Day 5 on germinating my lithops seeds, there weren't any very big changes this morning. I even blogged on my Day 5 that "walang nangyayari". But this afternoon when I checked, and as I looked closer, I saw a tiny green speck.
Yehey! Yahoo!
So, on Day 5, the lithops seeds will start to sprout. Hopefully, tomorrow, there will be more than one sprouted seeds.
The sun goes up on the east here in the Philippines. It is actually a bit southeast, but not very south. So, I think, the most ideal location for plants here in the Philippines is a southeast facing window where the sun isn't direct but it is toucing the plants early in the morning.
You can put the plants under a roof, so when it is noon time, the plants are not directly under the sun. But still, in the morning, the plants get touched by the cooler sun rays.
If you don't have a southeast facing window, an east window or a south window is good.
Even a northeast window is good. As long as the plants get touched by the morning sun, that is good. But northeast doesnt get as much morning sun as in the southeast.
I downloaded a compass app (there are many in the Google playstore) and located all my southfacing windows.
We are in a tropical country where sun is good for plants from morning to afternoon, as long as it is not the noontime sun.
Afternoon sun is still sun, but not as intense as the morning sun. Afternoon sun is cooler than morning. But the morning sun wakes the plants up from night coolness, and the temperature change could be the most beneficial for them.
I am just using my cellphone and LED lights so the pictures aren't very clear like when you use professional cameras.
It seems that there isn't much change today. If you are very observant, you will notice there are a super very tiny change, hardly noticeable.
Patience is the key to success in growing lithops.
I placed the container with seeds on the southeast facing window to catch some morning sun, then i transfer the container with seeds on the south facing window before noon time because i don't want them to get baked by the scorching sun.
I made sure that they get plenty of indirect sunlight. I use a light meter app (pic below) to measure the light intensity my plants are getting. I make sure that the light does not get at 20,000lux which is direct sunlight. Just below 5000lux just like morning sun.
At night, I place the seeds under an artificial light with lux below 2000. I want the seeds to receive as much light as possible.
A Face Mask so I won't breath over the very tiny lithops seeds because they might just get accidetally blown away.
Lithops Seeds, a toothpick, cotton pads or unrolled cotton balls.
Container and a Tissue to place the seeds before putting on the cotton.
Container with cover. Then place the cotton inside.
A small bottle for water. Then fully wet the cotton balls very wet.
Then place the seeds one by one on top of the cotton using the tooth pick to pick up the seeds.
These are Day 1 pictures.
