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Q: Gidday from Australia,

I am trying to propagate this cacti (Mammilarica hemisphaerica) from seeds and I was wondering if you could tell me how to tell if they have started to grow?

I have some little thing popping up but this is my first time.

Could you tell me what I would first see when they start to grow?

Many Thanks,
Debi

A: Debi,

Cacti seed germinates to odd little green things that look sort of like a pale green rice grain with a odd little alien mouth at the top which is the cotyledons of the seedling. After a month or more they will start to round out and eventually look like a hairy pea.

Good luck with your seedlings,

Hap