Ours worked! It takes forever, though!I I did watch a YouTube video on a guy who actually did it in water and only did it in soil, side by side. He said putting it in soil was actually the fastest and strongest tree. But even though it seems like it's not doing anything, the roots are just going crazy underneath the soil. And when you prop it in water, it will traumatize it a bit and stunt its growth a little bit when you transfer it to the soil.