because it's moving into a darker corner near the ceiling. It has no light to reach for.

I'm going to try a couple of them in the fishroom, when it gets warm enough to purchase some safely.

 

[Fishmanic]

I have a lucky bamboo potted plant that is 6 yrs old. . It grew on a 2 ft tall table to almost the ceiling. I only water it… no ferts..they dont like to be fertilized. I ended up trimming it to a more pleasing shape. Will post a pic when I get home.

 

[Fishmanic]

Picture if my Lucky Bamboo plant