Saving & Restarting my Haworthia attenuata I have grown for 41 years

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Saving & Restarting my very old Haworthia attenuata I have grown for 41 years 🥰❤🪴🌵

[@CactusCaffeine]

41 years?! Wow. Ouch! That was a big spine that bit you. 😮 Great job cleaning and potting them up.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

haha that spine really did bite, it was so good to give this old Haworthia a root prune an da good tidy up, thanks so much Ana for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and CAFFEINE and PLANT POWER to Las Vegas for a fantastic weekend XXXX

[@NinjaOrchids]

Such productive and giving plants! Amazing to have a plant for so long ! What fun! What stories it could tell 😂 it also had its own body guard 😱 have yourself and Hans a fabYOUlous Friday ❤

[@desertplantsofavalon]

These Haworthias really are amazing with how many Rosettes they keep producing, and this old Haworthia has been with me through all the happiness and challenges in my life and numerous house moves, it really is a special one indeed, thanks so much Nina for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Spain for a fantastic Friday today XXXX

[@plantdaddy3420]

It is so amazing and it was so good that you repotted this stunner! It looks so wonderful now!!!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awwww my gorgeous big juicy PUDDING, this poor Haworthia was so desperate for a revamp haha, and although it was a time consuming job it looks so much better now and so extra special its one of the first ones I ever got from Mike, thanks so much my beautiful SWEETHEART for all the love and support you give to me and my channel, and WOOO HOOOO its funky Friday and that means its Vegan Ice Cream night haha, I LOVE YOU SOOOOOO MUCH my gorgeous big Bear XXXXX

[@falzonp1]

That's a wonderful bowl of Haworthia Lyn...nicely pruned and repotted. I just cleaned up mine but I found that mine did not have and roots, so I cut it up and then planted it up nicely. I hope it will survive! Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful day my friends Lyn and Hans. Lots of love and happiness!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats wonderful you have just cleaned up your Haworthia too Sylvia :-D the good news is the Rosettes root really well again once they have been re planted, thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Paul lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a fantastic Friday today XXXX

[@sarahbenzie670]

It's amazing how much a tidy up can make such a big difference Lyn looking so much better x

[@desertplantsofavalon]

It really was so good to give this old Haworthia a good tidy up haha, thanks so much Sarah for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX

[@gmatt2498]

Wow! A lot to plant there! Didn't know they last that long. ❤️🪴🌷

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Its amazing how long these Haworthia can live for, thanks so much Matt for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX

[@Tijereño]

Great video Lyn! Such a blessing to have such an old plant in the collection. H. attenuata was our first too, 6 years ago and I often forget she’s there but definitely a plant never to part with

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats fantastic that this plant was your first plant too Eli, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX

[@petercalthorpe7966]

G'day Lyn, thanks for the awesome tips and showing us how to pruning them. Will be doing that during mext week.⭐🌵🌵🌵🌵😘🥰😍🤩💗💋

[@desertplantsofavalon]

G'day Peter haha :-D so happy you loved the tips on pruning these Haworthias, and thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Ellyn lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Downunder for a fantastic evening and upcoming weekend XXXX

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[@jillianleblanc9370]

Thank you for Sharing your 41year old cactus lovely video

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the video Jillian :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX

[@amyt1986]

Wow 41yrs! I also have a very similar Haworthia which I got in 2010, the oldest plant in my collection actually (sounds like nothing compared to your 41yrs! 😃🤩). My original mother plant died long ago but her pups live on, that's interesting how you described the roots dying back and this is just how the plant grows. I've had to refresh mine several times over the years. Now I need to continue keeping mine alive so I still have it as long as you've had yours! Thank you for the informative video, may your Haworthia live another 41 years! 😃 Amy from Melbourne 😊

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats fantastic you have a Haworthia you have been growing since 2010 Amy :-D these Haworthias are amazing how they pup them selves and its so good to refresh them every few years from their pups, so happy you loved the video and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Melbourne for a fantastic evening and upcoming new week XXXX

