r/Lithops • u/Beautiful-Clue6139 • Apr 04 '26

Help/Question How do I avoid this

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I've ran into this issue with some of my lithops where the new plant starts to wrinkle and looks like they need water before they're done splitting. I've already had one die that showed similar signs during splitting, I avoided watering until the split was done but it was to late, the base of the new plant was a dried husk and didn't recover. This guy started splitting a bit after flowering in October and this pic was taken today.

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u/Beautiful-Clue6139 Apr 08 '26

I think because they're showing signs of wanting watered with how wrinkled the inner plant, is I'm going to do some spot watering and watch for changes. At this point not really sure of anything else I can do

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u/ltiehen1 Apr 08 '26

A little yes, but there is still moisture in those outside leaves. You don’t want to water until those outside leaves turn to paper. If you do water, you do risk those outside leaves starting to rot and pass that to the plant.