Greg initially misidentified my haworthia as a snake plan...
#HaworthiaPygmaea He’s looking really stringy and today I noticed he’d turned a bit of a darker green? Anyone have any tips for getting this guy to be nice and plump again? 🥺
6” pot with drainage
Last watered 3 years ago
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@Missplantyqueen thanks so much for the response! I actually just repotted it, sometime last month, because I had it in a very tiny plastic planter (roughly 2 in x 2 in if I’m being generous) with a very tiny drainage hole. I realized I’d made a horrible mistake by putting it in there. 😔 I moved it to the big terracotta planter with ample drainage thinking it would help, and it seemed to at first, but now it looks a little worse. Will moving it again cause it to go into shock? Is there anything else I can do for it? Would adding another plant to fill up space in the big pot help? Also I have it by a southeast facing window all day; it’s 48 degrees out today, though it snowed and hailed just last week, and there is a draft by the window. Maybe I can insulate the window a bit to keep the cold air out, and I will definitely look into getting some perlite for it. Thanks again!
Needs a smaller pot. Only slightly larger than the root ball. Most succulents also only do best outdoors. The colouring comes from sun 'stress' and can vary throughout the year, but because you're in the northern hemisphere, it should start getting lighter rather than darker. Succulents are tough, so it should be fine be repotted again. I have all of mine outside and even when the temperature falls below 0°c, they are still ok. Only cooler than that is when it is best to bring them indoors and put them directly under a grow light so they don't etiolate. They also need super well draining soil to ensure their roots don't remain moist. I put heaps of coarse perlite with my soil mixes for my succulents to assist with this. Good luck!