bulbs from walmart

[Firebelly__girl]

I just seen some bulbs tonight at my wal-mart, first time I seen them. I don't even remember the name, but they said there was no need for co2/fertilizer. What do you guys think if you just buy a pack of them, put them in an old mayo jar with water, in a window with plenty of light? Or do you recommend the damp paper towel thing?

 

[ChilDawg]

I didn't have much luck with them when I had them a few years ago...that having been said, I've seen a lot of cases where folks had great luck with them...but the ones I saw were Aponogeton spp., so treat them the same way as you would an Aponogeton spp. plant. (I would have to send you to www.plantgeek.com for info about those as I don't know all that much about plants.)

 

[Cyp_Lover]

I tried these bulbs many times, with mixed results the best results I had were with the damp paper towel in a ziploc bag like I posted. I can not say that this works really good for everyone but for me this worked. Using that method I had bought five packs and had 15 or so plants sprout out of 20 or so in the packs. The plants started sending up surface leaves and then flowers rub the flowers together and they will pollinate each other. If you do not want flowers do not let the plant grow surface leaves as this will train the plant to stay more compact (does not work on all plants though). The bulbs are hybrid aponogeton plants so they are hardier then most aponogetons.