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Cintia knizei seedlings

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I ve sown some Cintia knizei seedlings and they look like etiolated.They are close to 2months old.
Do they grow like this? I ve searched but couldnt find any photos of early stage of the Cintia seedlings.
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They look ok to me. Cintia seedling often look like that, the seedlings should start looking more rounded as they grow. :smile:
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Normal. Maybe slightly stretched, but don't panic. Not sure if they look like this in habitat, but those will produce happy adults.
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Mine are not this stretched. But I guess it depends mostly on how your other seedlings are doing. I have seen before you grow nice plants, so if your other seedlings are not this etiolated looking, I am sure these are just stretchy on their own account (and maybe the strechness even depends on its original locality).
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Thank you all for your answers, i feel relaxed now.:)
i think other seedlings are doing fine under same conditions.

Here are Echinomastus unguispinus laui seedlings and another seedling germinated with them after 3months, i dont know which specie it is.
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fatich wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 8:32 pm Here are Echinomastus unguispinus laui seedlings and another seedling germinated with them after 3months
Have you done anything special to germinate the Echinomastus seeds?
They look nice.

The odd one looks (for now at least) a bit like a Lithops or another mesemb. Do you grow mesembs?
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Aiko wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:00 pm
fatich wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 8:32 pm Here are Echinomastus unguispinus laui seedlings and another seedling germinated with them after 3months
Have you done anything special to germinate the Echinomastus seeds?
They look nice.

The odd one looks (for now at least) a bit like a Lithops or another mesemb. Do you grow mesembs?
I didnt do anything special with Echinomastus, i just sowed them like most of the other cacti seeds.
I have no idea what is the odd one, while i was changing the substrate of the seedlings l lost it.
Here is how they look now. They have just started to grow again in winter.
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