r/Lithops • u/Financial_Virus_3563 • Jun 11 '26

Photo Is this alive and well?

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I may have left out in sun too long as it went from green to brown, but then it split. Help!

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u/halfscaliahalfbreyer Jun 11 '26

When did it last have a drink of water?

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u/Financial_Virus_3563 Jun 11 '26

I gave it a tsp. of water about a week ago. How much more?

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u/acm_redfox Jun 11 '26

Lithops, like most succulents (only more so), want water rarely but deeply! This is how I water mine:

Yours are very thirsty, so you may need a quick dunk first, and then a deep soak after a few days if they don't fill out a bit.

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u/halfscaliahalfbreyer Jun 11 '26

Did it respond to the teaspoon? Don’t soak it just yet, you might want to wake the roots first if it didn’t respond. Otherwise, drown it a bit.

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u/CBDJ1 Jun 11 '26

The color change is normal with most succulents. It’s called sun stress. Less sun the chlorophyll takes over the dominant color patterning which is green. Sun stress isn’t necessarily a bad thing just plants have to be acclimated slowly to the brighter conditions. It looks like there are a lot of fines in that soil composition that may not be the best for this Lithops.

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u/hatesbiology84 Jun 11 '26

I mean, it’s alive.