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My thoughts on watering living stones seedlings

i tried to find detailed information about watering living stones seedlings. unfortunately the advice seems to stop when the first leaves are shed and the only advice after that is to reduce watering and that the plant is having a natural cycle after the first year is over. however nobody (i found) seems to describe the watering/fertilizing (after the first leaves). as far as i understand the life in the first year is different from the regular yearly cycle due to the plant being "immature" and needing more water. however i wanted to know all that happens in between the sowing and the 1st year mark.

i found these instructions from world of succulents site: https://worldofsucculents.com/grow-lithops-seed/ (the watering of lithops seedlings is in the tips at the end of the article). other living stones didn't seem to have as detailed articles. however i don't know how good the advice is because when i compared some of the site's advice with vivante-passerelle.net about different species i found contradictory advice.

also i found this youtube video lithops about watering lithops seedlings. unfortunately the channel hasn't been active for a year and doesn't give a very clear idea how to water closer to the transition to a mature plant and no info on watering other living stones.

i found this blog growlithops that also gives some guidelines. the author lives in denmark so i think the winters are humid. she grows both lithops and monilaria. what is curious is that in her guide to growing lithops from seed the maturation happens towards the second year and not at all after the first year. on the other hand she mentions that the monilaria should be mature after the first year. because she is the only one of these sources to actually show pictures and to document the process of growing the living stones i was thinking to trust her more. also she is the most northern blogger i have come across. her climate and light levels don't exactly match mine but are more closer than anybody else's.
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