Oberon46 said:If seeds don't send out a little root while in water packets should I just plant them anyway? Victorian Lace shows a little tiny bit of white on the seeds but nothing else so far. The bag of mixed seeds also has not shown signs of sprouting.
Are they soaking in plain water? If so, do you know how they were handled beforehand, e.g. were they damp-chilled (stratified)? I've done some experiments with non-stratified daylily seeds and soaking them in plain water actually seemed to inhibit germination compared to seeds started in damp media. So I would plant them. If they haven't been stratified and have seed dormancy they can take weeks to germinate. If in more of a hurry, I would drain off the water and put them in a container in the fridge for four weeks to stratify and then plant, in which case they should be up and running more quickly. Another option would be to replace the plain water (if that's what they're in and I haven't misunderstood) with dilute hydrogen peroxide (the household strength one). H2O2 works to break seed dormancy in daylily seeds. It may not be as reliable for that as stratification, but it often works.
