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June 6 to 30

i am watering my conophytum plant still more often than the rest of the living stones. i water it on the 6th and the 12th of june. i also water all my living stones on the 9th and the 14th of june. besides watering i also fertilize all of them on the 30th of june.

in the beginning of the month i let the plant lamps stay on for 16 hours but towards the solstice i reduce the hours to only 10 hours a day. it is because at that time i receive guests and i don't want them to be disturbed by the light when they are sleeping in my living room. i am also away for the end of the month and i decide i don't want to find my plants dried into raisins when i return. i am not sure if this is possible but it feels safer to leave the lamps on for only 10 hours a day instead of full 16 hours.

i decided to have a break with fertilizing my plants after the transplant. nobody told me to do it, i just felt like doing it was the right thing to do. currently i fertilize with my cactus and succulent fertilizer (npk 3-2-6 plus micronutrients). i dilute 0,5 ml fertilizer in about 200 ml water and then i pour part of the mix in each container. i use a disposable 5 ml plastic syringe which i bought from a pharmacy and which i reuse to measure my fertilizer. after the fertilizing and if needed i run more water through each pot to make sure the plants receive enough moisture. i feel that especially the monilaria which are quite numerous need more water. for all watering and fertilizing i use tap water which is soft in my area.

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