Staff Answer
Sep 01, 2022 - 11:34 AM
Lithops care can be challenging at first but, once you get the hang of it, easy.
When you receive a Lithops, check the soil moisture immediately to verify dryness. If it doesn't feel moist, repot it into a deep pot with a very well draining soil, and drainage holes. You want your soil to be mostly coarse sand or perlite. Once it's repotted, hold any water for, at least, a week.
Lithops have complicated schedules of dormancy, flowering and growing that all require different watering frequencies. Rather than keeping track of all that with your Lithops, an easier way is to let the plant tell you when it's thirsty. A thirsty Lithops is wrinkly Lithops and you'll see these wrinkles most prominently on the sides of those leaves. When you see those wrinkles, water it until drips come out the drainage holes at the bottom of the pot. The next day, you'll find your Lithops has re-inflated itself.
The complicated part is splitting. When your Lithops is looking wrinkly, and you want to water, look closely between the leaves of the plant first. You may find a smaller pair of leaves developing in there. If you do, don't water. Your plant is transferring water from the older leaves to the younger leaves. More watering would interrupt this process. Hold the water until the old leaves are paper thin and crispy.
When you receive a Lithops, check the soil moisture immediately to verify dryness. If it doesn't feel moist, repot it into a deep pot with a very well draining soil, and drainage holes. You want your soil to be mostly coarse sand or perlite. Once it's repotted, hold any water for, at least, a week.
Lithops have complicated schedules of dormancy, flowering and growing that all require different watering frequencies. Rather than keeping track of all that with your Lithops, an easier way is to let the plant tell you when it's thirsty. A thirsty Lithops is wrinkly Lithops and you'll see these wrinkles most prominently on the sides of those leaves. When you see those wrinkles, water it until drips come out the drainage holes at the bottom of the pot. The next day, you'll find your Lithops has re-inflated itself.
The complicated part is splitting. When your Lithops is looking wrinkly, and you want to water, look closely between the leaves of the plant first. You may find a smaller pair of leaves developing in there. If you do, don't water. Your plant is transferring water from the older leaves to the younger leaves. More watering would interrupt this process. Hold the water until the old leaves are paper thin and crispy.
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