So i tried separating these two lithops with 1 taproot (pic 1 lower left) but the other one fell and separated from its tap root (pic 2-4) 🥲 what should i do? Will it still have roots and grow? Help me please 😭
I don’t think you can save it. Try a water treatment. I think it’s the only possibility. The other ones in your collection is really beautiful.
N_M_Verville
It’s also not a good idea to try to separate lithops that are using one tap root so I would caution against doing so in the future. They’re not like other succulents where you can do that kind of thing. It was basically ONE plant with two sets of leaves not two separate lithops.
TxPep
If… there is a tiny bit of meristem tissue at the taproot attachment point…there is a slim possibility of regrowing some root structure.
By the looks of the plant, it looks pretty bare.
There are various techniques of “water therapy” that I’ll list in another commen. Some techniques work, some don’t, some plants grow some roots, but then the leaf pair still dies.
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I don’t think you can save it. Try a water treatment. I think it’s the only possibility. The other ones in your collection is really beautiful.
It’s also not a good idea to try to separate lithops that are using one tap root so I would caution against doing so in the future. They’re not like other succulents where you can do that kind of thing. It was basically ONE plant with two sets of leaves not two separate lithops.
If… there is a tiny bit of meristem tissue at the taproot attachment point…there is a slim possibility of regrowing some root structure.
By the looks of the plant, it looks pretty bare.
There are various techniques of “water therapy” that I’ll list in another commen. Some techniques work, some don’t, some plants grow some roots, but then the leaf pair still dies.