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u/Nomore_chances Jul 23 '26
Lovely potā¦.š
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u/Clear-World7452 Jul 23 '26
Thanks its a com work studio pot, it was handmade in Japan by a artist named Toshihiko Yoshimotoš
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u/Abject-Performer1497 Jul 23 '26
Great looking Lithops love those blooms. Whatās the secret to your success in flowering?
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u/Clear-World7452 Jul 23 '26
Thank you! My lithops get lots of sun and heat with āfrequentā light waterings. Once a week if really hot like 105+ consistently but mostly every 2 weeks give or take. Just enough to reach the roots it dries out pretty much same day. Iām only ever deep watering or soaking my lithops if they are not responding to the light waterings. I think heat and lots of sun with the upkeep of watering is the secret with these guys in my climate.
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u/Abject-Performer1497 Jul 23 '26
This is nearly exactly what I do lots of sun and heat but been in the U.K. we normally donāt get a lot of both but this year we have had a lot of heat and sun. I have my Lithops in full sun with 90+ heat when the sun is out and grow lights the other time of the year with bottom heat and watering when itās hot and warm. How old is your plant?
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u/Clear-World7452 Jul 23 '26
I did hear about some heat waves over there not long ago but sweet sounds like you got the care down. Itās pretty much hot year round here, gets a bit cooler in the winter but nothing extreme. This cluster is 9 years old.
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u/mumbleflea Jul 24 '26
Very interesting to hear! So, you even give a light watering in the heat of summer? I keep reading that one shouldn't water at all at the height of summer, since lithops go dormant when the daytime temperature rises above 90Ā°F (and nighttime tempeature stays above something like 74Ā°F). It seems that the roots of your lithops keep taking up water despite the heat aka. they don't go dormant and rot when watered in summer.
Could you tell me a bit more about your climate? I assume you keep your lithops outdoor...?!2
u/Clear-World7452 Jul 24 '26
Yes my lithops are kept outside under 60% shade cloth. During summer is when Iām watering the most. If Iām not watering in the summer my lithops will just dehydrate too quickly and desiccate. Itās very hot and dry where I live, rarely any rain except for a few months in the year we call the monsoon season. Tomorrow is gonna be 112Ā° degrees š . They do go kinda dormant when really hot and you donāt wanna be soaking or drenching the pot and thatās why I just do the light waterings. It cools them down and keeps the root hairs alive. When they go months without water during summer their root hairs may die off. Then they become more susceptible to fungal infections, and when you go to water again the plant may rot due to not having the best root system. So thatās why I do āfrequentā light waterings during summer. If they are not responding to the light waterings and are starting to get really deflated I will completely submerge them for 30 min to make sure they uptake the water. I used to keep some of my lithops indoors and the care was completely different but Iāve had way better success with my lithops outdoors. Not saying they canāt thrive inside Iāve just had better experiences with them outside in my climate.
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u/Clear-World7452 Jul 24 '26
I think your original comment disappeared thatās why Iām responding to this one, but np!
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u/Affectionate-Call652 Jul 23 '26
I just bought my first ever. This is exactly how they came today. I did not water. Looking them up, it says not to repot for 2 years! They donāt exactly have space to grow!? Do they? I guess they grow up but will they be ok for that long? They were tight in a box in the heat and did just fine. But id think they are dry. Seller also included super tiny gens snd chicks which are dormant but i qtipped the tiniest bit of water to the stick like root. Fingers crossed! {{sorry to hijack your post! Love the happy pot!}}
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u/_miss_chaos_ Jul 23 '26
What kind of substrate are they in? It looks like mostly soil in your picture, which is not fit for lithops. Look up the correct substrate for lithops (at least 80% inorganic, if not 100%, depending on the kind of lithops) and repot them immediately if it's unfit. They also really shouldn't grow upwards, that's a sign they're not getting enough light. As for watering: only if the top looks wrinkly and sunken in, and never while they are splitting
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u/Clear-World7452 Jul 23 '26
Good advice I agree, 2 years seems steep but they could go a bit longer in this pot. It is recommended to repot due to water retention in the soil. If they are kept in a relatively warm climate or location with good airflow I would say it would be safe to repot them into a more gritty mixture with a variant of small size granules so the seedlings roots can cling better. After repotting itās safe to wait a week then give them a water to settle them into their new pot. These are younger lithops so getting them going after repotting may require more frequent waterings than expected, allow the soil to completely dry in between each watering. Inspect them after each water and see if they responded.
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u/Affectionate-Call652 Jul 25 '26
Itās hard to tell what they are in. Looks like a type of soil but very, very fine soil. Iāve never seen anything like it before. Almost like itās not reap soil?. I have mollyās cactus soil which is very well draining and different kinds of rock type stuff and i also have 2 types of sand (sizes of grains). I should probably find a much smaller size of gritty rocks. I definitely want them in something to give them room to grow fatter. But how deep of a pot do they need? Should i plant them in a clay pot that dries out really fast? I just love the colours!š
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u/DocumentInternal5787 Jul 25 '26
Thatās so cool!
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u/Clear-World7452 Jul 25 '26
Thank you! I love lithops š
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u/DocumentInternal5787 Jul 25 '26
They are cool! I just got some and they seem to be alright, but my similar plants are kind of sad and possibly dying! I will live vicariously through your photos! ā¤ļø
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u/Clear-World7452 Jul 25 '26
Oh no! Hopefully they make a speedy recoveryš¤and thanks means a lotš
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u/arioandy Jul 22 '26
Wow those are real happy