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title: "Anyone else’s lithiops try to wiggle out of the soil? First pic is…"
description: "Anyone else’s lithiops try to wiggle out of the soil? First pic is from the day I planted them 1 month ago, the 2nd pic is today."
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/JTKPVVVnTWq8RdIJ8lW6Rg/0YCyOUijQ3a3rFUZcSmMhA"
community: "Lithops Lovers"
author: "Yeagermeister1982"
published: "2024-10-21T17:15:58.664031Z"
language: "en"
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# Anyone else’s lithiops try to wiggle out of the soil? First pic is…

_Posted by Yeagermeister1982 on 2024-10-21_

Anyone else’s lithiops try to wiggle out of the soil? First pic is from the day I planted them 1 month ago, the 2nd pic is today.

![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/PBFYZsZ4_Ta_Up5rAbgQwVwp9IzIfE-j7Uoeyw154JU/KlQPtRe2RquLfaX6KvoMQw.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/PBFYZsZ4_Ta_Up5rAbgQwVwp9IzIfE-j7Uoeyw154JU/SNoXewSET8eRG5io33N_TA.webp?size=large)

## 3 comments

### Sharon commented on 2024-11-20

Yep they tend to wriggle out when you just plant them, but should stop after a month or two

### Dave\_opuntiaface commented on 2025-03-14

No clue how it’s going, but I’ve found that Lithops will lift out of soil if it’s too much organic.

### Living\_Rock commented on 2025-05-11

Yep, when I got mine I noticed one of them had a giant gaping hole around it and was very loose and wiggly!

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