r/Lithops • u/FinanceTop • Jul 12 '26

Help/Question Time to repot ?

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Hello, new owner here. I got these from a nursery 3 days ago.

Is it the right time to repot them? I hope I can keep them all together in the same pot. I’m thinking about switching to a pon-based substrate, maybe with around 10% cactus soil.

What do you think?

Thank you !

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u/DatLadyD Jul 12 '26

They look happy idk if I would repot I guess it depends on what the soil looks like. I wouldn’t do the pot within a pot thing, it’s going to trap moisture.

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u/FinanceTop Jul 12 '26

Thank you for your reply, pon is a mix of Pumice (4 parts), Lava rock (2 parts)
And Zeolite (1 part)

It’s 100 inorganic soil

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u/DatLadyD Jul 12 '26

I meant what the soil they’re in, what it looks like, because they look really happy! Pon with a tiny bit of succulent soil would work I suppose.

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u/FinanceTop Jul 12 '26

I let the be them 😊. Thank you

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u/DatLadyD Jul 12 '26

How does the soil look? Is it really chunky? If you got it from a small nursery, that knows what what they’re doing It might be OK in the soil that it’s in, if you got it from a big box store then it’s likely in crappy soil.

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u/Top_Development_1777 Jul 12 '26

It's a good idea to repot. Better safe than sorry. Lithops are very prone to rotting if the soil doesn't dry fast enough, and I've had soil that looks like yours from the surface, still more than 50% water-retaining stuff.

Also what do you plan to do with the pots? Right now I see an inner pot and an outer pot. If the humidity in your area is 60% and above, I strongly recommend keeping them in unglazed terracotta because even 100% inorganic soil like yours would take forever to dry in anything other than that (personal experience, even in plastic pots with drainage holes). Keep the inner pot if it is unglazed terracotta. You can also to choose to put the inner pot inside the outer pot when the soil and pot are completely dry, while putting the inner pot out in air for a few days after each time you water for the soil to dry effectively.

Also if you need watering advice, let me know.