Hello! I received this as a tiny little cactus, maybe 8 years ago, as a gift when my dear guinea pig passed. A little of his ashes are in this plant. It just keeps getting bigger and I don’t know what it is supposed to look like. He is very beautiful, but seems wrong somehow. How is this guy supposed to look? He was tied to some stakes, but is so top heavy, I do not know what is right. Thank you so much!
by Wyrmillion
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Is this the position he’s always in? Unless you moved him for the photo, I think it’s fair to say he’s reaching for the window because he wants more light.
Yeah, it needs more light my friend. I got a pretty cheap full spectrum grow light from my local nursery and my plants were extremely grateful since I have trees everywhere outside and no full sun gets in.
I now have a whole stand for my buds. $45 and my plants are happy and healthy. This was the initial setup when I first got it.
https://preview.redd.it/a3fw6c3nuwig1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a35158120ff23bdbaa3ad6221d7647b73ffa069
More light for sure, a bit less water also. Regular slight over-watering won’t hurt haworthia or gasteria but it does tend to enable noodly growth that most people find aesthetically unappealing. Water constraint may reduce the tendency to go zooming all over.
HES TRYING TO ESCAPE
He’s burned out wants a promotion and the credit he deserves
Put him up on that table next to the window. He’s desperately looking for the light.
That looks like several year’s growth. And some etiolation thrown in as well. You could either live with it or behead it and also cut several stem pieces and grow them individually. That will take a hear or more to look good again. And yes it needs more light.
He wants to go outside and play in the sunshine.
Light and an improved substrate
side note: it appears to be a succulent, not a cactus.