@socks I'd absolutely give grounding some of them a shot. They're pretty hardy, particularly the Haworthiopsis spp. in my experience. I don't really have a leg to stand on to offer the advice considering I'm nowhere near your zone so, grain of salt and all that. Would definitely be interested in seeing updates if you decide to plant some of the pups in the ground to see how they do.

@Pagan new thread, exciting times! Here's my H. cuspidata f. variegata. I've only had it for a few months but it's nicely rooted again and starting to think about sending up a flower stalk which is cool. If only it would coordinate its efforts with some of my other haws.

H. bayeri AL (9 yo)

H. maughanii Maarten STC (6yo)

H. springbokvlakensis AL (6 yo)

So! Today.

H. obtusa cv Black Obtusa. A slight nudge while watering and the whole thing rolled over, rootless. Under a magnifying glass, there was a writhing mass of fungus gnat grubs. Everyone gets a hydrogen peroxide bath this weekend.

H. obtusa cv Yamada Black. Note: I'm skeptical about the provenance of this one. I was looking for the kind of Yamada Black with severely blunt leaf tips. So not obtusa, probably more cooperi. But these so-called black obtusas do look different when exposed to high light. They turn very dark gray instead of the typical red.

H. picta cv Tougenkyou Very strange, did not like the cold so it's not on my haworthia bench. I noticed this about a lot of grower-made cultivars--they prefer warmth and tend to lose their roots if you give them winter. So I grow them with my adromischus plants---kind of cool at night (around 18C) and hot during the day (over 25C).

H. maughani cv Shikou I'm surprised it's even still alive.

More later, maybe.

Also!

@socks In your zone, I think they will absolutely do well in the ground, if you planted them somewhere elevated so water drains quickly. Maybe experiment with a clump before moving everyone?

@John (Zone 5b/6a, IN) How do those variegated ones grow, especially the fleshy kind (haworthia, as opposed to haworthiopsis). They look high-maintenance.

@Pagan thanks for the idea. Should I do it now or spring? I'm not sure about their growing season.

If your night temps do not get below 10C, you can probably do it now. (I would, but I tend to be reckless when I have spares). But also pay attention to how much rain you are getting right now. Too much (like, daily) might drown them while they are settling down.

It's still winter/spring/monsoon(?!) in Zone7 but I have started to do all my indoor haworthia repotting a couple of weeks ago because they are in active growth in the basement where their night temps are averaging 10 to 14C. When they are actively growing, the recover faster.

@Pagan my variegated ones have all been pretty easygoing tbh. I have an ugly old compto (maybe) that I've been trying to rehab for 2 years now. I also can't seem to get my 'Saiko' to be happy and not develop the caved in, dinosaur feet looking leaf tops. Just by comparison, my 'Shirafu', the vareigated cuspidata, and my variegated cymbiformis are no trouble at all.

@John (Zone 5b/6a, IN) Ugh. I know what you mean. I have several haworthias on rehab for so long that by the time they finally just die, I've lost trach of which one they were. Even worse, when one recovers like this one below, I've lost all clues of what it is!

This one below, fortunately, has kept its label since 2018: Haworthia cv Evening Glow

H. emelyae var comptoniana (6 yo): this is one of those haworthias that looked perpetually sunken until it was finally moved to a mixed medium with significantly more potting soil than I typically mix in (which is, well, zero). I also stopped storing it on my cold shelf.

Not everything is a happy ending, though.

@Pagan I've been getting better at pulling the plug on the lost causes in my collection in regards to cacti and succulents like echeverias, graptopetalums, etc., but I still have difficulty chucking out most of the haws that are just kind of ratty looking. Unless they have eriophyid mites (had my first run in last fall) I always want to give it a shot in terms of rerooting and getting them up ajd running again. They're so hardy that I know even the ones that look like they're on their last legs have enough gas in the tank to throw out a couple roots.

That noid rehab looks really interesting, the leaves just look really sleek. Fingers crossed it stays happy for you. Anyway, here's a couple that were looking nice last night.

I've finally been consistent enough with watering that this 'Crystal Ball' is growing at a good clip.

I think when I start repotting in a month or so I'm going to do what you mentioned for your H. emelyae var. comptoniana and mix in a good amount of potting soil for this one and anything else that has a drop of comptoniana parentage in it. They just do not tolerate my off and on forgetfulness with watering. It feels like they throw a fit for a month at least if I miss a watering or get busy with life stuff for a week. Everything else is fine but these just sulk which is a shame because they're stunning when grown well.

H. 'Kotohime'. Love this plant, probably have posted it before but it's a favorite so it gets the honor again.

I decided to repot the Crystal Ball from my previous post. It had been in that 2" pot for awhile and I was getting fidgety waiting for the weather to warm up. I ended up potting it quite low but I like the way it turned out.

Took me a while to find my Crystal Ball. I repotted it at some point and lost track:

One of my non-failures, H. springbokvlankensis. Boy, this one took years to bounce from near-death.