Haworthia Repotting | Cooperi & Retusa | Cactus & Succulents

[@edithcoliagrandis]

As always, I enjoyed watching the video with you, Sweetheart! ❤️ It’s amazing how the other Haworthia recovered. It was a good idea plucking off all its offsets to give the mother plant time to recuperate. 👍 I have several questions please: 1. Why did you not give the roots a trim this time unlike the last time? 2. Why did you use the same sized pots? 3. Why is this video too short for a 10-minuter? 😂 It felt like it to me at least. The H. gigantea is so happy. All its heads have flower spikes! 😍 I am so excited for the in-depth Haworthia video. I’m sure it’s going to me amaaaazing! ❤️🤗🥰♾😘❤️

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much my love ❤️ Yeah I was lucky with that other Haworthia, it’s recovering well. 1. I didn’t trim the roots this time as all were healthy new roots. 2. I used the same size pot as it’s always better to under pot than over pot a plant. 3. Haha yeah it did feel very short, next one will be longer 😊 Looking forward to completing the Haworthia care video too. Thank you as always babe for all your love, support and encouragement ❤️🥰🤗😘♾❤️

[@edithcoliagrandis]

@@Cactimania ♾❤️♾

[@kaktus_cactus]

Looking forward to the haworthia video. Great plants thanks for sharing.

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much Magda 😊 Thanks for watching and commenting, from Edith & myself, have a wonderful day 🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜

[@judithlenzin7444]

Oh... the cooler months are the GROWTH period!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

FANTASTIC video Daz, and your Haworthia's are so BEAUTIFUL, and the little offsets are so cute, we really enjoyed watching the repottings, and your soil mix is the absolute BEST :-D all our plants we repotted into your mix are loving it :-D thanks so much for sharing repotting your Haworthia beauties, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to England, and Singapore for a terrific Thursday today XXXXX

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much Lyn & Hans 😊 So happy all your plants are doing very well in this mix. I’m likely going to amend the mix a little next year for some plants, especially Haworthia, going to replace the horticultural grit for Kyodama so the mix isn’t as heavy, and should help out the plants with the more fibrous root systems. Thank you so much again Lyn & Hans, from Edith & myself to you both, have a wonderful Thursday ❤️🌵☀️🌺🌸🌼🏜

[@desertplantsofavalon]

@@Cactimania XXXX

[@philgray1421]

Great video mate with nice bits of info during watching you repot 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Cactimania]

Cheers mate 👍🏻 Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🏜

[@garygilliam1890]

Beautiful plants I collect as well I have 18 different types right now hope you and Eith have a great week ahead

[@Cactimania]

Thank you as always, Gary 😊 Thanks for watching and commenting. Have a lovely day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌺🌼🌸🏜

[@CactusCaffeine]

Sorry I’m late. I’ve watched this video 3x already but on TV so I couldn’t comment. 😉 That old soil mix isn’t that bad. They still developed lots of roots. But the bunching of roots at the top of the pot, I hate when that happens. I’m looking forward to the care video that you will do on haworthia. I need to learn from you. 😃👍🏼

[@Cactimania]

No problem Ana, better late than never as they say 😊 Yeah the old mix isn’t too bad, I just never really liked using the cat litter and didn’t like its water retention, better to use horticultural grade materials as well. Thank you for watching and commenting as always Ana, from Edith & myself, have a wonderful day ☀️🌵🌸🌺🌼🏜☕️

[@CactiOnWhite]

Excellent video on one of my favorite genus! I really enjoy the close up shots of your beautiful plants too. Thanks for sharing!

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed 😊 I love Haworthia, definitely one of my favourites as well. Thank you for watching and commenting, have a wonderful day 🌵☀️🌸🌺🌼🏜

[@tinamiller7821]

Hi Daz you always have such interesting plants... I'm learning from you... Have also learned a lot from Ana... keep up the videos 👍🌵🏜️Tina.

