Go to the Dr. Huey page on HMF (see below). Click on Photos, and look for detail photos of a young Dr. Huey sucker, and of leaves and stipule. If they are a match, you've got a huey sucker. (Those photos were made of a sucker on my own Fourth of July, btw.) You know the drill. Dig down to where it is emerging from, and RIP it off the roots. Cutting it off won't do the job, as you need to eliminate all of the dormant eyes. Jeri Here is a link that might be useful: Dr. Huey on HMF

Lithops seedlings grow fastest with consistent warmth and moisture with fairly high humidity. This works well for the first couple of months to put on a lot of growth quickly. Eventually, certainly once the first true leaves come through, you'll need to give them strong light, lower humidity, and more temperature variation, or they will just bloat up so badly they will die. Lithops seedlings are also quite happy in the sun, even very strong sun, but they must not be allowed to overheat. On a cool day or when there is a reasonable breeze, full sun is fine. On hot still days in summer you will definitely need to shade them. Lithops will colour up strongly even before the first true leaves appear, this is normal. L. aucampiae will go a dark reddish brown. Any sign of bleaching is a warning that they are overheating. A boiled Lithops will go completely white or transparent, it is then effectively dead. In the sun you will need to water quite frequently during the first summer. Don't allow the pots to completely dry through until winter is approaching. Although regular water is needed, you probably still want to protect the little Lithops from torrential rains or long continuous periods of rain. Faucaria seedlings will grow under more or less the same conditions. Definitely don't allow them to dry out completely. Most cactus seedlings, your Echinopsis for sure, will not like full sun at this size. Try some morning sun when they get a little bigger. Watch the colour carefully, dark green is good, some brownish shades like yours is OK, strong red is too much light, crimson or pink is damaged by the light. Pale green or yellow usually means they need more light but be careful since it could also indicate overwatering, too cold, or nutrient problems. Cactus seedlings will grow successfully for the first year or two with constant high humidity. I keep seedlings in a propagator for at least two or three months. In the open air they should be watered regularly and not allowed to dry out completely until cooler weather arrives in autumn.

I have had a lot of fun growing seedlings also. It is always fun to see what kind of flower you get. Some of my clematis are so prolific. Nelly Moser produces so many babies! I have gotten all kinds of interesting flowers from her. It's fun. You will have to post a photo if it blooms this year. Here are a couple of seedlings that bloomed for me this spring. Seedling of Gillian Blades This is a seedling of Nelly Moser They are pretty but nothing too exciting. I will probably give them away to other gardening budies this fall. Karen

Only time will tell. They are seedlings of 'Lace Lady' but are not 'Lace Lady'.