Haworthias, Then and Now
Pagan
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Comments (1)Looks like a black vine weevil. These guys are trouble, causing serious damage, and can be difficult to control. They will lay eggs in the soil, and the larvae will feed on plant roots. You'll need to be persistant with your control to make sure you stop their life cycle, meaning that there may be more on the way in different stages. Depending on how many you are finding, and for how long, you may want to check your roots for larvae or egg clusters. Control can be by either machanical means, picking them off, or broad spectrum insecticide, applied to both the plant, AND a soil drench to kill eggs & larvae. These suckers can be tough, so again, be persistant. Good luck! Joe...See MoreThrips!
Comments (4)Thanks tsugajunkie. I had forgotten about neem, haven't used it in ages. Will have to wait until plants are outside to try this, as I really dislike the smell of neem oil (rotten onions mixed with peanut butter,anyone?). Thanks for the tip!...See MoreMy favorite Haworthia; (at least for now)
Comments (18)It has nothing to do with my hands, Stan. It's the granny glasses I use! The method is pretty easy. The most important thing to know is the pollen at the end of the filament is ready when the flower opens but the stigma takes a few days to be ready to accept the pollen. Select your parents. Gently remove the bottom 3 petals. You may have to gently bend back the remaining petals to emasculate the flower using a fine tipped pair of tweezers. After 2 or 3 days, remove several filaments and anthers from the other parent using a fine tipped pair of tweezers and gently rum the pollen on the end of the stigma being especially careful not to damage it. This is what you will see several weeks later, if you were successful. As the pod matures, if you watch very carefully, you will see the distal end begin to splay open. At this point you can remove it and gather the seed or place something over the pod to catch the seed. If you don't, you won't have any seed as they will fall out of the pod....See MoreHaworthia Succulent
Comments (5)Nathan Welcome to this forum, where you'll get very good advice for free :) Ppl posting here are all succulent enthusiast, and will gladly share advice - as you already received, and often also photos. I would suggest for you to add general location to your name - it could help with tips... If you don't mind my remarks, pls. read posts carefully. Do not rush do pull plant apart unless you are sure it has problems. Some discoloration happens simply because of age of plant, availability of light and some other conditions. It isn't always rotting - but should be checked well to make sure what it is. I have same plant, and there is some discoloration on leaves too: It is very healthy plant, and some browning at the base of leaves is quite normal. But pls. check yours as suggested to make sure. What could kill any succulent easily is soggy soil. Get better potting ingredients and make new mix (or you can purchase ready-made; that is usually more expensive but if you need only for 1 plant, it could be ok). Many ppl use 50/50 mix of Cacti&Succulent soil and perlite, both available in many stores in various size bags. Do not let pot sit in extra soil immediately below; extra moisture from it will be reabsorbed back, keeping roots too wet. Well draining potting mix and container with drainage holes are most important for growing succulents. They typically need lots of sunlight, but your Haworthia limifolia - now Haworthiopsis limifolia, will grow well in little less light. Can you get other ingredients for better mix as suggested? There are many different ones available. They includes perlite, pumice, grit, turface, scoria and many more. Combination of 2 or 3 makes usually very good mix. Btw, this plant is not difficult to grow - there are many other haworthias that are more 'finicky'...some members here grow many of them as you can see on THIS THREAD...See MorePagan
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