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Post by corky on May 9, 2021 10:14:50 GMT
First watering of the year for these pots,Lithops .otzeniana .jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) and one week after watering  lithops. karasmontana  and one week after watering  mixed lithops  and one week after watering  mixed lithops  and one week after watering .jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) |
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Post by fredg on May 9, 2021 11:43:21 GMT
The alien otzeniana continues  👍 |
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Post by corky on May 9, 2021 14:57:26 GMT
That's actually a new alien , my original was l.karasmontana but that's still there too, think there's two l.karasmontana aliens and one l.otzeniana, more traditional to have a green alien
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Post by fredg on May 9, 2021 19:49:58 GMT
Last year's late sowing, all cleaned up.  The two brown seedlings in with the 'Malachite' are strays from the L. gesinae v annae on the left. The purplish one is a L. salicola and it's the right colours to be a 'Sato's Violet' aka 'Bacchus'I wonder if I have enough L. dorotheae  |
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Post by corky on May 10, 2021 16:32:21 GMT
This years crop ain't looking too shabby, l.optica v.rubra  and not many plants of l.salicola malachite form but then there weren't that many seeds either  |
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Post by fredg on May 22, 2021 15:03:06 GMT
Sadly I have to announce the passing of the violet L. salicola. It's looking very suspiciously like it has been selected and cropped by a passing gastropod. Only that one plant was selected from the middle.  |
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Post by corky on Aug 7, 2021 10:53:23 GMT
 l. Salicola malachite form  l .optica rubra is now showing some nice deep colour on some of the plants ,a double header has already appeared in the top left of the pic and some are green and I don't know if they'll turn red or not I'll just have to wait and see. They've both been growing in a shady ish window and I plan to move them to a more southerly sunny position at some point maybe late autumn or early winter ready to acclimatise for next year |
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Post by fredg on Oct 19, 2021 18:25:44 GMT
The results of last years mixed seed.   Three plants lost since repotting. I'm happy with this result. |
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Post by dvg on Oct 19, 2021 19:01:32 GMT
Some nice patterns on those Lithops leaves.  dvg |
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Post by corky on Oct 30, 2021 9:35:15 GMT
 l.optica v.rubra at the moment, looking a bit crowded and I was considering splitting them up into two pots and putting one under lights for the winter on a fairly short eight or ten hour daylight as that's what some other plants require. I've read they might benefit from this |
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Post by fredg on Oct 30, 2021 10:51:26 GMT
Some nice green L. optica there too corky  . L. optica rubra is regarded by some to be closer to Conophytum growth period, ie. winter growing. If you have space, put the lot under lights. 👍 |
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Post by corky on Oct 30, 2021 11:07:38 GMT
Thanks for your input ,would you carefully split them into two pots at this small size to give them more room or would you wait until they are larger ? Is root damage going to be an issue do you think?
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Post by fredg on Oct 30, 2021 13:01:04 GMT
I'd wait until next season for a repot.
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Post by flytrapper on Feb 1, 2022 19:05:35 GMT
One of the C-numbers of Lithops otzeniana sown last Monday.  There are three plants that are obvious but there's more germinated  |
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Post by fredg on Mar 8, 2022 19:10:21 GMT
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Just found three trays of Lithops seedlings gone. Or should I say I found three trays without Lithops seedlings in them. All was good last week but today it was obvious there was a problem. The roots were lying on top of the compost with no head  . This isn't grazing by a gastropod, they just take off the heads. Whatever this culprit is, I suspect rodent, has pulled the entire plant out before consuming the heads and those roots were well established Dagnabbit, that's a hundred plants gone  Edit: Trap set baited with milk chocolate raisins 👼 |
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