r/Lithops

Flower coming. And I’m not sure the name of this one splitting. It’s the only one I have that look like it.

Found my lithops breaking a horizontal crack this morning. Does this mean it's shredding? Or is it something else?

Howdy
I posted a bit ago (thanks everyone for your kind advice!) about this clump of lithops I got. I couldn’t separate them all at the time and they seemed like they were starting to split so I was very hesitant to do a ton. I put them in a 6” pot with gritty mix. They started all splitting, I let them do their thing and haven’t watered.

It’s been several months and I have unfortunately had some crises in my life that took my full attention. I have left them alone and forgotten about them until now.

I’m gonna be real, I think I messed up big time with them. They’re all in different splitting stages. And it looks like one in the center has begun splitting a second time.

I don’t know what I should do try and save them, if they’re salvageable.

Set up has been leaving them under Barrina grow lights on a 12hr cycle.

Any advice is really appreciated. I loved these guys so much, I really feel like I’ve failed them. Thanks

I repotted my Lithops today after a long period of leaf shedding, please give me some advice. Regarding the substrate, is it correct? I used washed sand, gravel, perlite, and a pinch of organic matter.

In the future, I'd like to plant more alongside this one, but what if I buy a new one, and it arrives in a different season?

Only had these lil guys for a short while. Looked away for maybe 3 days and this flower appeared, so I missed the initial sprouting.

It opens in the afternoon and is closed again in the morning, very neat to see them move so much.

I’m just a little confused as to how to actually water I know I have to split up at least two of these the green one top right and the left one next to the big green one in the middle. As for the one under the big green one in the middle, it’s not showing too many signs of being as wrinkled as the others. Could I even move these to water because the top green has maybe a few roots but none of them are long. It instantly falls out of the soil if not secured properly. I am moving this week and I don’t currently have any pots to move any of these two but I have water bottles I can make a quick pot out of. Should I only have lava rock and some regular cactus soil as the mix? I’ve seen so many organic and inorganic things. It’s a little confusing. Do I need more lava rock in my soil of course there is perlite added too. Thank you for any advice. It is appreciated.

I found this in the floor last night, near where I had my little pot of lithops/living stones. Is it still alive or has it died? If it’s alive, what do I do to save it?