[@Cactimania]

Thank you Tina, I very much appreciate that 😊 Thank you for watching and commenting, have a wonderful day 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜

[@tinamiller7821]

Ty Daz for the 💚 your such a nice guy,.. good luck on your future videos. ... never stop..👍👍👍

[@alcurtis93]

Nice work Daz. Look good 👍 Definitely a big fan of your soil mix

[@Cactimania]

Cheers mate, good to hear from you again 👍🏻 I’m likely going to amend the mixture a bit more next year, I want to do away with the horticultural grit for Haworthia so the mix isn’t so heavy and replace it with kyodama. I’ve got a few in JI/lava rock/pumice/kyodama at the moment and so far so good. Also thinking about replacing the JI with coco coir, I’m fed up of finding things like plastic and glass and other bits of trash in that stuff. Cheers for watching and commenting mate, from Edith & myself, have a great day 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜

[@pimpozza]

Always love those stunning images you create Daz! Great vid 👍

[@Cactimania]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed 😊 Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜

[@maureenswallow3054]

Yes it (the vid)all looked good this end.when orchids roll their roots Around the top of the pot,it can be a sign that the roots simply don't Like the substrate, for two reasons, It gets not enough water,or (more importantly not enough air! I am tempted to think this plant is more a lithophyte than a Terrestrial plant with fibrous roots. Still a most enjoyable vid with good potting skills, Looking forward to watching the follow up vid on this plant, Thanks as always, Bill.

[@Cactimania]

Thank you 😊 Both plants are doing well, the cooperi needs repotting again lol. Thank you for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌺🌼🏜

[@godisgreat8462]

Awesome bud

[@Cactimania]

Thank you, Ken 😊🌵☀️🌺🏜

[@morrisparkintheozarks6831]

I like the cooperi, I've been seeing this one more commonly this year in the stores. Nice tight rosettes full of windows! Cool!! Thank goodness for offsets!!! They can really save the day,(and the plant) and keep it going on and on!!😊👍 I have a large haworthia colony in a 10 inch pot that looks like retusa, but I don't think it is. This plant grows so fast by underground rhizomes that you can't plant it in a group planting or it will overgrow everything!! Don't know ID may have to email you a photo. I don't know haworthias near as well as Euphorbias&Cactus. Great photos as always!!!🌵😄👍👍👍 Glad to see the poor sunburn victim survive!! Had the same happen to a mammillaria hahniana last year.. It's ok now. In fact it's in bud! Great video!!! Always wait for your next!!! Nobody can get us closer to these plants than you can!!! Hahaha!!! Thanks for sharing Daz! From Morris park in the Ozarks to the U.K. & Singapore "HI EDITH!!🖐😄 Have a great day guys!!! Peace,Love,Plants✌💖🌵🌷🌴🌺🌲🌻🌸

[@edithcoliagrandis]

Hi Clyde! 🥰 always love reading your comments! ❤️

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much Clyde 😊 Yeah the cooperi is a pretty common one, some lovely hybrids of that around as well. This one took a while to start forming offsets but it’s very prolific now. Yeah send me a picture of that Haworthia, would love to see it and possibly ID it for you 👍🏻 I have my Mammillaria plumosa coming into bud right now as well, cacti are weird sometimes, it should be sleeping haha. Thank you so much again my friend for watching and commenting and all your support and awesome comments, from Edith & myself to you and Deb, have a wonderful day 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜

[@morrisparkintheozarks6831]

@@Cactimania that's funny , my plumosa is coming into bud also! And a gracilis fragilis is in full bloom!! Crazy plants!!!! Hahaha!!

[@normanquinez3013]

Well done😊I enjoy watching the awesome hawortia's tnx Daz😊🌵🌸🙏

[@Cactimania]

Thank you, Norman, glad you enjoyed 😊 Thanks for watching and commenting, from Edith & myself, have a wonderful day 🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜

[@normanquinez3013]

@@Cactimania your welcome 😊🌵🌸🙏

[@kayenicholls5473]

I am looking forward to the video on the different types of haworthia

[@Cactimania]

Thank you, we’ll be going more into Haworthia care in that video too. Thank you for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜

[@moodyblooms]

I need to do this more often. Roots are looking good. Love your videos Daz! Take care~ MaryEllen

[@Cactimania]

Thank you, MaryEllen 😊 Glad you’re enjoying the videos. Thank you for watching and commenting and your support, have a wonderful day and happy growing 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜

[@CactaceaeReview]

Hi Daz, Re-checking out your repotting videos. Love it. Nice haworthia + babies!

