Watching Conophytums and Lithops

[peter831shaw]

Im going into my 3rd year (maybe) of an assortment of Cono's and Lithops from seed.

Is there any observed overlap watering among the two?

I am in Ca, my Conos are not developing their covering, while many of the Lithops are still in the early/mid splitting mode.

Its cool but going to get warmer soon, can I still water the conophytums? Do I self induce dormancy or do I water until the sheath starts to develop?

thanks

Peter

[Aiko]

Regarding Conophytums. Give a good splash in early April, and then let them be until late August or so.

[ianstrutt]

Regarding Conophytums. Give a good splash in early April, and then let them be until late August or so.

Even if they're going dormant? A lot of mine look like they're moving towards dormancy this week.

[Aiko]

If you are convinced they are dormant already, you could skip the watering. But a splash at this time of the year will not hurt them, from my experience, even if already dormant or drowsing.

[rodsmith]

I never water my conos after late Feb/early March.

[ChrisR]

Its cool but going to get warmer soon, can I still water the conophytums? Do I self induce dormancy or do I water until the sheath starts to develop?

https://conophytum.com/index.php?/category/425

[iann]

I'm not watering mine now despite the near-freezing nights, so that's probably it for the summer. Many of them were watered recently though, so they're not even wrinkly yet, let alone sheathing. This weekend will probably move them along quickly, the first really sustained warm sun they've had this spring.

[iann]

Oo Lithops, I should have mentioned Lithops. Obviously most still have big fat leaves and don't want water yet, but there's always a few ahead of the pack and I've watered some already. Plus this year's seedlings obviously, and last year's seedlings too. Big clumps and communal pots of young plants always need more water compared to a large single or double-headed plant in the same sort of sized pot.

[el48tel]

Oo Lithops, I should have mentioned Lithops. Obviously most still have big fat leaves and don't want water yet, but there's always a few ahead of the pack and I've watered some already. Plus this year's seedlings obviously, and last year's seedlings too. Big clumps and communal pots of young plants always need more water compared to a large single or double-headed plant in the same sort of sized pot.

That's interesting.
Daughter commented that some of hers looked way ahead of season.

[peter831shaw]

Thank you all for your insight and recommendations.

The seed pots are always the difficult ones for me, with some splitting some shrinking, and recently discovered root mealybugs.