dwarf lily bulb

[KlaasjeD]

I bought a dwarf lily bulb and it has been planted for about a month.  It got all fuzzy, that went away and there is still no sign of a sprout.  Do I have a dud or am I not patient enough.  

[lefty o]

good odds its a dud, but turn it over, and give it some more time.

[OceanTruth]

A month does seem like a long time to have no activity. @lefty ohad a great suggestion of turning it over. Even upside down I would think there would have been some signs of life though.

[Superjoepez]

That does seem like a lot of time.

do you have other plants? Also what light are you using?

[Maggie]

If it's soft and squishy, it's probably bad.

[gardenman]

It's hard to know which way is up on a lily bulb when you plant it. I use the "nature knows best" method and drop it in the tank and see how it falls. I figure Mother Nature knows that it should fall root side down so however it lands is how I plant it. I ordered mine from the Coop on January first. It took about a week to get here so it's been in the tank for about a month and looks largely the same. It's not growing but it's also not rotting, so I just try to be patient with it and see what happens. I have rotated it so the presumed bottom is up, but we'll see if that makes any difference. Mine got pretty cool during shipment. It came with no heat pack or insulation and the nighttime temps were in the twenties. The plants in the box were 58-60 degrees when I opened it. The plants are all doing fine but the lily just sits there. I check it out every few days and it'll either grow or rot. It's just a question of waiting to see which it does.

[KlaasjeD]

Thank you everybody for your suggestions!