Here's my previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Lithops/s/fIYZyVbkch
The brown one has been revived! I think?
The green one is splitting! I think?
My mum decided to give them both a soak. She soaked the brown one twice.
1st photo: brown one from previous post
2nd: brown one now!
3rd: green one from previous post
4th: green one now!
My mum though you'd like to see the update. Thank you again for your advice. ❤️
I've seen things that you wouldn't try to peal when they're splitting but I can tell for one of these that there's a living guy under the papery skin it's just been this way for weeks and no further splitting or shedding I guess.
I purchased these lithops yesterday. I have never owned lithops before. Another plant that I bought from the same seller had mealybugs. I will be treating that plant with imidacloprid granules to kill any mealybugs which were not killed by the alcohol I sprayed that plant with, but because of lithops' particular watering schedule I want to make sure I know where each of them is in their cycle before watering them to absorb the insecticide. I haven't seen any mealybugs on the lithops but I know better than to assume that seeing none means there are none.
I live in the northern hemisphere but I grow my plants under grow lights. I generally decrease the time time the grow lights are on by a few hours in the winter to help the plants know that the season has changed. Is that enough for the lithops to figure out when they should start splitting/go dormant?
I'd appreciate if someone more experienced looked over the following plan and told me if anything is incorrect:
#1, #3, and #5 are splitting.
#2, #4, and #6 don't appear to have started splitting yet (or have already finished) All three are a bit wrinkled on the sides. I'm not sure if they are pre- or post-split so I'm not sure if I should water them.
Alternatively, I'm not sure they actually need to be repotted. The guy I bought them from said he repotted them 3 months ago. The soil looks a bit too organic relative to what's usually recommended but it's not at all compacted and the pots are tiny (1.5 inch x 1.5 inch x 2 inch). Assuming it's 50% grit, do you think it will dry quickly enough that I can skip repotting this year (there are drainage holes at the bottom of each pot).
If I do repot them, would it be acceptable to put them in larger pots than I would other succulents if my soil mix is 85-100% inorganic (I usually do 50% pumice, 25% perlite, 25% bagged succulent mix but I'd probably swap at least half of the succulent mix for coarse sand when repotting the lithops). The last two pictures show the pot size I'd probably repot them in if a larger pot is acceptable (2.5 inch x 2.5 inch x 3.5 inch). I don't have any smaller pots that fit nicely in 1020 trays.
My goal is to get them all repotted (if necessary) and full of insecticide as quickly as possible so they don't spread mealybugs to my other plants.
New lithops owner here...
One of my lithops has been tiny and wrinkly for weeks. He's not in his splitting stage so I tried watering him lightly, but it wasn't working. He did have a little scarring around his base, due to previous handling not by me, but it didn't seem to be anything major.
Several days ago, after reading up a bunch of things and watching many many videos, I separated him from the others (they're doing fine) to pay some extra attention to him. Trimmed the root carefully (most of it was dry and dead, but it still had a healthy-looking white core near the base), repotted in 100% inorganic mix in a small pot with good drainage, bottom watered to encourage root growth. He got slightly firmer, but otherwise didn't show much change. Today I took him out to check, and discovered that while he was starting to grow fine new roots, his whole base had white marks and some spots looked fuzzy, almost like mold. And shortly after these pics, the root broke off at the base.
Is there a way to save him? 😢 If anything, the body of the plant is still firm and not squishy, but he's definitely not doing well. Any advice would be appreciated.
I did pull the leaves apart a bit because it looked like it was having a lot of trouble, splitting started at the start of winter and it wasn’t watered. Although there was some inconsistent lighting in winter because of the extra plants I had to take in
I'm a first time lithops owner, so I thought this pot was funny. Hopefully it turns out to be ironically funny.
So this one is finishing its split and there is a baby twin inside. Will it survive?
So, I purposely chose this pot of Lithops because they appear, to my very untrained eye, to be at the same point in their growth cycle. Which means they can be planted together, yes?
Also I know the P. nelii isn't Lithops, but I figure theyre pretty similar so I'm hoping someone here will know: is it getting ready to split again? It still has its old leaves, and theyre still plump. Theyre browning and smaller, but don't seem to be absorbed at all. If its about to split again, do I need to remove those smaller outer leaves to avoid stacking? Or just get it in a better substrate and let it do it's thing?
Thank you :)
I just noticed this guy standing out from all my other lithops patterns. I ordered multiple no id mixes, so I didn’t receive this one as a named variety. I am thinking perhaps lithops Lesliei Venteri, but some pictures of this type show evenly spaced dark brown veins, and some show more of a center dark splotch with radiating veins, very starkly contrasting with the tan-grey body like mine shows. Any ideas? I want more of this guy!