Bulbs at wall-mart?

[starrystarstarr]

I just bought a pack of "Nymphaea lilly" and "Hybrid Aponogeon" bubls at wall-mart. I was wondering if any of you have had luck growing these?:hang:

 

[losermonkey5]

Ya I have had lots of luck with them... too bad it was all bad luck. Maybe it is just my water to my set up or lighting or something but they just dont work for me.

 

[DaisyTattoo]

:OT: Whose album cover is that starry?

 

[Chickieepooh2u]

I've had GREAT luck with them. (ok, well.... after I figured out my snails were 'mowing' them off)

Only one of the lily bulbs sprouted, but its a beautiful plant! Needs high light though. All of my Apopogen bulbs made it. 14 in all. They aren't all the same either, some have the wavy leaves and some don't.. My favorite is this big bushy one that is absolutely gorgeous!!! They will sprout almost immediately, and after a couple weeks they will send a flower to the top if the tank.

I LOVE them!

 

[DaisyTattoo]

I've had GREAT luck with them. (ok, well.... after I figured out my snails were 'mowing' them off)

Only one of the lily bulbs sprouted, but its a beautiful plant! Needs high light though. All of my Apopogen bulbs made it. 14 in all. They aren't all the same either, some have the wavy leaves and some don't.. My favorite is this big bushy one that is absolutely gorgeous!!! They will sprout almost immediately, and after a couple weeks they will send a flower to the top if the tank.

I LOVE them!

Do you have any pics of them? What is your WPG of light?

 

[starrystarstarr]

:OT: my avatar..have no idea if its off an album cover just was surfing the web and liked it a whole bunches :dance2:
Thank for all ur insight guys!!! XOXO as soon as they start to grow i'll post up pics!!

 

[aquanewb7]

I put a couple of these Walmart aponogeton bulbs in my tank. One sprouted and is a really nice young plant right now and routinely sends a flower stalk to the top of the tank, the other bulb did not sprout and I threw it out. I have a few more to try, and I think this thread has inspired me to throw them in the tank to see what happens

 

[pitthull]

I've also had great luck with both -- and they don't come with snails!! Seriously, I've had snail problems and find that the snails like the aponogetons and lilies much better than the other plants -- but I've had really good luck with both varieties -- have had a few bulbs that didn't sprout -- but at $2 or $3 per pack, I thought it was worth it! I have used both high light and low light with them -- they do grow 'better' with the high light -- but they do just fine without. I also use DIY CO2 which they seem to like.

 

[starrystarstarr]

so far 6 of the 8 bulbs have started to grow and are about an inch long.

 

[danio_rerio_87]

I think the bulbs work pretty well. I still have some growing in my 10 gallon.