Plant Care Living Stone

Living Stone

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Living Stone has a Survivor plant personality Survivor
Living Stone has a Fast grower plant personality Fast grower

Taxonomy

Lithops pseudotruncatella
Lithops
Aizoaceae
Caryophyllales

How to care for Living Stone

Water

How often to water your Living Stone

Water needs for Living Stone
0.5 cups
every 12

Living Stone needs 0.5 cups of water every 12 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot located in Madison, Wisconsin.

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

Calculate water needs of Living Stone

Water 0.5 cups every
12

Does your plant get direct sunlight?

Select the pot size

5"
Light

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

Plant care guide for Living Stone in Madison, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

35% Very Low

Finding light for Living Stone in your home

Light needs and placement for plant Living Stone: 1ft from a window
1ft or less from
a window

Living Stone love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.

Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to ensure it receives enough light to survive during this time of reduced sunlight intensity in Madison, Wisconsin ⛅.

Living Stone does not tolerate low-light 🚫.

Nutrients

How to fertilize Living Stone

Nutrient, fertilizer, and repotting needs for Living Stone: 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 Living Stone after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.

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Care Summary for Living Stone

Living Stone

Living Stone


Greg recommends:

Water

0.5 cups every 12 days

Placement

< 1ft from a window

Nutrients

Repot after 2x growth

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

What other plant parents say

Living Stone has a Survivor plant personality Survivor 7
Living Stone has a Fast grower plant personality Fast grower 4
Living Stone has a Blooms easily plant personality Blooms easily 1
@honeyyvoiced avatar
@@honeyyvoiced
leaf-1 7 Plants
xp 7,251 XP
globe Des Plaines, IL
08/17/2021

Always wanted one since I got a mimicry plant. Very hardy and sensitive to water

Survivor Survivor
@Ashley.p02 avatar
@@Ashley.p02
leaf-1 0 Plants
xp 584 XP
04/17/2021

This one is so cool to watch grow! They don’t like a lot of sunlight and don’t need to be watered often.

Fast grower Fast grower

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