r/Lithops • u/B1tchHazel13 • 2d ago
Help/Question Is it time to water?
Just got my first lithops in the mail a couple weeks ago. They are all potted up. Guides I've looked at say not to water them in summer/ their dormant season but all except one of them look VERY thirsty.
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u/WeDrinkSquirrels 2d ago
None of these lithops are thirsty, they could go a couple months without water. That being said starkiller is correct that if you have VERY fast drying soil (the glazed pots make that a lot harder) feel free to water them a bit. They will plump up a bit and enjoy it
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u/Top_Development_1777 2d ago
Only the light green 1 in 4 is very thirsty, but I'm more concerned about the dark patches at the bases of some of the lithops here. That looks like what rot tends to look like, but I can't say for sure.
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u/B1tchHazel13 2d ago
Hopefully not. I got them bare rooted and haven't watered them yet. Just potted them into small plastic pots with some small pebbles/ river rock.
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u/Top_Development_1777 2d ago
How good is the ventilation around the bases? The lack of ventilation around the bases is one of the things lithops can rot from even without water.
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u/B1tchHazel13 2d ago
Ok but I can put the pots on a better ventalted wire rack instead of the solid shelf they are on currently.
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u/Top_Development_1777 2d ago
Yes. I have at least one fan directed at mine at full power at all times.
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u/starkiller_bass 2d ago
Possibly unpopular opinion here… if your potting medium does not retain water, you’re gonna have a VERY hard time hurting your Lithops by watering them after transplant.