Hi! New lithop mom here. I put these guys in here like this just to get them in some soil, but I feel like yall are going to yell at me and tell me they need more space! I’ll move them if I need to, but will they be okay like this? I’ve read through care guides for watering and they are in full sun.
by TeenyFairyGrandma
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Hello new mom and congrats. Not only do they need more space, they also need to be in an unglazed pot with a drainage hole. As for soil, you want mostly non organic. This is a desert plant from South Africa. Ask your local garden center, or look for it online. You don’t want cactus or succulent soil. You need something specific for lithops.
Yeah you need to repot them. You’ll want to keep lithops together that are in similar growth cycles so their watering needs line up (you shouldn’t ever water lithops that are splitting, for example).
And it’s hard to see for sure since the lithops are so close together, but that soil looks way too organic for them. Lithops like a very gritty soil.
Lovely!
Lithops singular and also plural, just in case anyone wanted to know