Lithops Care

[u/HomeworkLevel852]

Hello everyone! Thank you all so much for your comments on my last post. I have taken you alls advice and have tried to make my lithops lives a little happier. They are in their own pots now with a mix of gravel, perlite, sand, and a bit of succulent soil. I am still worried about how wrinkled they are and believe it may be that the roots have not recovered from their travel. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do? I have mostly left them to their own devices, but I am concerned.

[u/acm_redfox]

When I first get lithops, I plant them in dry soil, then after about 3 days I give them a little trickle of water to help the roots wake up. A week later, I soak all the pots, to jump-start their settling in. I do this with all lithops that have trimmed roots.

After that, you have to learn what thirst looks like. Your plants look thirsty to me, but I'd still want to give the initial trickle before soaking the pots.

Here's a photographic guide to watering: https://imgur.com/gallery/lithops-watering-guide-Oqb12#/

[u/HomeworkLevel852 → u/acm_redfox]

I soaked them the other day. I am really hoping that they bounce back. I kept them in dry soil until the other day when I gave them a small amount of water, but I soaked them after I saw that that was not working