Long Toms for Lithops?
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iann
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Long Toms for Lithops?
Potting on this L. werneri, four heads but still only a couple of cm across. Had a 2" BEF pot lined up, but went back to the stock cupboard for something deeper.
Cheshire, UK
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iann
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Re: Long Toms for Lithops?
Not quite. The taproot (branched, bit of a pain) fit into a standard 6cm round pot. The feeder roots will be fine wherever they can find room. Looks a bit lost, but it will clump up soon enough.
Cheshire, UK
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Re: Long Toms for Lithops?
I am using rather deep pots for my lithops with a very good results. Although these are filled with mostly inorganic substrate. I was told in the past that Desmond Cole would keep his plants in 12 inch containers.
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Re: Long Toms for Lithops?
Hi,
Des Cole's containers for his Lithops were around 5 or 6 inches deep and not the 12 inches stated here. He kept each locality together in one container made from asbestos and cement, rectangular in shape. When the plants budded upthe pans were fitted with their own contraceptive zinc mesh cover to avoid hybridisation. The soil that the Lithops were grown in was collected at the time and place of each Lithops locality along with some of the surrounding stones.
Suzanne
Des Cole's containers for his Lithops were around 5 or 6 inches deep and not the 12 inches stated here. He kept each locality together in one container made from asbestos and cement, rectangular in shape. When the plants budded upthe pans were fitted with their own contraceptive zinc mesh cover to avoid hybridisation. The soil that the Lithops were grown in was collected at the time and place of each Lithops locality along with some of the surrounding stones.
Suzanne