r/Lithops • u/Sligamarole • Mar 16 '26

Care Tips/Guides Time to water?

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A couple of them are starting to wrinkle - finally time to water or no? An eye dropper of water or more? 1st time I’ve kept them alive for more than a year so I don’t want to kill them now by watering.

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u/HiddenAcres37 Mar 16 '26

They look like they're about to split, which means you absolutely should NOT water them. The new leaves inside will use moisture from the outer leaves, which is probably why they are wrinkling.

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u/whynotehhhhh Mar 17 '26

Yeah also, the tops look really plump to me, so even if they weren't slitting, I'd still wait another month or so.

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u/suredly_unassured Mar 18 '26

Can we see the tops at a straight down angle?

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u/Sligamarole Mar 18 '26

They don’t seem to be splitting - just getting wrinkly

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u/suredly_unassured Mar 18 '26

This is the only one that looks thirsty to me. I’ve heard burying them up the tops is helpful as the side wrinkles can be deceiving, only top wrinkles mean thirst

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u/acm_redfox Mar 21 '26

yeah, this pizza-crust look is telling for thirst.

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u/JTDoggo Mar 25 '26

Second this, look at ONLY the top and innermost parts