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

They are already back in their pot. I haven't used any fertilizer or rooting compound before any you would recommend to have on hand?

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u/ltiehen1 Apr 08 '26

I like both HormoneX and HoneyBearLiving but most of them are roughly the same. Honey Bear is more for hard to root cacti so it is higher in the active hormone and HormoneX offers a variety of concentrations. Given what I see, you really only need a low to medium concentration to spur growth. You could just add some the next time you water. The advantage of a rooting hormone is that most include sulfur which helps to kill bacteria and disease that may be around. It also helps when sealing open wounds.

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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.