[@allonewordcaps]

Wow! What a great plant! I actually have one of these. A friend bought it for me and it’s close to my heart. Thank you for the video about them. Now I know it will be with me for years. (Touch wood)😊

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats fantastic you have this plant too Mary Elizabeth, and so extra special that you friend bought it for you, these Haworthias can be very long lived, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle for a fantastic evening XXXX

[@mirrlamp]

It's so satisfying tidying up plants like this and they will thrive with more space and their new fresh soil. I recently did this with a large old clump of echeverias 😊🌵❤

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats fantastic you have done a revamp with your large Echinopsis, it really is so satisfying to tidy up old plants and give them a fresh repot and more space to grow, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a brilliant Tuesday XXXX

[@carolstuff]

Glad it’s salvageable as it’s been with you from the start!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awww thanks so much Carol :-D this Haworthia really is a special golden oldie haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX

[@Cactimania]

Nicely done, Lyn 😊 These type of Haworthia definitely do need a tidy up from time to time. Amazing age to your one, too. Thank you for sharing with us as always. Have a lovely day and upcoming weekend from Edith & myself to you and Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌸🌼🌺🏜

[@desertplantsofavalon]

It felt so good to give this old Haworthia a good root pruning and revamp haha, it really is an oldie and its amazing how long it has been going haha, thanks so much Daz for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to England and Singapore for a fantastic Fridayand weekend ahead XXXX

[@ZiggySearchfieldCactus]

Well Haworthed Lyn 🙂 You'm got enough to be starting a shop soon 😎 Hope you and Hans have a lovely evening 😊🌵

[@desertplantsofavalon]

haha I felt haworthed myself after spending hours removing all the dead roots and leaves on this Haworthia oldie haha, thanks so much Ziggy for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Jackie lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday today XXXX

[@zhaezz84]

That is crazy having a plant for so long, really an achievement on its own. Neither the plant or you look a day over 30 😘With love from Denmark!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awwww thats so lovely thank you, you are so kind Nick :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Denmark for a fantastic Friday XXXX

[@TammyWorley-p8x]

This video was very helpful, Lynne👍 Wish I would have seen it with my first hawarthia. Had no idea about doing this to them. No wonder it died😮 Thank you for sharing this info❤😊

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you found the video helpful Tammy :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX

[@irismoles9369]

It’s looking better Lynn

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thanks so much Iris :-D it was so good to give this old Haworthia a revamp, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX

[@gillpearson2124]

Thank you Lyn, I shall do this to my plant which is looking a bit tatty and I was wondering why.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much Gill for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday today XXXX

[@supercat438]

Very interesting video and amazing job Lyn! ❤🤩😃 XXXX

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the video Vera :-D this poor old Haworthia really was in need of a revamp, thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Italy from the Emerald Isle for a fantastic evening XXXX

[@scottgardiner7438]

Excellent Lyn great vid as always ❤

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the video Scott :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX

[@DannyRose-nw9yd]

Int go get I’d commented but I hadn’t lol 🤣🤣 another great vid lynnie. I’m so pleased this didn’t freak you out and you’re able to save it. But after 41 years I’d expect you to know what to do by now hahaha so I know this beauty is going to be fine…. And Lyn…as the universe is my witness….inwas thinking to myself “if I was Lyn, I’d start a new plant off with that double header” and omg you did!!!!!!!! Hahahaahahaah… can’t believe your brother got this 41 years ago… wow ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@desertplantsofavalon]

hahahahaha Danny :-D you must be reading my mind :-D so happy that you would have done the same with the double header haha, this Haworthia really is a oldie and its amazing how much it has grown over the years, I remember as a kid having this plant in my bedroom window and watching the sun light up the wonderful rosettes and being fascinated with the white bands along each pointy rosette haha, thanks so much Danny for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful FURBABYCUTIE Nancypops lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWERRRRRRR hahahaha to Robin Hood County for a brilliant evening XXXX

[@earthplants]

