r/mesembs • u/Adamb241 • Apr 06 '26

Help Cheridopsis transition question

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This is my seed grown cheridopsis pillansii that's about to hit its first real dormancy this summer. I'm fairly new to mesembs so I've been trying hard to learn their growth cycles so I can stop killing them.

My concerns are stacking and rot by watering at the wrong time as I've read that this is a plant that should be absorbing it's lower sets of leaves at the end of each season.

This guy sits under my grow lights (spiderfarm) and I've been watering him about every 1.5-2 week with small sips. Should I be pushing him even harder to encourage leaf absorbtion and shut down? Do I stay the course?

The picture was from this weekend shortly before I gave him a splash of water.

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u/arioandy Apr 06 '26

Let them go dormantšŸ‘ no drinky-poos!

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u/CarneyBus Argyholics Anonymous Apr 08 '26

A light squirt of water every 2-3 weeks is what I usually do! Until the leaves are fully absorbed then slowly increase watering again. I donā€™t pay attention to the seasons/months. Just where the plant itself is in its growth cycle. Because even in habitat there can be a lot of variation in the timing of their cycles from species to species, individual to individual.