Lol it happens. That is a haworthiopsis limifolia. Keep doing what you’re doing, maybe get it in a slightly bigger pot with drainage hole of course. Your mix looks plenty good for a haworthia they aren’t picky as long as it is a succulent mix.
These pup a lot regardless, but the loss of lower leaves and pups can indicate stress. Not really an issue overall, but slightly more frequent waterings would plump it up.
This happens to a lot of my echeveria and stuff when I don’t water enough, but they’re getting intense light. They shed low leaves quicker than they can grow top leaves, and the pups here are probably using up some of that moisture leaving the mom with less.
The dark leaves are from sun stress and as you may know a lot of haworthia growers (other specialty succulent growers) grow their plants hard (in intense light/drought conditions) so that the plant looks more like it would in its natural habitat. This sometimes goes away if you’re growing varieties that you would like to see more plumped up, like a lot of haworthia hybrids that have large juicy leaves tend to look better plump. Example would be haworthia comptoniana hybrids of a haworthia that while still aiming to grow compact, might be watered more frequently to keep its plump shape despite the stress/seasonal colors.
Hope this helps! Cool plant and nice collection you have a good soil mix for just about any succulent or cactus. Keep in mind haworthia really don’t like to wiggle around tho, so if it seems loose in the cup here you might get it into something deeper so that the mom can grow those pups out some more for you with stronger roots and then you can separate if you like.
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It’s in a sundae dish with a spoon 😂 that’s my CJ answer. And my real answer.
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Lol it happens. That is a haworthiopsis limifolia. Keep doing what you’re doing, maybe get it in a slightly bigger pot with drainage hole of course. Your mix looks plenty good for a haworthia they aren’t picky as long as it is a succulent mix.
These pup a lot regardless, but the loss of lower leaves and pups can indicate stress. Not really an issue overall, but slightly more frequent waterings would plump it up.
This happens to a lot of my echeveria and stuff when I don’t water enough, but they’re getting intense light. They shed low leaves quicker than they can grow top leaves, and the pups here are probably using up some of that moisture leaving the mom with less.
The dark leaves are from sun stress and as you may know a lot of haworthia growers (other specialty succulent growers) grow their plants hard (in intense light/drought conditions) so that the plant looks more like it would in its natural habitat. This sometimes goes away if you’re growing varieties that you would like to see more plumped up, like a lot of haworthia hybrids that have large juicy leaves tend to look better plump. Example would be haworthia comptoniana hybrids of a haworthia that while still aiming to grow compact, might be watered more frequently to keep its plump shape despite the stress/seasonal colors.
Hope this helps! Cool plant and nice collection you have a good soil mix for just about any succulent or cactus. Keep in mind haworthia really don’t like to wiggle around tho, so if it seems loose in the cup here you might get it into something deeper so that the mom can grow those pups out some more for you with stronger roots and then you can separate if you like.
It’s in a sundae dish with a spoon 😂 that’s my CJ answer. And my real answer.