faucaria tuberculosa care

[keithp2012]

Do I stop watering fully in winter? Also when to uncover seedlings?

[esp_imaging]

It's hard to know without knowing your winter conditions.

Faucarias are fairly tolerant of a little water in winter. So if your minimum temperatures are (say) 5-10 deg C, then certainly give some water now and again, allowing them to completely dry out in between waterings. If they are often colder than this, then give little or no water. Of course, you need a well drained soil and the usual succulent watering rule applies - "if in doubt, don't water".

I am not normally in a hurry to uncover seedlings unless thre is a problem such as rot or damping off - several weeks or a few months sealed up is a good time IMO, but some people think mesembs need uncovering much quicker than this. I guess easy mesmbs like Faucaria aren't too fussy, unlike many cacti.

[keithp2012]

Its zero to twenty degrees Fahrenheit in winter with snow and high fifties indoors on the windowsill with sunlight from outside coming in

[keithp2012]

These arent a kind of lithop you mean question mark

[stefan m.]

Faucaria belongs to aizoacaeae, previously Mesembryanthemaceae , a family of succulent plants native to affrica, related to cacti.
Lithops are alos a member of said famility, and exhibit similar traits.
Overall, the entire familiy has three "archetypical" growth types
1-ground covering(aptenia , drosanthemum, caprobrotus, delosperma)
2-alpine mound(ruschia, cheridopsis)
3-smaller, underground(fenestraria, lithops, conophytum)
and non succulent plants like tetragonia
yours would fall in the second cattegory

[esp_imaging]

Its.. ..high fifties indoors on the windowsill with sunlight from outside coming in

They will be happy with a bit of water as they are likely to be growing with these conditions

[keithp2012]

Its.. ..high fifties indoors on the windowsill with sunlight from outside coming in

They will be happy with a bit of water as they are likely to be growing with these conditions

How do I water throughout the year I am still confused when to water and when to not water Summer here gets over 80 farenheight

[stefan m.]

Probably the same watering regime as in winter. Aizoacaeae are very prone to rot, and 26 C" isnt that hot. The thing with frequent watering is that , like he stated, the soils needs to dry out. And you have to consider that said plants are much less water needy than cacti, so better to be safe than sorry. Maybe a little more water with same frequency, but not much. Depends on sun exposure .

[stefan m.]

Probably the same watering regime as in winter. Aizoacaeae are very prone to rot, and 26 C" isnt that hot(compared to the 33C" daily average summer here). The thing with frequent watering is that , like he stated, the soils needs to dry out. And you have to consider that said plants are much less water needy than cacti, so better to be safe than sorry. Maybe a little more water with same frequency, but not much. Depends on sun exposure .

[keithp2012]

Probably the same watering regime as in winter. Aizoacaeae are very prone to rot, and 26 C" isnt that hot(compared to the 33C" daily average summer here). The thing with frequent watering is that , like he stated, the soils needs to dry out. And you have to consider that said plants are much less water needy than cacti, so better to be safe than sorry. Maybe a little more water with same frequency, but not much. Depends on sun exposure .

Ok so almost no water in Summer and Winter but rest of the year water when soil fully dries out

[stefan m.]

I water cacti weekly in summer and twice a month in winter.
In your case that would probably once a month,
Just to be on the safe side, test the turgor on the leaf, by pressing it and determining softness.( make sure to water if the leaves are too soft)
They are summer growers, so keep "almost no water" to winter and water like the rest of the year in summer.
In a nutshell, avoid watering, until dry and leaves are softer than normal.