Got this guy a while ago (2 of them actually, but this one looks a little thirstier), and I repotted into lava rocks and perlite with just enough of those pink top dressing rocks to keep the perlite down. I was told to post a picture here and ask before watering, lol. It hasn’t looked thirsty until now. But I’m not sure if it’s thirsty enough, and I really don’t want to kill it. Any help would be very much appreciated!
by peanutspump
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https://preview.redd.it/1b6tt4w582zf1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3bfbe86cadb0262b685260ec6cdd28d1783f66d0
Another pic, different angle
https://preview.redd.it/yllt5nx982zf1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b17ed9bd88c8aa276333c0e3ca3c0f651613de5
This is the other one. Doesn’t look so thirsty, but looks about the same as the other one did a few days ago.
I’d suggest you remove the rocks ,so you can take a good look at the soil and see how you go from there.
I’d highly suggest that you keep your waterings to the minimum, pour a little bit of water when your soil bone dry.
Lithops are desert plants so they don’t really need that much water as you may think.
My opinion: the planter is much too big for the dimensions of the lithop. This makes watering more difficult. And the colorful stones are a visual obstacle. In order to be able to assess the soil more precisely for dryness.
Are the sides wrinkled? If it looks like the attached pict I’d give it a squirt of water at the base. If not then I’d let it go a while.
https://preview.redd.it/7u6xr5nn23zf1.png?width=212&format=png&auto=webp&s=d21330912100cc1b5704e26e55f5933928d5032a