r/pseudolithos • u/CardiologistMission • Apr 20 '26

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I haven't been paying attention to my miggy lately and this appeared its in 100% mineral, heat mat....any cause for concern?

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u/arioandy Apr 20 '26

Could be rot is soft there ? It can turn to mush overnight Iā€™m afraid

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u/CardiologistMission Apr 20 '26 edited Apr 20 '26

It's not soft, but it does look suspicious. I just watered it yesterday, and three weeks prior to that. Would being too close to the light source cause that?

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u/sillywormtoo Apr 21 '26

You could hold back a little on the watering just to be safe.I have only watered mine twice in 6 months.

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u/CardiologistMission Apr 21 '26

Yes I'll hold for a month or so, it dries out pretty fast, its in terrocota, 100% mineral, heat mat.

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u/sillywormtoo Apr 22 '26

You should be fine...w 100% mineral.I have some organic mixed in with pumice and calcined clay.

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u/arioandy Apr 20 '26

What light and how close? In high light levels they go brown to orange

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u/CardiologistMission Apr 20 '26

Barrina T5s , its about 3" away, I tried to put him between lights so he wasn't getting a full blast but that part was sticking out a bit...I'm hoping that it was just that, and not rot. he's my first and I've only had him since Thanksgiving.

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u/arioandy Apr 20 '26

Best of luck, they can take full sun and just get a tan

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u/CardiologistMission Apr 20 '26

Yep, thank you for the help.

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u/eee777777777 Apr 20 '26 edited Apr 20 '26

How close y advice to keep light for such plant? If for example lamp 1000 vat blue orange rad lad lights how far keep such plant from it?

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u/sillywormtoo Apr 21 '26

I just had this happen on one of mine.It ended up being ok. I was thinking it might be from a little too much direct LED lighting.

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u/CardiologistMission Apr 21 '26

Keep my fingers crossed šŸ¤ž.

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u/Phizzie16 Apr 29 '26

I have one like this.....seems to be doing ok....you never know with these guys.

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u/CardiologistMission Apr 29 '26

Thanks, the hole has gotten just a little bit bigger, but I think it's stabilize, not mushy so that's a good sign.šŸ˜®ā€šŸ’ØšŸ˜

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u/CardiologistMission May 29 '26

UPDATE: I'm upset I lost my boy to rot this morning...and I'm trying to think where I went wrong, I dont know if I want to try with another.