Nymphaea bulbs?

[Cichlidgirl91]

I just bought 2 plant bulbs from Walmart and was just wondering if anyone has had much success with these things. I picked the healthiest looking ones and the instructions say to just throw them in the tank and they'll "attach" themselves after they start growing.:help:
Do I just follow the instructions?

[Inka4040]

I usually bury most of the bulb, and they grow like mad for me.

[Bk828]

they do grow great. usually takes from 3-4 weeks. Bury the bulb half way just so it stays down.. in a month you should see roots starting to set in and within another month you should have a massive plant

[Fordtrannyman]

I've not had much luck with 'em.
So, I'm floating some right now and then I'm gonna plant them.

[feemia]

For me, about half of them grow.

[midiamin]

It is a good idea to float incase you don't know which way is up

[Fordtrannyman]

It is a good idea to float incase you don't know which way is up

ROTFL:grinno:

[Cichlidgirl91]

Well, I squeezed them today and they both feel a little hollow. Is this normal? When I tried bulbs before, they rotted, so I'm hoping it doesn't happen again. Oh, and do they really take a month to start growing roots?

[br553]

If the bulbs feel hollow or "squishy", then most likely they have started to rot. On the other hand, one of my lily bulbs took over 4 months before it started to grow about 3 weeks ago. Now it has 3 or 4 small submerged leaves and a couple of floaters on the surface.

[Cichlidgirl91]

Well, I have one bulb left and, although it's not squishy and it doesn't stink, it's not sprouting. Do they really take this long? Any way to make it sprout soon?

[stormomi]

It usually takes 1-3 days for it to sprout. I hear some people say it could take a week or even a month to sprout. The ones from wal-mart, just dry the ones that didn't sprout and throw them in an envelope with UPC and ship it to the address on the package. They sent me a couple ones that were sprouting in about 2-3 weeks.

[Bk828]

Well, I have one bulb left and, although it's not squishy and it doesn't stink, it's not sprouting. Do they really take this long? Any way to make it sprout soon?

Best you can do is just wait. Let the bulb do its own thing.

[Reddog80p]

If you get any kind of root, it will live. Lilys are hard to kill. I have a few tiny ones I broke off my large pond lilys that I may put up as a RAOK in classifieds. The have several small leaves already.