Hello,
I have several Adeniums and Lithops seedlings from this year's spring. I was wondering what care they need during their first winter. I did not find any relevant information about winter care for young plants. Should I treat them the same way I care for older plants, or do they have some special needs to survive their first winter? (Some lithops did not develop true leaves yet, some did.)
Thank you.
Adenium and Lithops first winter
Re: Adenium and Lithops first winter
Lithops seedlings need some water for the first winter.
No experience with Adenium.
No experience with Adenium.
Re: Adenium and Lithops first winter
Hello Mordecai,
I'm not an expert, but I also have Lithops seedlings I sowed back in March and April. The normal advice regarding the lithops seedlings is to keep watering them throughout their first year of life, so yes, keep watering them throughout the winter. This is different to adult plants where you definitely want to stop watering them over the winter months so that they can develop their new leaves for the coming spring. You do however want to progressively reduce the frequency of waterings for the seedlings to something like the following:
5 month old - 1 watering every 5 days
6 month old - 1 watering every 6 days
7 month old - 1 watering every 7 days
etc.
The only other advice I have is try to water during the morning so the roots do not stay cold and wet, although this might not be as much of a problem if you have them indoors.
I'm not an expert, but I also have Lithops seedlings I sowed back in March and April. The normal advice regarding the lithops seedlings is to keep watering them throughout their first year of life, so yes, keep watering them throughout the winter. This is different to adult plants where you definitely want to stop watering them over the winter months so that they can develop their new leaves for the coming spring. You do however want to progressively reduce the frequency of waterings for the seedlings to something like the following:
5 month old - 1 watering every 5 days
6 month old - 1 watering every 6 days
7 month old - 1 watering every 7 days
etc.
The only other advice I have is try to water during the morning so the roots do not stay cold and wet, although this might not be as much of a problem if you have them indoors.
Re: Adenium and Lithops first winter
Thank you both. I have similar watering schedule, so far the seedlings are doing great, I just wasn't sure about winter.