Those rock planters ROCK!!!!

Right?!? :D

i can't wait to get the semps in the garden so I can use the planters for my other succs inside.

I love those rocks! There's nothing so satisfying as stumbling into a great deal. Congrats!

Thanks Renee :)

I am working on talking myself out of going back for the rest of them :O

Thanks, numen!

I had to buy that dish garden. it's been there forrrever and it was dust dry. I agree on the ID. The poor thing looks absolutely dessicated.

The bark-sand mix just fell away from the roots. There are no fine roots at all, but the long roots and the pups' joining roots are firm. The pups are all almost as big as mama, it's a firm little group.

I've cleaned up the bottom dry leaves and roots (pics are before removing the remaining dead roots) and potted it up in some dry mix. Should I give it a thorough watering and put it in my brightest window or give it some chill time in lower light?

edit - I feel like I maybe shouldn't overwhelm those spare roots with a lot of heavy watering - maybe I should wet half the mix and repot it into damp mix instead?

As for the haworthia, it's in a brick of dry hard peat right now. I'm giving it a soaking so I can get the peat off. Should I cut off all that brown foliage?

I put the whole E. Nodulosa stem into a tall nursery pot until it recovers. The bulk of the roots were at the bottom end, I didn't want to cut them off ...

bunkfree, about the Haworthia….I can't give you specific advise, but I can tell you what I did with another variety and what happened. I bought 2 Haws Viscosa Tessellatas (one for me, one for a friend) from a local grower. Like commercial growers, he literally drowns them in peat and fertilizer so they grow in a month as much as they would grow normally in 6 months. Then -- he plopped them both in full sun. I guess he likes to "stress" Haws; many people do. They were deep dark purple when I bought them, with a few crunchy leaves. Ugh.

I repotted into gritty mix. I had just a few leaves I knew were dead so I cut those off. The roots were paltry, barely alive from the peat -- not NEARLY as good as yours show. I have removed both plants from the sun; they now rest in "bright light" but no direct sun. I don't know if the roots have recovered -- I doubt it, yet. But about 70% of the leaves have recovered. They are now a pleasant but subdued green. I have a couple more leaves I think are goners -- dried up for all time, dark purple and curled. But again, most of my previously burnt/purple leaves have recovered to some extent. I hope this helps you decide what to do. I am all for saving as much of a plant as I can -- or at least prolonging the decision to terminate leaves/stems. And I hope your Haw goes on to enjoy a long and productive life in your care!

Three of the haw's leaves came off easily with a gentle tug. I haven't unpotted it yet, so don't know that state of the roots in that specific plant yet. I have a bright spot on the wall that is not in direct sun, so I'm thinking that's where I'll put it once I get it repotted.

I am wondering if maybe that aloe above would be better off there as well while it recuperates.

Kd, just wondering why did you put whole stem of nodulosa in the mix?

Because the bulk of the roots were near the bottom?

Wouldn't you worry that there could be chance of stem rotting? (I don't know for sure if it would or not, but I would worry about).

E. nodulosa quite often grows taller stem. It will pup from the stem too (I would post photos, but for some reason I am not able to access them now)

I should perhaps behead it, and plant the stem by itself in hopes of pupping? I was honestly just trying to get as many roots into the soil as possible.

I agree with the in season repotting and would soak the roots for an hour or longer then re-pot in a very damp with a very good to sharp draining mix then would re-intro it into fuller UV strong sun outside avoiding any direct for now ( and for the rest of the season here If me I would leave it in a early morning sunny sill and put it outside for late day on sunny days and leave outside for a full cloudy day. You might want to and can consider sitting it in a bowl of water with moving air for a day.

You may want to avoid rainfall to help you water but you may need to water the soil/mix as it progresses

IMO With roots seen it looks more probable that some of the foliage could re-open and look like it should maybe next season with a good indoor to outdoor transitioning your aloe should look ALOT better in that amount of time. It's growing habits show me a slow pup rate, often with more than one pup developing over a year to two it doesn't mind being a little snug in a pot to slightly crowded. Showing a pic of mine in need of re-potting next spring that got a little rain on it this AM allowing some air drying time inside as I preference no strong sun exposure while and when in this form of wet. My prefferance for watering is late day for night drying while outside while under lights I habit watering soil/mix with minimal to no top watering.

Chances are good that you may have to remove a leaf or two someday if so and when reach way inside the leaf with a pair of longer sized tweezers and twist in one direction until the leaf is removed. My misbehaved leaves seem to be found and have been removed from the bottom although you can see I have one more to remove.

Fun fact they are there own species and also are relatives of the Lily and could flower twice a year An inspiration no longer here on the forum they can be formed to look like.... Go ahead guess..... Give up ?

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Thank you very much for the advice, nomen. Interesting about the shaping :)

I got one last month as well, and it looks very different. More like yours, (but smaller) and her pups are very tiny still. I'm pleased with the colour on mine. I was worried it wouldn't get enough sun indoors but it seems to like the south window. Looking at the photo here it looks very thirsty, though! I'm still working out the kinks in my mix and watering schedule but so far so good - I've only killed a couple plants - the aloe aristata stump and a crassula perforata - with overwatering. I mostly underwater. I'm finding some of my pots (the glazed ceramic) tend to keep the soil moist longer. It feels like a full time job haha!

I'll give the new one a good soak, and once repotted I have a west sill that gets great morning sun then indirect south sun for the rest of the afternoon. I don't put many plants outside at present, but I have very good sunny windows.

Also, Rina - I be headed the nodulosa and put the stem into the pot with the roots not too deep. The head is resting in my propagation tray until i get a pot ready :)

I got one semp into the garden and filled a rock planter :) I used one part sifted fail mix (of the ridiculously water retentive nature) and two parts sifted black aquarium gravel. Nice and gritty, no fines whatsoever. (And yes, I do have a black leopard glass coffee table hehe)

Kd

That haw looks nice. They do quite well in indirect light.

You didn't have to behead nodulosa 'cause of me :), but healthy stem should give you few babies. And the top should root, post their progress pls.

I can't tell/see in the photo of aloe that it is thirsty? And, it may be photo, but it seems to be too deep in the pot?

Thanks Rina :) I think I'll keep the haw on the coffee table (unless Dave starts munching it) - living room is quite bright and gets a couple hours sun across the table in the afternoon.

I beheaded nodulosa because I worried about stem rot after you mentioned it :-P now I have increased the propagation potential exponentially!

I thought the aloe looked thirsty because it looks dull and has taken on a bronze tone to the green (which I am starting to associate with aloe thirst). Also I haven't watered it in about ten days LOL edit: it had top dressing on it when I first potted - I've removed that to facilitate evaporation, that's why it's low.

June 25:

And fresh from the nursery June 19:

Edit to add pic (these are all the same plant) from above for comparison purposes:

Them recent aloes you posted look; in a word ( or two or four) Ohh so very nice. Not to overly suggest but sometimes an open window during evening warmer times also helps provide a more vivid coloring lowest temp range is mid to lower 50's if kept on the dryer side it should go dormant for an apx six - eight week time frame

If kept under lighting during winter months maintain a less frequent watering when needed regiment and it could flower under lighting but I end up cutting them as the flower hits the lamps and fry to dry with out the aloe roots needing water.