I honestly don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I recently planted two new Haworthias after separating them from their mother plant, and ever since, their leaves have been getting thinner and thinner like they’re losing water. I water them once a week. I also have another one right next to these two, and it’s been showing the same symptoms for about a month now.
by AdvancedPaint8718
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I’ll leave the real diagnosis to the experts, but that seems like a lot of water. I water mine monthly (sometimes even longer) and I only water when the leaves start to feel soft.
Watering once a week seems like too much water, unless you’re in a very dry climate with only rocks for the medium it’s planted in. The leaves might be getting thinner for multiple reasons. It may be absorbing them to use the stored energy to grow new roots since it was just repotted, it may not be getting enough light or adjusting to the amount it gets now, it may have root rot with the amount of water it’s getting and that may be cause of leaf issues, or it may be going into hibernation depending on the temperature it’s at (if in the northern hemisphere, that is not as likely unless it’s indoors only and kept cold) since it’s been repotted.
I would suggest letting it sit and acclimate to the new pot amount of light, and new environment it’s in. Once it has new roots started and bounces back, then water as needed. It may take a few weeks to a few months to acclimate.
Haworthias are summer dormant.. slow growth, less water so just be patient..