How much sunlight does my Baby Toes need?

Baby Toes may have difficulty thriving and will drop leaves 🍃 without ample sunlight. Place it less than 3 feet from a window to maximize the potential for growth. Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement in your home 🏡.

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Baby Toes

Q: How often should I water my Baby Toes?

Baby Toes thrives in dry soil and should be watered sparingly . Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.

4.3 out of 5 (8 experiences)

Fast grower

Survivor

Also known as

Window Plant and Baby's Toes

Taxonomy

Scientific name

Fenestraria rhopalophylla

Genus

Fenestraria

Family

Aizoaceae

Order

Caryophyllales

How to care for Baby Toes

Water

How often to water your Baby Toes

Baby Toes needs 0.5 cups of water every 12 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.

Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.

Water 0.5 cups every
12

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Light

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A plant's growing potential is determined from its location, the time of year, and current local weather.

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Finding light for Baby Toes in your home

Light needs and placement for plant Baby Toes: 3ft from a window

Baby Toes may have difficulty thriving, and will drop leaves 🍃, without ample sunlight.

Place it less than 3 feet from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.

Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Baby Toes in your home 🏡.

Nutrients

How to fertilize Baby Toes

Nutrient, fertilizer, and repotting needs for Baby Toes: repot after 2X growth

Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.

By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.

To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Baby Toes after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.

FAQs

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Care Summary for Baby Toes

Baby Toes

Greg recommends:

Water

0.5 cups every 12 days

Placement

< 3ft from a window

Nutrients

Repot after 2x growth

Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.

What other plant parents say

Fast grower 7

Survivor 4

Browns easily 3

Easy to propagate 3

Large, lush leaves 2

Blooms easily 2

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34 Plants

3,625 XP

Alameda, CA

12/23/2021

I've actually only managed to kill this plant by over watering it, never by forgetting it. It's super cute, makes a lot of lovely blossoms in the summer and it's very clear about when it needs watering- the baby toes get pruny!

Fast grower

Survivor