The number of my lithops plants increases all the time so it was only natural that they needed to move into containers more space-saving i.e. square pots. I've used up all the 5x5 ones but managed to pack up all the smaller plants compactly! :) It was really surprising how little room they take up now. After all, considering all the seeds I want to sow in the near future every inch matters.
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This is about 1/2 of my collection. The smaller half. The rest of the plants is still in round pots - they will all have to go into 7x7 containers (see bigger pots on the pic) or even larger (if you remember the 8- to 11-headed lithops bushes from Japan).
Anyway, I'm really happy with how they look in their new homes. :)
PS: No, I don't use labels for grown up plants. I label them labeling pictures I take. ;)
Hi, where can buy this kind of pots please?
ReplyDeleteThank you.
hi!
ReplyDeletethey sell them in different sizes at kakteen-haage (you can choose the language) or, if you like to buy over 200 pots, it's probably better to use kakteen-schwarz --> http://www.kakteen-schwarz.de/content/shop/products/products_detail.php?type=behaelter&id=1417
hope it helps..
Out of stock !! GGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRR lol
DeleteLook here: http://www.kakteen-haage.de/Zubehoer/Toepfe/Toepfe-und-Schalen/2/
DeleteThese are the pots I'm using ;) http://www.kakteen-haage.de/Zubehoer/Toepfe/Toepfe-und-Schalen/Ruebenwurzlertoepfe-5-x-5-cm-8-5-cm-tief.html
It says they are in stock~
Hello Rika, as you can see here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/orchidees-clic/sets/72157632000896600/) i grow Lithosp the same way as you. Thanx a lot for all the informations i ve find on your Lithops's blog.
ReplyDeleteHi Marc, you have great looking plants! Glad I could help with something but from what I see you've known how to grow them all along ;)
DeleteThanx Rika, your web site it's a real treasure island to be honnest. I do my best thanks to you ;)
ReplyDeleteHappy to hear it! :)
DeleteRika, can i ask you wich watering protocol you had for your plants ? (when did you watering, rest period, wich water -rain or tap water-, feeding... As we have the same cultur way i would like to know. Thanx a lot. Marc.
ReplyDeleteI use tap water (without checking the ph; just not very cold water). With the adult plants I stop watering around the end of October (last watering direktly after flowering) and keep the plants dry until the old leaves completely dry which is sometime in March/April maybe. I water a lot throughout the summer, once or twice a week maybe but only because I grow lithops in small pots and in pure pumice which dries quickly (can't say how it is with other substrate). In any case I water depending on the looks of the plants, which means I water them when they get soft and wrinkly, not the whole collection at once but only the plants that need it. If it gets too hot sometime in August some plants go into a rest period by themselves (wrinkly but firm) so I let them sleep. I water seedlings whenever they look like they need it, in winter as well.
DeleteOr and I always forget about fertilizer.... Can't really say... Sometimes I don't feed them for a year allthough they grow in a poor pumice substrate, but I don't see any difference, so..
Trying things out and watching the plants closely is the best way to figure out watering :)
Perfect answer for me :) Thanx Rika.
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