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much Seb for checking back 😊 These have grown so much since being repotted, almost time to repot them again! Have a wonderful day from Edith & myself ☀️🌵🌼🌺🏜

[@kayenicholls5473]

Thanks

[@ShyDog827]

This is exactly what I needed to see. I need to give my store bought Haworthias new homes because the thimble size pot they are in can’t be good for them .

[@Cactimania]

Haworthia don’t mind being cramped in their pot, always better to under pot than over pot which is why I didn’t find it necessary to put these two into bigger pots. Are yours still in their nursery soil? If it’s anything like the nasty soil they come in here from nurseries then it’s a good idea to give them a repot. I’ve bought Haworthia in the past that were potted in what can only be described as mud! Thank you for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜

[@judithlenzin7444]

Omg I didn’t even know that during our cooler months Howarthias are experiencing their active phase. Your reply was great. Thanks so much! I will be sure to watch your upcoming video about substrates. Don’t know if I can score any Akadama here, but there is a good garden center not too far from home that has some things like perlite and cactus soil. It’s all very different to raise succulents from tropical houseplants but I am totally interested din them now and hope to learn from you! Thank you and cheers, Judy

[@PurpleandThorns]

Yay I’m excited for the haworthia video soon. I’m starting to like haworthias now. I have a few but doesn’t really like them before. But now I’m seeing their beauties, thanks for all your haworthia videos haha. Great video all the time specially at the end. Well done 👏🏼💚🌵

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much Katherine 😊 That’s great you’re getting more into the Haworthia, they’re awesome plants. Thank you for watching and commenting as always, from Edith & myself, have a wonderful day 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜

[@CactusCove]

Great Repotting, and taking all that old soil mix off revealed lovely roots... and that very clumped Haworthia was very nice...😊 I noticed you used Akadama for the baby ones and not top dressing... Have you started to try out new combinations with your potting substrates yet since your last video about substrates (Akadama, Kyodama etc)? 👌🏻👍🏻😁🌵🏜️🌵🏜️🌵🏜️🌵

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much Claire 😊 I’ve not used the Akadama as top dressing on more plants yet as I have an issue with it forming salt/mineral deposits after I water and it dries, it doesn’t look very nice. I think it’s to do with the compost because it doesn’t happen when I water the ones in pure Akadama. I’ve got a couple of Haworthia in the newer mix of pumice/lapillo/kyodama and so far so good. I’ll be a doing that video soon where I’ll try out the different combinations of mixes. Thank you for watching and commenting as always Claire, from Edith & myself, have a wonderful day 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜

[@CactusCove]

@@Cactimania That's great, and how strange with the white deposit, 😊Daz, I look forward to that video and it will be great viewing to see what you come up with👌🏻 😃 🌵

[@flourishbythefort6517]

Why is it do you think that the Haworthia have been holding their roots up higher in your old mix? Sorry if I've missed it being discussed on a previous video. Very interested to see your care video. And I was very interested about root shedding!

[@Cactimania]

Good question, I think mainly because with my old mix using the molar clay cat litter, it was just retaining moisture for too long, which isn’t a good thing in itself, and roots were becoming lazy rather than working their way deeper into the pot for moisture. Haworthia with thicker root systems dealt with it better and were able to fill out their pots, like the Retusa, but these more fibrous root systems struggled with it a little. In the future I’m going to amend my soil mixture for Haworthia, I’d like to replace the horticultural grit for something like Kyodama so the mixture isn’t too ‘heavy’ as they say, this can contribute to lazy roots as well. This will be something else I cover in the upcoming care video. Thank you for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌺🌼🏜

[@mollycher3630]

