Nice save indeed. Wouldn't have thought to try water for a Haworthia.

Karen , not to soak the root part. Just wick the water or nutrients to the expended clay. The clay is very slightly moist. And alot of air to the roots.

So cool. So, there is a couple of inches of water at the bottom and top is where plant is positioned away from water? Your plant looks very happy. Glad you saved it.
I've been curious with water cultures. I've seen orchids grown in a tall glass or bottle with a tiny amount of water at the bottom and the plant set just above it. Sounds similar.

You must know not to soak the pot in the water, just wick water to the medium . The larger expended clay minimize contect to the roots. Not to make it to moist and yet provide enough moisture.

Hope my explanation , English ok?

Yes! Thank you.

There are other plants saved in

the same way. Agave , when I got the suckers, roots was all dried and brittle. Can no roots.

Roots emerge from the pot below. White roots.

Close-up of agave unrooted. Here I used smaller expended clay. Because agave roots are smaller.

Kalancheo, roots dried up. Method of saving it.

DIY Deep water culture system.

Just a plastic cover , cut out a hole. New roots emages

Few weeks later new roots appear and long too.

ycloh, this is really interesting. With the Haworthia, is the bottom of the pot in the water, or do you have some sort of wick going from the pot down into the water? Are those pots the Agave are in made for hydroculture?

I wonder if this would work for cuttings. My son has some of those clay pellets; maybe I'll try it.

Answer your first question. Wick end a knot , knot in the pot.

The knot is in the pot.

When the setup is ready with plant in and expended clay in. To water pour nutrients or water on the clay and the excess water will be collected in the lower cup in my example.

This will start the wicking action.

Water in the cup 5mm is sufficient. Not too much.

Second ans. Yes pot used by the agave are water culture or also call self water pot.

Aztcqn, no water just a hint. When we water the plant access water will drain ans stay in the bottom pot. Most time i just pour out and leave about 2mm of water until dry out.

In later post I will photo illustration for better understanding. Will show all types of medium, tools, pots and so on....

That is so interesting! I think I will try it on a few plants that won't root. I have the big, round pellets like in your first post, but for a plant with smaller roots, Lechuza Pon should work for me. It is originally made for a self watering system. I will let you know what happens. You are so inventive, Ycloh!

Mesembs, thanks for reminding me. That was a big challenge. But I made it.

Here are some of my tools I always used.

Soil scoop, the red one I designed and 3D printed to custom my needs for filling up small area where the big scoop don't work.

The 2 green scoops a must have for repotting. Make life easy.

It a must to me. I can check below theleaves for insect like small mites.

Some of my tools, used regularly. Self explanatory.

Medium that I used.

And of course cactus mixed of your choice. The only thing is the mixed portion.

Haworthia water level.

Kalancheo,

Water level can be more but not touching the pot. Just let the wick do yhe job.

Euphorbia was attached by spider mites. Almost gone. Now growing new leaves.

New leaves growing fast.

Very little just allow it dry up. But the root remain moist. I used the word moist not damp or wet.

Well, I am trying it on a garden plant, a fairly rare iris: Iris odaesanensis. I bought it last year, it was a runt in a way, but the only one left. It kind of survived the summer, but as I forgot to cover it with shredded leaves, the frost heaved it out of the ground, and I there was only a little piece left, with just one good root. It is a a wicked pot I had lying around, with Lechuza Pon. We will see. Last endeavour. I will not be surprised to see it die, but it is a neat experiment.

Dinie

Nice Iris, hope it works. Looking forward to see follow-up.

I would hate to lose it. It is from Odaesan in Korea. We lived there for almost ten years, and we once visited that area, so it is special to me.

If there is a root there is hope. Do follow up the out come.

I will. Thank you for your information. I have a few other patients too.

Update

That is great. My update: iris died.

@Ycloch1 the guy above looks awesome, well done!! Curious is he a hybrid? I have one very similar but not as tall and slim. Mine is shorter almost black in color and grows wider yet somewhat tall. I've tried identifying it but haven't been successful yet. I'll try and post a photo.

Ycloch, this makes me wonder why we do not grow succulents in semi-hydro. Have you ever tried permanently keeping a plant in semi-hydro?

I have been experimenting growing all my tropical plants in Lechuza self watering pots, which seem very similar to your setups. So far they are loving it. I have lost some begonias, but it seems to be because they do not recover from the bare-rooting.

Gdinieontario, I have to go to S. Korea, south of Seoul, for a month for work soon. I would be grateful to know of your pointers on what to see, maybe nurseries and gardens to visit. I want to try to bring home some of their lovely pots too.

I am sorry, but we lived there almost thirty years ago. No idea where to find what now... ;-) And we were in Pusan, way south.

Method used is diy wick system. So the roots not soak an damp. I used bigger size clay balls because the haworthia roots system is thick. So less surface area contact to the clay balls at all times. Just provide enough moist to the roots.

Those same 30 years ago a sister-in-law gave me a little Dutch book about growing cacti in full hydro culture. Pictures of gorgeous plants! Does anyone do that still?

Successfully method to keep haworthia truncata alive. (Have kill many using normal pot n mixed)

So i try this method,

All white at the bottom of plants are roots. Water once a week. Using same M size clay balls. But leave 2 mm water in the hydroculture pot or self watering pot.

Plants in the about a year.

Infact I have many plants saved using this method. Will post some photos . They root and grow so well , just leave the there in the hydroculture pot or self watering pot.