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title: "What happens when you clip the rot and gross off the bottom of a…"
description: "What happens when you clip the rot and gross off the bottom of a Lithops? It’s dead, right? I’m speculating YES, but I’ve seen some bonkers plant stuff this…"
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community: "Lithops Lovers"
author: "Dave_opuntiaface"
published: "2024-05-30T13:46:23.077951Z"
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# What happens when you clip the rot and gross off the bottom of a…

_Posted by Dave\_opuntiaface on 2024-05-30_

What happens when you clip the rot and gross off the bottom of a Lithops? It’s dead, right? I’m speculating YES, but I’ve seen some bonkers plant stuff this year.

Let’s see if I can pull some magic out of this.

Featured in the pics are the others I saved from this batch - a recent purchase. Some had zero roots, but I let them (the roots) all dry out after a soak of super soap and light scrubbing.

🤞

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## 3 comments

### Mullein commented on 2024-05-30

😮 That would be cool if it could recover and grow roots again. Keep us posted!

#### Dave\_opuntiaface replied on 2024-06-01

It is so counterintuitive, and I thank everyone for humoring me haha.

But none of these should be living. I expected to wake up the next day to a deflated, goopy mess, but they all still feel solid. They get their own special light, though 🤘

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/gFKgBIDtQUSoNHyzAXA4pLM-wYI4yLGXFPAMGDtMt3o/Pd1Hh4cHSfaFAsMy_mSphw.webp?size=large)

#### Dave\_opuntiaface replied on 2024-07-08

Nope. I have 4 left, and they already had roots. It was fun for a minute lol

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