Great repotting skills, Daz! Love both the Cooperi and Retusa as both were in awesome clusters. Yours look very plump and translucent, mine look very dry. Any advise? Looking forward to the hawortia video as I want to learn new things. Have a nice day and stay safe 🙏

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much Molly 😊 These two look much better now than they did in the summer, they got quite stressed out with the hot weather. Do you mean the leaves/windows are dry? If so that’s usually a sign of too much light or under watering. I will try to cover everything in the Haworthia care video based on my experiences with looking after them 😊 Thank you for watching and commenting as always Molly and all your support, from Edith & myself, have a wonderful day 🌵☀️🌸🌺🌼🏜

[@mollycher3630]

Cactimania I think mine are too dry and the place they’re at always gets too much afternoon sun. Do you recommend I put all my hawortias under my pergola in my vertical wall shelves?

[@Cactimania]

Yeah I think they’d prefer that Molly, as they are considered low light plants they do much better with filtered light or bright indirect light. I found out the hard way with some of mine under the grow lights, took me a while to get the height and light intensity right for them where they weren’t getting too stressed out. 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜

[@mollycher3630]

@@Cactimania thanks Daz. I'll watch out for your Haworthia video and see what other new things I can discover about them 🙏👍

[@Nhoj31neirbo47]

Have you figured out what it is about your old soil mix that Haworthias with fibrous roots don’t like? I can’t say why I have never educated myself on proper Haworthia cultural practices, despite having them in my collection. I’ll use your upcoming video to begin to remedy that situation.

[@Cactimania]

Somebody else just asked the exact same question haha, I did cover it briefly in my soil mix video I did a while back, but it’s definitely something I’ll talk more about in the upcoming care video as back then I was thinking it was more down to soil compaction issues. Now I think it’s mainly because with my old mix using the molar clay cat litter, it was just retaining moisture for too long, which isn’t a good thing in itself, and roots were becoming lazy rather than working their way deeper into the pot for moisture. Haworthia with thicker root systems dealt with it better and were able to fill out their pots, like the Retusa, but these more fibrous root systems struggled with it a little. In the future I’m going to amend my soil mixture for Haworthia, I’d like to replace the horticultural grit for something like Kyodama so the mixture isn’t too ‘heavy’ as they say, this can contribute to lazy roots as well. Thank you for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜

[@Nhoj31neirbo47]

@@Cactimania - Thank you for the detailed response. Your thoughts coincide with my thinking along these lines. It’s these types of ‘fine tuning’ of our cultural practices that can eventually make us into advanced growers......one would hope.

[@Growgreen445]

Nice propagation 🎉 subscribed to your channel

[@Cactimania]

Thank you, much appreciated 😊 Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜

[@judithlenzin7444]

Gorgeous video! I’m new at Howarthias and succulents in general and this video is very helpful. But as someone who has had tropical plants all my life before now I am always in doubts about watering succulents. Do you have a primer on watering Howarthias and other succulents. I once tried bottom watering and killed a beautiful plant just recently. So now I’m totally mystified about watering. Live in an apartment in a Swiss city, so no possibility of keeping these plants outside... thank you for pointing me in the right direction if you ever see this message... Cheers, Judy

[@Cactimania]

Hi again Judith. Getting to grips with watering any succulents can tricky at first, but I always say less is best. When Haworthia are in active growth, mostly during the cooler months, most of mine get a weekly watering. The larger plants in bigger pots about every two weeks. Haworthia can go dormant if the temperatures are too hot, especially nighttime temperatures, in which case they should be watered much less, maybe once a month or not at all if they are in a full dormant state. I never bottom water my plants, but I know growers who do bottom water without issues. The most important thing is make sure they’re planted in a well draining mix, such as what I used in this video. Another important thing is let the mix dry out completely before watering again. I will be changing up my potting mix for Haworthia soon and am working on an experiment video using some different mixes which will be uploaded to my channel next week. I’ll also be doing a Haworthia care video very soon as well. Thank you for watching and commenting. Happy growing 🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜

[@judithlenzin7444]

@@Cactimania thanks again... this is important to know! And I will watch as you post more on Howarthia care because they really are a beautiful genus.

