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Re: Echinopsis seedling growth

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ralphrmartin wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2020 4:56 pm Now why does that photo remind me of riding a bus in China, or the subway in Japan...? :grin:
I don't know why that photo reminds me of riding a bus in China or the subway in Japan ....... perhaps you can enlighten us. Or is this a one-liner?
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ralphrmartin wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2020 4:56 pm Now why does that photo remind me of riding a bus in China, or the subway in Japan...? :grin:
Or London at rush hour?! :mrgreen:

What size are they approximately el48tel?
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Probably in the 4 to 7 mm range
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el48tel wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2020 5:46 pm Probably in the 4 to 7 mm range
(tu)
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edds wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2020 6:07 pm
el48tel wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2020 5:46 pm Probably in the 4 to 7 mm range
(tu)
I think (tu) too - most of the other Echinopsis seeds in the same propagator are in the 2mm to 4mm range
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That's interesting - I will measure them but mine definitely vary between crosses. That's either nature or nurture! Or both!

Are yours under lights and heated in any way?
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They have been at 22C since planting 24h/7d. Initially they were under an LED light of 7500K (= blue northern sky daylight) until germination then transferred to a "growing" light of about 3500K from IKEA. The light is on a 14h timer during daylight hours.
One other seed pod from the same plant was set 2 weeks earlier, and another at the same time as the pot shown. Neither of these pots is advanced as the one shown. Your theory of nature versus nurture may have some validity.
Other Echinopsis are not as advanced nor are seeds from other genera.
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el48tel wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2020 5:09 pm
ralphrmartin wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2020 4:56 pm Now why does that photo remind me of riding a bus in China, or the subway in Japan...? :grin:
I don't know why that photo reminds me of riding a bus in China or the subway in Japan ....... perhaps you can enlighten us. Or is this a one-liner?
If I say tins of sardines, does that help?

(OK, if that doesn't - they are crammed together tightly in a small space).
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I think you fell for that wind-up. Yes ... I guessed that ... but I'm a student of the one-liner .... and was hoping for one .... followed by BOOM BOOM.
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BOOM BOOM - is that the sound of the pot bursting, then? :evil:
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