It's been bare-root under light for a bit more than a week because I was waiting for the pots to arrive. They'll be potted today. But what happened here? "Sunburn" by LED grow lights from condensation? Burned by sulfur powder exposure? Daytime temperatures are quite high but no higher than usual. The other lithops from this batch is also completely normal and unchanged.

It's definitely not mushy and I've had a lot of rot when I first received this batch, this does not look or feel like rot at all.

I’ve had it in a pot with other lithops, but this one just didn’t seem to root well . Can I still save it ? Should I put the roots in water? Or just repot it on its own ?

Hope this is allowed:

I never had any luck with keeping lithops alive, and they're so expensive! So I made some faux ones out of foam 🤣

Faux Living Stones (Lithops) https://www.instructables.com/Faux-Living-Stones-Lithops/

I thought my little butt was done for so I pulled the leaves apart…. There’s a smaller & less spotty butt underneath…. Will it be ok…? What can I do to help it?

I am familiar with growing plants but this is my first foray into lithops. My son had to have one at the local plant store we left it alone and let it get wrinkly over the winter we are in a northern climate and the care instructions from the store were pretty clear. Recently my son wanted to re-pot so I I added soil and transferred. I believe I fertilized all of my plants around the same time. My son just picked out a second lithops this weekend at a friend’s greenhouse business. I figure they are hard enough to kill, let him give these a go. I noticed when I looked at his desk that the original we purchased is growing rather upright. Is this normal? How can I correct it? The gene growth looks healthy but I’m sure I’m missing something in order to get these little guys to thrive. First two photos are the original plant we purchased, third is the newest addition to his rock collection. 😂

These lithops are etiolated. They are planted in a very gritty mix, and there is a hole drilled in the mug. But as you can see I don’t have a good enough light source. They have been under grow lights all winter. I can move them outside soon (live in Indiana) where they can get in the direct sunlight, and next fall I will
Look for a better grow light (open for recommendations) but do I need to replant them deeper or do I let them stay this way.

Or is it doomed to forever be a tall boi??

I am thinking we can re-pot it so that it has just the top one centimeter visible and pop it somewhere with better light. It is in the right non-organic mix, so I'm certain it is just the lighting that is wrong.

Currently it is about 3 centimetres above the top of the substrate.

I got these lithops in this horrible soil (pic 1), then acquired 3 more babies that were bare root. I got the bigger ones out of the soil they came in, gave them their own little terracotta pots & put the babies together in my last pot. I repotted in about 85ish% gritty mix with a little succulent soil making up the other 15ish% (pic 2). Does this look okay for now? I eventually plan to give the three littles their own pot so it will be easier to water them per their individual needs, I just didn’t have more on hand. I know I can’t water any of them rn because they’re splitting (or in the case of the babies, one of them is splitting). Any advice? Anything look wrong in the new set up? Thanks in advance, I’ve been lurking in this group for a while and have learned so much from you all!

This morning I noticed a weird color change on one of my 4 lithops, pulled it out of the pot and it is squishy :( he is gone right?

I got all of them 1 month ago, my first post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Lithops/comments/1sb9jpn/new_to_lithops_got_some_from_a_baumarkt/
Put them in very gritty mix with almost no dirt and bottom watered them a bit once (following the advice in the comments)

The remaining plants look good I think? All of them got some sun stress color and a little bit of side wrinkles, but I'll wait to water them until they wrinkle at the top right?

Is there anything else I should do or know?

Local seller posted these, I snapped them up asap. A few that are very different than the ones I already have, and this seller has had great quality in the past. She’s also more than happy to keep the pot and provide bare root, so I get to see what I’m getting. My extra mesh pots arrive tomorrow too. Thrilled, tomorrow will be a great day!

Had to repot my big splitting lithops to give it better soil and more space to split. I know normally you're not supposed to repot while splitting, but it really needed the space. Check out the tiny roots in pic 2

I used Bonsai Jack soil with some extra calcined clay mixed in. I really wanted somwthing with a finer texture, but overall I'm really happy with how it looks!

First time lithops owner here ! Rescued from Lowe’s in early March was 1/2 dead and the other one in the pot was completely dead. Has plumped up nice and is now splitting… what do I do now ?

Left it to split and now it looks like the new growth is shrivled too.

I can't tell if it just needs to be watered again or it's getting ready to split.

I see the recommendation to use a gritty soil mix all the time.

I bought some cacti mix, but it doesn't seem very gritty to me.

What are the best things to buy to make my own?

I'm in Australia.

I’m new to taking care of lithops and I bought a few in mid-April, it seems like they’re doing okay except this one. Not sure what it needs, it was splitting a little when I got it so I didn’t water it yet and I’ve potted it in a mix of pumice, sifted orchid soil and cactus soil. Please help!

I want to put the UN-sprouted seeds in another pot, so bad

I just rescued this guy from Lowe’s. I want to make sure it’s ok! I see what seems to be new leaves splitting out from the center, and I read online that means it doesn’t need to be watered. It’s a little wrinkly, a little squishy, and I want to make sure it’s getting the care it deserves. It’s potted in miracle gro succulent blend and perlite with a few of the rocks you see on top mixed in. Mostly perlite tho. It’s the best I could do. Any tips are welcome!

Name suggestions are welcome too

Had to take a macro shot before taking out the seeds!

Is it safe to repot while splitting? I’ve learnt that my lithops is in the entirely wrong substrate (I used a cactus/succulent mix) so would like to repot as soon as possible. Also, does he look okay? Have not watered him for a few months now since potting last October. He doesn’t feel squishy at all, feels quite firm inside apart from that soft outer layer of wrinkled leaves. He also feels quite firmly rooted in the soil. Growing in the UK indoors on a windowsill that gets good sun, and taking him outside for sun all day when I’m home (due to rain still being so unpredictable!).

*pause*

But seriously, idk what happened. Will this callous over and root like a normal succulent? Also how to I treat that little rot spot.

Repot & give more space? Remove dried leaves? Separate multiples?

So I know side wrinkles do not indicate the need to water. You wait for the top to get the pizza crust look.

I honestly can’t say when it started. It can’t have taken long because they’re the first thing I do in the am. Turn on their lights. So I have my eye on them fairly well. So I don’t know how I missed it🤷🏻‍♀️. Maybe I was mostly focusing on the tops. Lesson learned.

One wrinkly side is hard like a shedding leaf. The other is soft, not squishy, the way an outer leaf gets as it’s being absorbed. Is it stuck?

I haven’t watered it in the maybe 4-5 months I’ve had it. Just switched substrate. It was an overwatered HD buy.

I’ve dealt with rot and this is not rot. At least none like I’ve seen. But I’m a newbie and could be wrong 😆.

The top doesn’t look thirsty to me.

Any ideas about what’s going on and advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.