Beginner Gardening: Propagating lucky bamboo from a center node, 1 by Fuelf

Fuelf wrote:
Can I cut off a plantlet growing halfway up a stalk of lucky bamboo without hurting the mother plant? Everything I watch/read about propagating them always mentions cutting the mother plant one node below afterward. Specifically, if I simply cut off the small shoots in the picture and leave the mother plant as is, will it be okay?

Also, is there any reason nobody seems to propagate lucky bamboo in soil?