I started these seeds in mid May. I sanded the wrong end of the seed I found out later but seen in a video's comment section apparently others have made that mistake and it will still grow it just takes longer for it to take off. So I sprouted it in a glass of water in my north facing kitchen window and when it had about 2 inches of green shoot I placed it on top of some garden soil and about 3 inches of water. That was a week ago, it doesn't appear to have grown hardly at all but looks ok other than that.
So do they grow this slow? I am afraid it won't be sizeable enough to over winter, Southwest MO, zone 6 by say the mid of October. ? Do I change the water every day? I seen some skeeter larvae in there, don't want that, but though that changing the water everyday would disturb it too much? I do have a small aquarium net, maybe I could just scoop them out?
Should it be this much work or am I doing things wrong? I just want this lily so bad and I couldn't find it for sale in stock or at least not at a reasonable price. The only local plants were not hardy, so that was out. But I didn't realize the seeds would take so long. Should I fertilize it at what point in it's growth?
