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Thirsty cues for faucaria?
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Thirsty cues for faucaria?


Hi all— I’ve got lithops and conophyrums and a few other things on a window sill and just added my first Faucaria. Are there any visual indicators like lithops when I should water it? Is there any leaf absorption / dry period with this plant? I’m using Planta and it says to water it every 2 weeks but I don’t trust it for some reason . Thanks

by Asleep-Ad822

2 Comments

  1. jimmys_plants

    Change the mix to 90% pumice / 10% worm castings and water when it isn’t rock hard.

  2. danman_d

    I usually push up slightly on the bottom of the lowest leaves of my faucaria – fully hydrated the leaves are quite firm and balloonlike, dehydrated they are a lot floppier and easily wrinkled. When in doubt, don’t water – they can survive quite a bit of neglect and will look obviously wrinkly and sad when truly thirsty.

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