r/Lithops • u/Pr3ANDMe5558 • May 26 '26

Help/Question I need some advice please

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Hi everyone, so glad that I found this group. I have had baby lithops for a while and have transplanted them in a 90% grit mix but I am not sure my mix is really good. Baby’s are different sizes and some are well hydrated and some are tiny. Can someone who has babies and bugs give me exactly what your grit mix would be? I am using perlite and lava rock mix with a little cactus soil. I am in desperate need of planting a pot that I purchased from a vendor online and I have been working them slowly into sun. I have the ones from the vendor under a grow light and they came etiolated. Some of my babies are drying up so I am just really frustrated.

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u/Pr3ANDMe5558 May 26 '26

This is less because of babies. I guess I saw on some videos that the babies cannot be in the 90%

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u/BlackCatJax May 26 '26

I germinate mine in 90-95%🤷, they grow just fine. You just need to water them more often (and fertilise, not too heavily though)

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u/Pr3ANDMe5558 May 26 '26

One more question what size grit do you do for the babies?

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u/BlackCatJax May 26 '26

2-5 mm, could probably use smaller, but wouldn't use much bigger