So I bought these at Home Depot around two months back. I haven’t watered them or anything yet. Am I supposed to repot it before watering? It’s starting to wrinkle just a tiny bit on the sides.. This is my first time owning these too. Any tips would be happily appreciated.
by The_Extra_Chef7576
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Don’t water it 🫶 not until the top is wrinkled like a shriveled pizza crust. I would repot in some very gritty soil like Jack’s gritty succulent and cacti mix. Don’t pop the lithops from their roots, the soil will be dry so gently work away at it taking your time.
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You should mail it to my house so I can have it 😉 hehe
But you SHOULD repot it in a gritty, mostly INorganic soil, like lava rock, gravel, perlite, etc. Someone else mentioned a Jack’s mix, and that would be great if you don’t want to mix your own. When you take the lithops out of the current soil, brush/rinse off as much of the old soil as possible and let the lithops completely dry, ideally in a hot sunny place, so they dry really quickly. Any soil left can hold onto too much water and cause them to rot. Once it’s in the soil, don’t give it any water, it will have absorbed a little from the rinsing, put it in its favorite, sunny spot, and enjoy! ☺️
https://reddit.com/r/lithops/wiki/index
The wiki for this page will give you loads of helpful information for lithop care. Good luck!
Repot in a different soil. 10-20% regular soil and the rest some mineral/organics like lava rock, pumice it perlite