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What to do if too many seedlings are in the same pot?
Thinning seedlings is standard practice, as is planting too many seeds either because they are tiny and hard to handle or because you're not sure of the germination rate. If the seedlings are very ...
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What to do if too many seedlings are in the same pot?
I've never grown cacti, but in general, transplanting seedlings once there is a pair of true leaves is helpful, in preventing damp-off and legginess.
You can tease the seedlings apart gently with a ...
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Identify night blooming cactus
Well well, you got a night queen...
Oops!! Sorry..Queen of the Night aka Dutchman's pipe cactus aka princess of the night.
Or, Epiphyllum oxypetalum.
From Wiki,
Though it is sometimes referred to as ...
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Identify night blooming cactus
By the look of the flowers and stems, it appears to be something in the Selenicereus genus (a moonlight cactus), similar to dragonfruit.
If I'm wrong, it must be another cactus in the Hylocereeae ...
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What to do if too many seedlings are in the same pot?
Replanting them all is a great idea, but usually if I just need to thin I prefer to cut (or pinch) them off, in order to avoid disturbing the roots of those I am leaving.
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What to do if too many seedlings are in the same pot?
I basically second willyjoker's answer(+1).
The three options:
Leave them be. None will likely develop into a mature plant.
Replant. Some will die, some will survive. Some people advise to wait for ...
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What to do if too many seedlings are in the same pot?
You seem to have more than a hundred seedlings overall. Are you willing to grow every single one of them into adult plants? I'm assuming not. If that's the case, you'll be discarding them at a later ...
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