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I’ve been apprehensive to give these high maintenance beauties a try. I’ve gone down the slippery house plant slope and landed here because they are so beautiful and the kiddo influenced me on mothers day. I see they are very light and nutrient demanding. I should keep them well fertilized and make sure they have appropriate light. Anything else I can do out of the gate to attempt to keep them happy? Also any tips for keeping my special orange demon 🐈 away from them? I see they are toxic and looking at the toxin he should not show an interest but… orange cat things.

I am familiar with growing plants but this is my first foray into lithops. My son had to have one at the local plant store we left it alone and let it get wrinkly over the winter we are in a northern climate and the care instructions from the store were pretty clear. Recently my son wanted to re-pot so I I added soil and transferred. I believe I fertilized all of my plants around the same time. My son just picked out a second lithops this weekend at a friend’s greenhouse business. I figure they are hard enough to kill, let him give these a go. I noticed when I looked at his desk that the original we purchased is growing rather upright. Is this normal? How can I correct it? The gene growth looks healthy but I’m sure I’m missing something in order to get these little guys to thrive. First two photos are the original plant we purchased, third is the newest addition to his rock collection. 😂