I read the splitting phase can take 2 months, won’t it die without water for that long?
Lithops - Living Stones [limited]
Watering while splitting
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Open Jul 05, 2022 - 11:22 AM
Seasonality, Watering
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Jul 05, 2022 - 11:22 AM
Amazingly, a Lithops can survive months without water. They should not be watered at all while splitting because the new, inner leaf pair is getting all the water it needs from the older, outer leaf pair, which needs to dry to slough off. Watering a Lithops that is in the process of splitting can cause the leaves to rot or burst.
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