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Rest in peace my last Conophytum Calculus

i water only the monilaria plants on the 12th and on the 23rd of march. i spray the monilaria plants on the 12th with miss orchid girl's spider mite solution and i fertilize them on the 23rd.

i water my conophytum plant on the 12th. i decide not to give any more water for it after that because last year it created a dry sheath at this time. i don't see anything yet but i am hopefull. in the end of the month i gently press on the plant to see if it has new leaves inside it and the whole plant cracks. unfortunately i don't see anything inside and i have to conclude my conophytum is not going to make it. sadly it probably didn't like the spider mites, early repotting and the excess watering. rest in peace little one.

i do not water my lithops or argyroderma plants this month. the development of the second flower spike halts but i think helping the plant split is more important than seeing the flowering. maybe the flowering continues next autumn when i resume watering.

during march i increase the daylight hours to 12 hours a day.
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