u/brian-the-musician

Can someone tell me what these extra parts are that came with my US General Power Tool Holder? There are no instructions or mention of them on the box.

It’s the best feeling when you get a 15% ITC discount AND use your $5 HF money to pay even less on what already feels like a loss leader:-)

Me again. So, of my 5 original lithops as of a month ago, only 3 are surviving. The one in the center of this picture is super mushy, but there are 4 leaves underneath that are still in tact. The one in the upper right had the outer leaves shrivel over the course of about 3 days which seems fast. The ones in the upper left are browning and feeling mushy.

I haven’t watered them since I bought them and transplanted them in 90% inorganic a month ago, so I doubt it’s rot. There is a chance they got too much direct sunlight; would that cause this? Sad. I’ve probably had 15 lithops in the past 10 years, and all end up dying. I might just need a new hobby!

This lithops looked great like TWO DAYS ago. Now it’s totally rotten. Any ideas?

These Argyroderma are my first non-lithops mesembs. One half of the twins are looking a bit wrinkly, and I wasn’t sure if they need water or are maybe starting to split? Or is one evil twin absorbing the other? Thanks for the help!

I got these from Home Depot and repotted them. I think they’re a variety of lithops? The label says Argyroderma, and looking at photos the ones with more rounded leaves like these are “Argyroderma Ringens.” Anyone have experience with these? Similar care as other lithops?

I didn’t take anyone’s advice and planted these all in the same pot, I’ll keep an eye on them to see who splits first. I just love the pictures people share of a bunch of them in the same pot all pretending to be rocks! I didn’t measure carefully but basically did like 8 parts pea pebbles to 3 parts perlite to 2 parts succulent potting soil. Thinking I might reorganize them someday so they don’t look quite so geometric.

I love lithops plants, they’re just so weird and ugly and cute and fascinating. I’ve owned several but never really gotten it right. At one point or another they typically (and quite suddenly) shrivel up and die. Probably just 5-6 at this point, mostly the flat-topped kind but a couple of the ones that, I don’t know, come to a point? Seems they die regardless of water or light, but I’m 100% sure I’m screwing it up, so I’m trying to do it right this time.

In the pics above, two are from Home Depot recently I got just a couple of days ago. The one in the white square pot (yes I picked the one that looks the most like the plants) is maybe 9 months old? I bought two then as well but the other one died. (They both looked just like the two new ones, transplanted the same time, same watering schedule—which was basically not at all—succulent soil mixed about 1:1 with perlite, not sure why one survived but the other didn’t.)

After reading several posts it sounds like I need to do the following:
-Transplant the two new ones, if not all 3, into separate pots with even less organic material. Small pebbles mixed with perlite and maybe a teaspoon of soil?
-Give them as much sun as possible.
-Not water them until they are way more shriveled.

Some questions:
-CAN I plant them in the same pot?
-Any specific kind/size of pebbles? I figure pea-sized
-Do y’all ever fertilize?
-The new two look like they have the remnants of dead flowers in them. Should I leave those?

I understand that after a full growing season they’ll split and the new ones will likely be smaller than these fat puffy guys from the store. Any help would be appreciated! If I can get these right, maybe I’ll move up to buying them by the dozens.