Hey Everyone! Thanks so much for all the comments and advice. I honestly figured since they were succulents I can just treat them like I do with my sempervivums, aeoniums, and echeverias which all do really well here in San Francisco. But I guess these aren't your average succulents. I purchased a huge lot of 110+ plants from eBay for $35 (they're selling one little stone in a 2" pot for $6 at a store here!). I'm going to be ultra careful with these guys. I think I;ll put most indoors on the southern window and try a few outdoors and see how they go. I;ll just be careful with the water and if it rains bring them indoor. Who knew these were so tricky!!! I saw them at my local Target store and thought they couldn't be so hard if they're at Target...

I'm not sure about those whitish lines running along the inside of the leaves. Have they changed at all since you got the plant, or do they feel different to the rest of the leaf? Can they be rubbed off? If the plant was stepped on flat from above and is just a little wrinkled without any stem damage then it'll probably be okay. I shouldn't think there'd be much cell damage. The pot will be big enough to hold the root system for the next couple of growing seasons, though it could use some insulation to stop it drying out so quickly. The fine roots grow quickly in response to rain and also die off quickly once the soil dries too much, so a slow-drying (but airy!) pot means more time spent in the roots' comfort zone. Insulate the pot by putting the plant pot in a larger one (say about 1cm gap all round) and filling the gap between the two with sand or something similar. Have the pot tops level, and use a bit of kitchen towel to keep the contents of the two pots separate. If you do end up overwatering, pull out the inner pot and it'll dry off faster. For the soil, there are plenty of options. Just not many that are economical for a single two-inch pot. Turface is a very good material if you can find any, and you only need a handful. It needs a bit of preparation to get the particles the right size (1-3mm). Grit is good, as long as it's the right size (1-3mm again). A tiny bit of dirt (good topsoil, good compost. Stay away from anything with peat or bark, sometimes called 'forest products') will provide enough nutrients for the plant. When I say 'tiny' I mean 'not enough to even cover the rest of the ingredients'. Lithops recycle their leaves, so their only major energy drains over the year are roots and a flower. And they'll skip the flower if they're not happy. By the way, the exact kind of plant you have is Lithops karasmontana 'lateritia'. It's a form found naturally and multiplied in cultivation because it looks nice. The karasmontana and lesliei species have a lot of variation, and most Lithops found on the shelf will be one of those two. Don't worry too much if you kill this one, so long as you were paying attention to what the plant was doing. Lithops tend to die suddenly when they go, so it's easy to narrow down what went wrong. Usually they turn to mush, although sometimes they just don't wake up after winter if they ran out of resources. Sometimes if they get fried the inner leaves just about survive and emerge from their crispy casing as normal, but not having any old leaves to consume means they'll need a little extra care until they've been through one full growinng season as normal plants. Once the plant's been through two growing seasons it can be put in a bigger pot. One, the pot will probably be rather cramped by then. Two, you'll be able to control the water supply better and will be more sensitive to the amount of water the plant needs. Lithops will drink whatever water you give them even if it makes them pop, and the more water the pot holds, the less forgiving it is of overwatering. Don't water on a schedule, it'll mess you up once the plant's repotted and the conditions around the roots change. Here is a link that might be useful: A useful Lithops blog, with troubleshooting

Hey Avinash Veer! Sounds like you've already done some research, I haven't grown succulents from seed before but there are a couple of folks here on the forum who've grown lithops from seed (maybe pleiospillos seed will like the same environment- not sure) but here is a recent thread that has a lot of useful information on when to open the bag and etc and nice progression photos: http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3300934/question-on-sowing-mesembs-seeds I guess my warning is that zone 13 is probably super different from zone 5/6, maybe take care on not drying the seeds out. My next guess is that I think the particle size used for the seedlings should be smaller than what you would use for full grown succulent plants. good luck!

Here are mine from January this year. Just watered this morning.