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title: "My lithops are acting weird lately and one side is growing weird and…"
description: "My lithops are acting weird lately and one side is growing weird and google isn’t telling me what to do"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/JTKPVVVnTWq8RdIJ8lW6Rg/ibQ8FT3Go6Y4X38Bhdu756"
community: "Lithops Lovers"
author: "Landon"
published: "2025-03-16T16:24:00.210575Z"
language: "en"
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# My lithops are acting weird lately and one side is growing weird and…

_Posted by Landon on 2025-03-16_

My lithops are acting weird lately and one side is growing weird and google isn’t telling me what to do

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/d1frpwgrz7Hzs9WQm_mnVEyRESupyhF5vZfxdwctPPo/vviS2GfTSeOT-KcnOzqY3g.webp?size=large)

## 9 comments

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2025-03-16

Oh strange, it kinda looks like the side split, instead of ithe usual breaking in half they do. For new growth to squeeze through. Is that older top portion loose? You may be able to remove it, kinda sucks to lose the older portion, but im not sure if it will live long being detached like that. I'm not 100% familiar with lithops, ive never had any issues with them. So I'm not sure if you could remove the top and replant it, it may just die off. But you'll still have the new portion growing, and no longer being hindered by the top

#### Landon replied on 2025-03-17

It still doesn’t fully come off

#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2025-03-17

Not seeing it in person. If you think the cap is a lost cause. I would gently break or cut it apart to get it off.

#### Landon replied on 2025-03-19

I did that and it looks like this

![Attachment 1 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/d1frpwgrz7Hzs9WQm_mnVEyRESupyhF5vZfxdwctPPo/kOoVkkutRfO2MKkKmOLPiQ.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/d1frpwgrz7Hzs9WQm_mnVEyRESupyhF5vZfxdwctPPo/Fs2571bdT9qyGvTFJ7Zcgw.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 3 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/d1frpwgrz7Hzs9WQm_mnVEyRESupyhF5vZfxdwctPPo/JmLavj4uTHSkVOWt2Jrhdg.webp?size=large)

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2025-03-19

Does the bottom part with the new growth look okay?

#### Landon replied on 2025-03-23

Yes

#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2025-03-23

That's great!

### Landon commented on 2025-05-07

They died

### Dj commented on 2025-05-12

☹️

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