How to grow Living Stones

Lithops

Prefer a very sandy and rocky soil, preferably in shallow pots that won’t retain moisture or allow moisture to become stagnant. Water once fortnightly in summer, and once every 2 months in winter 1.

Growing Living stones from seed

Seeds are difficult to germinate, the best chance of propagation is by dividing the offshoots that the main plant will grow.

How long does Living stones take to grow?

These estimates for how long Living stones takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world.

Days to Germination How long does it take Living stones to germinate?
7 days

Average 7 days | Min 6 days | Max 16 days (5)

Days to Transplant How long until I can plant out Living stones?
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Days to Maturity How long until Living stones is ready for harvest / bloom?
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Total Growing Days How long does it take to grow Living stones?
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Living stones Etymology

From the Ancient Greek: “Lithos” means stone, stone-like or stone appearance and “opsis” means face, so the translation is “stone-face”.

Other names for Living stones

Pebble plant, Lithops, stone plant, living stone, beeskloutjies, perdeklou

Footnotes

1 http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantklm/lithops.htm


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