Newbie with Silly Question...

[Cupcake]

Hello,

So my mom has this thing stuck in some soil inside, and I am wondering if I stick it in water for awhile, will roots form? Will I be able to replant? Is it a lost cause? Am I just a dummy? Lol.

Thanks for any insight.

 

[Chuck]

That looks like cut asparagus. Theoretically it is possibly to form a root crown from a shoot but you will win the lottery before that happens. And if perchance it does root you have to plant it somewhere and nurse it for 2 or 3 years before you can start harvesting it or it might make a fern in about a year

 

[Beth_B]

Welcome @Cupcake. Where did your mom get this? How long has she had it stuck in soil and has it grown at all in that period of time?

Asparagus or maybe lucky bamboo? I grow asparagus and it doesn't look much like that, with multiple shoots and that dry-looking skin or bark or whatever that papery brown stuff is. But maybe that's what it looks like when it's dug up.

If it's asparagus, what Chuck said. Otherwise, what the heck, stick it in a jar of water, put it in a sunny window and see what happens.

 

[Chuck]

Welcome @Cupcake. Where did your mom get this? How long has she had it stuck in soil and has it grown at all in that period of time?

Asparagus or maybe lucky bamboo? I grow asparagus and it doesn't look much like that, with multiple shoots and that dry-looking skin or bark or whatever that papery brown stuff is. But maybe that's what it looks like when it's dug up.

If it's asparagus, what Chuck said. Otherwise, what the heck, stick it in a jar of water, put it in a sunny window and see what happens.

It very well could be bamboo. Let's just hope it is clumping if it is.

 

[Fernsdaddy]

If its not clumping bamboo keep it in a large pot or it will take over your yard.

 

[Chuck]

If its not clumping bamboo keep it in a large pot or it will take over your yard.

And keep the pot on the patio or sidewalk or it will grow out of the hole in the bottom

 

[Pat]

That looks like bamboo to me. But I agree, stick it in some water and a sunny spot and see what happens. If it does start a root put it in a pot of soil.

 

[Sheal]

It's quite a popular plant here in Britain. The link below may be of help Cupcake.


http://www.spaldingbulb.co.uk/product/lucky-bamboo/

 

[Corzhens]

Welcome @Cupcake. Where did your mom get this? How long has she had it stuck in soil and has it grown at all in that period of time?

Asparagus or maybe lucky bamboo? I grow asparagus and it doesn't look much like that, with multiple shoots and that dry-looking skin or bark or whatever that papery brown stuff is. But maybe that's what it looks like when it's dug up.

If it's asparagus, what Chuck said. Otherwise, what the heck, stick it in a jar of water, put it in a sunny window and see what happens.

It looks like the Korean lucky bamboo to me. Well, I think you are doing all right by putting it in water and as @Beth_B had said, place it where there is sunlight so in case it grows, it can have the power of photosynthesis. And if it happens that it is asparagus, I guess you just have to cook it than let it go rot because asparagus shoots don't develop without the roots.