I had a couple medium sized lithiums I found from my various local nurseries and then found the large lithops at Lowe’s of all places. Decided I wanted to finally make an arrangement. Found a nice bonsai pot on Etsy and also found that lithops are super cheap on Etsy too, they may be small, but I got 30 for less than a buck a piece shipped.
Pot and lithops arrived same day and I spent 4 hours getting them all arranged in here. Man, what a pain.
The soil is maybe 90% Bonsai Jack’s Gritty mix and 10% Fox Farm potting soil.
I think it looks decent, but where the big rocks we’re giving me issues I started picking them out. The fine bits were helpful so I tried to add more of those. I’m reading now those rocks are calcined clay and could be bad for lithops. Ugh. So many opinions of this is good but someone else says it’s bad.
Looking for reassurance on the soil mix. I’m not afraid to order something else and repot it all.
There are 41 lithops and 2 karoo rose for some pizzazz.
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That looks great! Some people recommend potting them based more around what growth stage they’re in, but if you know what you’re doing you can get away with potting them all up like this (in my experience at least). The soil mix is definitely good too!
Yep it looks pretty good. I love the bonsai pots, perhaps not the ideal depth for them but they look so nice and the plants can cope. Nice soil mix from the look of it!
Word of caution: The Lapidaria have similar care to Lithops and can live alongside them, but they have different growth habit and it may be worth reading up on their care to make sure you’re adequately caring for both genera you’ve housed together. Similar for your bright pink-red Lithops, probably Lithops optica “Rubra”, as this species is well known for being a few months “behind” the schedule of other Lithops and may appreciate more frequent, lighter watering than the other species you’ve mixed it with. Keep an eye on the set-up and if these three plants are proving too much hassle I’d recommend potting them up separately.
I hate to say it, but the cute bonsai pot probably won’t be deep enough — lithops grow deep taproots, and usually 3.5-4 inches of depth are recommended. 🙁