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[Mirrorpad]

New to the forum and Cacti. I have a plant, grew from a seed, which is supposedly a cactus but looks odd.
Is this a Cactus and if what type is it?
Thanks for the help.

[toadstar]

It's not a cactus. I'd bet that the soil you used was contaminated with some other type of seed unfortunately.

Newly sprouted cacti will tend to look something more like this:

[Mirrorpad]

Thanks for that. I did think the same as I googled the seedlings and they all were similar to your pictures.
The compost was sealed and was separated between 3 of us for our cactus growing comp (these were 99p kits) and all 3 of us have the same plants growing so I assume the seeds were for some other plant. Think we are gonna buy some new seeds from a better source and try again.
Thanks again for your help Toadstar.

[Mirrorpad]

Another quick question whilst I've got you, could I plants seeds now or should I wait for spring? (I'm in the UK which it is now autumn so not a lot of sun)
Thanks

[ElieEstephane]

Another quick question whilst I've got you, could I plants seeds now or should I wait for spring? (I'm in the UK which it is now autumn so not a lot of sun)
Thanks

You could start now under grow lights or any cfl (preferably 6500K) in a cardboard box so you'll get a headstart. Come spring your seedlings will be decently sized to continue to grow in spring and summer.

[DaveW]

Most of the early sowers in the UK start sowing in January using heat in the greenhouse, or in a centrally heated house just on the windowsill. As was said above, if you start towards the end of the year you will probably need artificial lighting.

The BCSS do a seed raising leaflet, downloadable link below:-

http://society.bcss.org.uk/images/Cult/ ... atemix.pdf

[Mirrorpad]

Thanks for the responses. I'll look into the lights and have a look at the leaflet.
Dave.