[@cactusandfriends_by_vane]

Stunning cooperii! It looks like translucent glass, I'm in love 😍. Can you believe that I don't have a cooperi yet? Here it's easy to find other varieties but not the cooperi... perhaps Cactus Santa/ husband could buy me one online 😄. I'm glad that the gigantea survived and now you've got a bunch of pups in case this happens again👌. Looking forward to see that in deep video, this was too short. Wasn't it?😜. (P.S. I'm late again, busy week, sorry friends)🤗☮️🌵💕.

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much Vanesa 😊 You don’t see the cooperi too often here, this one was a gift from Edith quite a while ago, started off as just two very dehydrated small heads. Haha yeah they’re easier to obtain online. No worries about being late, better late than never as they say 😊 Thank you for watching and commenting Vanesa, from Edith & myself, have a wonderful weekend 🌵☀️🌸🌼🌺🏜

[@cactusandfriends_by_vane]

@@Cactimania Wow! Now it's a big clump and the roots are huge😍👌. Have a nice weekend, you and Edith too💕🌵☮️🌺.

[@foliagecove355]

Quick question can haworthias be put indoors near the window?

[@Cactimania]

Absolutely, Haworthia are some of the best indoor succulents and do great on windowsills or near a bright window, most don’t like too much direct sunlight for too long though, they can get sun stressed and change colour but some growers like that look for their Haworthia. Thank you for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜

[@kayenicholls5473]

Thanks I think I have mine not the best mix, we are in summer know

[@Cactimania]

Haworthia like a very gritty mix, also if it’s too hot they will go semi dormant or even fully dormant, especially if the nighttime temperatures are too high. We’ll get more into that in the care video 🌵☀️🌸🌼🌺🏜

[@imneverwrongsometimestruthlies]

Is stressing beneficial to this retusa or haworthias or not beneficial?🙏

[@Cactimania]

It’s personal preference really. Some people prefer the stressed look of them because of the colours. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵🌼☀️🌺🏜

[@imneverwrongsometimestruthlies]

@@Cactimania i was dividing them from the mother plant and some pups came off without roots, can they be propogated? 🙏

[@Cactimania]

@@imneverwrongsometimestruthlies They can, yes. This species roots up very easily I’ve found 🌵☀️🌺🌼🏜

[@imneverwrongsometimestruthlies]

@@Cactimania thank you 🙏

[@WigantX]

Hi! Recently some succulent channels have been challenged by others to show their top 10 succulent flowers from their garden, through the hashtag #mitopflor (that's spanish for "my top flower"). The channel who started this was "Huertinga", from Argentina. So, here I'm to ask you, because I think it would be a lot of fun: would you like to make a video showing your 10 favorite succulent flowers? You could also challenge some other channels to do the same at the end of your video ;)

[@Cactimania]

Great idea, I’ll certainly do that in the future 😊 Can cacti flowers be included? Haha. Thank you for watching and commenting and for the great idea 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜

[@WigantX]

@@Cactimania Absolutely! Cacti are succulents indeed! Thank you for accepting the challenge!

[@Cactimania]

@@WigantX no problem, can’t say when exactly I’ll do the video, I’d prefer to use my own photos of the flowers from my own plants but there’s quite a few in my collection I know what the flowers look like but they’ve not bloomed for me yet haha, so maybe it’ll be my favourite top 10 flowers so far 🌵☀️🌸🌺🌼🏜

[@WigantX]

@@Cactimania yeah, that's perfect. I forgot to mention "from your garden" in the original comment, so I added it now, but your instinct took you on the right path haha

[@Hairfire]

Cool. Thanks. Looking forward to the many videos advertised in this video! Just a small remark, when adding that music try and have the same volume with your voice. It's not particularly good either :)

[@Cactimania]

Noted 👍🏻 Thank you for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🏜

[@WilmaNewarkNJ]

What is lava rock and why?

[@Cactimania]

It's a volcanic rock similar to pumice, just more dense. Great for drainage. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌺🌼🌸🏜