Wow its a rare plant

[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX

[@flowerchild89]

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[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX

[@newmanmansell760]

Hi Lyn😌🙌What a huge clump of Haworthia attenuata🥰💞I got a piece from my neighbourhood years ago and it's a nice full plant, and I even grew two more from it and gave one away. I enjoyed watching🤲🌟

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats fantastic you have got this Haworthia too Newman, it really is a stunning Haworthia to grow, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Japan for a fantastic weekend XXXX

[@zcoanmcoan1534]

They seem to rot over winter when they don't get watered and lose their roots. Once you water in the spring they just rot. This is why its important to water some plants during the "dormant" season.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So very true indeed Zcoan, I give my aloes a and crassulas a light watering over the winter months too, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX

[@DFJA01]

Thanks for a very informative update Lyn. We have a random Haworthia that has been outside, totally ignored for 3 years but has grown huge in its pot and is looking very tired. I've been putting off tidying up and repotting it for at least a year, but perhaps this might inspire me to finally get round to it. It's in an extremely sunny spot and almost certainly pure potting compost, but still has managed to send up flower stems each year. We've had masses of rain the last couple of days so I'll need to let it dry out before I disturb it. Wishing you and Hans lots of plant power from warm and wet Northern Spain 🙂🌵💚

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the Haworthia revamping video Donald :-D thats fantastic you have a big Haworthia that you will also be tidying and repotting, oh no with the rain, its been dry and sunny and warm here the past few days, it feels like summer has finally arrived in Ireland, thanks so much Donald for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Northern Spain for a fantastic Friday XXXX

[@oddball-z]

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[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX

[@carineds]

Hello Lynn, What a great video. I think i've been stupid. Mine saw the same way and i didn't know i had to cut the roots back, so i thought they were dead and i threw them away. Silly me. Thanks to your video, big lesson learned (again). Take care you and Hans. love from Belgium 🥰😍😘

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the video Carine :-D so sorry to hear about your Haworthia, its easy to think the plant has died when the roots die back on them, thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Belgium for a wonderful weekend XXXX

[@carineds]

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[@justinblack6083]

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[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much Justin for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX

[@andersnrregren9087]

I leave my h.attenuata in my "frost free" greenhouse over the winter, how do you care for yours in winter

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats fantastic you overwinter your Haworthia in the greenhouse Anders, I keep this one in the polytunnel all winter too at a minimum temp of 5c, its so good these haworthias are quite cold hardy, thanks so much Anders for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX

[@andersnrregren9087]

@@desertplantsofavalon ok i did not know if it was luck or if it is a Hardy plant, thank you

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[@carainfrance]

I moved into a house in Andalucía with lots of neglected succulents, this being one. Your video is timely. I didn’t know to trim the roots. Will do that! I’m looking for a video about saving a neglected cactus “Jumping Cholla.” The central stalk looks dead and the arms are various states of health or distress. I gave it some water, but not sure what to do next. Do you have a video? Thanks.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy to hear that this video was perfect timing for you, the good news is with your Jumping cholla is you can prune off the healthy arms and then let the cuttings callus ( dry at the ends ) for a couple of weeks before you pot them up as cuttings, I don't have a video about doing this but they are easy to propagate from stem and arm branch propagation, its very important that your hands do not get in contact with handling them, use plastic plant pots turned upside down over your hands or sheets of newspaper or thin cardboard wrapped around your hands to handle them when pruning the cuttings as the spines and their glochids can cause a lot of pain if they get in the skin, and use tweezers to handle the cuttings, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX

[@carainfrance]

@@desertplantsofavalon ok thank you. I held the pieces with kitchen tongs and sliced them off with a sharp knife. Now they are curing in a plastic tub. I should have 8 new cacti. 🌵

[@desertplantsofavalon]

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[@brocktoon8]

You really don't look 53! More like 43!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awwww haha thank you so much you are so kind, and thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX

[@solarwinds-]

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[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thanks so much Marie for your wonderful love and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX