Light : Lithop do well if they receive about 3 or 4 hours of sunlight during the early part of the day, and partial shade during the afternoon. But place the plants in a location where they'll receive indirect sunlight if they've been inside at a garden center and move gradually to direct sun light or bright spot near window. Dry condition are best , avoid area with excessive humidity .
Temperature : Protect from frost, avoid temperature less than 40F.
Water : Keep the soil barely moist, allow top of the soil dry between watering. They need water when growing season only, ussually in autumn however it is depending your enviroment. Do not over watering they may die. when your lipthop starts to shrivel then stop watering. They are sensitive to rotting. Treat them as cactus.
Soil : Lithops thrive best in a coarse, well-drained soil mix or soil special for cactus. Place lithop in container with drainage hole
Propagation: Seeds, cutting or divide clumps in early summer.
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