I have a baby bamboo plant and I broke one of the sprouts off to put in water for my aunts b-day.?

I bought a baby bamboo plant from patcatans right before valentines day and so far it's doing real well and it is very very cute my aunts b-day is coming up and I wanted to give her her own plant so I got and washed little rocks and a little vase and I had read online before that I think you where supposed to break off a sprout, put it in water, and seal the larger plant where you broke it off with clear nailpolish I don't want to ruin my plant. HELP!

I have a baby bamboo plant and I broke one of the sprouts off to put in water for my aunts b-day.?
I have spent about an hour looking up information on this for you. Generally from what I read, you should make a clean cut through the stalk and then place this cutting in clean water. Some people use root hormone (per the labels instructions) and in approximately 2 months time you should see roots. Though I must say I haven't seen anything about covering the cut with clear nail polish, but rather wax. If you do try this, you should replace the rooting hormone/water mixture once every week to prevent rot.
Reply:I've done it and didn't do any of the nail polish stuff. It worked just fine.