Plant Bulbs

[xcharmanderx421]

I bought some live plant bulbs from the petstore just to try them out. the instructions say to just toss them into the tank, and it'll grow. I highly doubt that, but anyone have any good experience with them? or did i just waste 5 dollars?

 

[Amerce]

Which plant bulbs did you buy, lotus, onion plant what ?

 

[sykogngsta]

Ive bought some plant bulbs before...I have lily plants and random aponogeton plants that have grown from the ones that i bought.

I think it is luck if they ever do grow or not...

I have bought one package where none of them grew and i bought a package where all but two bulbs sprouted.

 

[TylerFerretLord]

I've had the same experience, it's really just being lucky enough to choose a good box.

 

[xcharmanderx421]

Which plant bulbs did you buy, lotus, onion plant what ?

i bought 2 lily bulbs. well at least i can send them to the company to get 2 new ones after 30 days.

 

[Amerce]

Not sure what you mean by lily, I've got Tiger Lotus and Onion bulb and both are treated differently.

the Lotus bulb should not be 100% buried in the substrata, I place it about 30% into the soil and let the rest above, once it roots it is great.
the onion bulb should be buried to within a few cm of the top of the bulb.

By lily bulb are you talking about pond lily or what ?

 

[xcharmanderx421]

Not sure what you mean by lily, I've got Tiger Lotus and Onion bulb and both are treated differently.

the Lotus bulb should not be 100% buried in the substrata, I place it about 30% into the soil and let the rest above, once it roots it is great.
the onion bulb should be buried to within a few cm of the top of the bulb.

By lily bulb are you talking about pond lily or what ?

no idea, the package just says lillies.

 

[DevUK]

Tiger lotus is a lilly

Pop them into your substrate so they are only 1/3 burried. Problem is you need to know which is the top and which is the bottom. It might be worth leaving them on the surface untill they sprout.