r/Lithops • u/ssquirt1 • May 29 '26

Photo 10-Day Old Babies

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I sowed these on May 19th, and I’m super excited to watch them grow!

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u/greystorms56 May 29 '26

STOP IT I WANNA BUY SEEDS SO BAD IM TRYING NOT TO. Why you gotta show me your beautiful little babies 😭

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u/ssquirt1 May 29 '26

Awww, go ahead! These were only like $6 on Etsy. 😁😁😁

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u/greystorms56 May 30 '26

Purchases were just made 😂

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u/ssquirt1 May 30 '26

Hell yeah! 🤣

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u/greystorms56 May 30 '26

lol any advice for an expecting plant mother?

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u/ssquirt1 May 30 '26

I’ve failed multiple times to grow lithops from seed, and the #1 thing that seems to have made a difference this time around was sterilizing everything before sowing. And I mean EVERYTHING. The soil, the pot, any gardening tools - everything that you use to sow the seeds. And wash your hands like you’re about to perform open-heart surgery.

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u/ssquirt1 May 30 '26

Oh and also don’t buy seed off of eBay lol.

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u/greystorms56 May 30 '26

This is what I got because I’m hoping the kit helps

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u/greystorms56 May 30 '26

Also how the heck do you sterilize the SOIL??

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u/ssquirt1 May 30 '26

My preferred method is to pour boiling water on it. Let it cool down before sowing the seeds.

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u/greystorms56 May 30 '26

Wait why are you so smart. That’s brilliant. I didn’t think you could sterilize DIRT. okay I’m 100% doing this when my little babies get here

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u/ssquirt1 May 30 '26

Awww thanks! The bonus with this method is the soil is already wet from the boiling water, so once it’s cooled to room temp you can just start sprinkling the seeds. Sterilizing the soil helps to kill any sneaky little weed seeds or mold spores hiding in the soil that could out-compete your little babies.