In the first image you guys can see one of my oldest plants (≈2 y.o. at the time I only had her and a pineapple plant) I need to say this guy is very resilient, and it don't complains at all, it simply starts to abort his own roots.
I took care of her like a normal succulent whatsoever, but at some point I got a heavy hand for watering and needed to replant it in a smaller pot because of some root rot.
After that I think I never saw her happy again.
Since I moved, it's in my West facing window (Southern Hemisphere) and received one watering. After 5 days his soil wasn't dry like I would like. And a quick root inspection show that the roots started to rot.
I'm replanting it in a 80% inorganic, will be in my east face window until it settles down again, and back to the sun after it.
What am I doing wrong? I would like to see her happy again like in the first image!
by Adept_Photograph7795
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I have a similar species as yours on my shelf. I maybe wrong, but their leaves usually open like in the first image when they got a lot of direct/indirect sunlight with regular/timed watering. Your plant look more shy recently maybe because of the rate of sunlight it’s getting and I think it’s also diverting its energy into growing new roots.
I feel you though, I moved into a new place with very high humidity. My old watering habits caused a lot of root rots for my Aloes & Haws 😔 since the water didn’t evaporate as quick as I’m used to.
I think it looks good! The lighter / white roots are the new ones and the old ones die off – that’s what is meant to happen! Look up haworthia rainwathaii and you’ll see that is what they do! I saw a monster in the ground here in SD this past weekend!
https://preview.redd.it/tg11nf3mh1yg1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8707d022b909eff67e5759645e7584349569e0b2
One thing with haws is that they’ll sometimes shed their roots if stressed. They’ll look kind of ugly after that but eventually get nice and plump again after they regrow their roots. Your plant looks really good so I actually don’t think it shed all the roots, though if it seems to have less than expected it might just be cycling through old ones or selectively shedding off weak ones. It will look non-ugly if it’s only losing a few
I actually think I have a similar one to yours! I have it in like 80% grit and bottom water it when the leaves curl in like tacos. I’m in the northern hemisphere zone 4 so keep mine in my west facing window to avoid sunburn from a south facing window. I think that giving it more grit and slightly more gentle sun is a great start to helping yours recover!