Can Lithops shed its skin and tear it apart? When does it molt?

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1. Can Lithops molt be torn apart?

2. Period of peeling

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If everything else has detached when it is molting, but this one has not, you can tear it open by yourself. But you need to wait a certain amount of time before tearing it apart. Generally speaking, the time for it to shed its skin is in early spring.

1. Can Lithops molt be torn apart?

1. Can Lithops shed its skin and be torn apart?

1. It can be torn apart when it is peeling, but its tearing also needs to be carried out according to specific circumstances. If your Lithops doesn’t even have a slit on it during the period when it’s time to shed its skin, and there are no signs of molting at all, then you don’t have to rush to tear the skin apart. You need to wait for it to grow for a while. The epidermis is split before proceeding.

2. Return There is a situation where cracks have grown but the skin inside has not grown back yet. You cannot peel the skin off at this time. If you are in a hurry and do not handle it properly, it may lead to the death of the plant. It is said that if the peeled skin is very hard, you cannot start tearing it directly at this stage. It is best to wait until the plant has lost its shape before peeling. This can make the plant molt faster and speed up its growth. However, do not add water immediately after tearing it off. It is better to wait for it to dry.

2. Peeling period

< p>It will peel once a year, usually after the Spring Festival, it will start during the period of time, the specific time is between February and March. At the beginning of the process, it will be relatively small, and the epidermis will gradually dry up, but it will slowly expand from the body, and the outer skin will be peeled off.

2. Period of peeling

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