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What do with my poor zebra succulent

6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago

My lovely husband left my poor guy outside and down poor rain. I have tried not watering and realized I needed to replant it so I took it out dumped out the old dirt have it drying out in the strainer like I read. It said to let it air dry for 2-3 days then replant it back in new dry soil! Should I cut the tips off or leave it be? I took off the old dying leaves and hopefully its not a complete loss! Photo is in comments sorry!

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  • 6 years ago




  • 6 years ago

    You can clip the brown tips if you want, or not, just don't clip into the green. I hope the plant was not in a very big pot because it looks smallish and roots not too big. Also it should be in a pot with holes. You could refresh the potting mix with commercial cactus and succulent mix combined 50/50 with perlite from your nursery. That's a fast draining mix which is good for haworthias. Don't water immediately after repotting. Your plant will be fine.

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  • 6 years ago

    Thank yoy so much!


  • 6 years ago

    I didn't have it in big pot but i have had this guy for a few years and its done fine in my bayhroom and was really green and growing till my husband did this! I have recently been reading about them and have really grown to love this type of plant!

  • 6 years ago

    Great! Don’t be mad at DH. Stuff happens!

    You’ve got a couple pups on your plant. I like haworthias too because they don’t get too big. Have you found the website haworthias.com? If not, you might like to take a look.

  • 5 years ago

    awesome thank you!

  • 5 years ago

    so the roots came off im pretty devastated it was doing so well and now this! I just ordered cactus succlent and perlite is it even worth saving Its like my baby!

  • 5 years ago

    Tracy, I'm thinking that new roots will come out of the brown parts of the stem. Maybe let it callus for a day to dry off the parts where the roots came off. Put it back into dryish soil, prop it up with something and let the new roots come naturally. That's what I would do. I also grow these.


  • 5 years ago

    ok, I'm picking up stuff tomorrow to replant in soil for succulents and perlite aswell!

  • 5 years ago

    Yes, hang in there with it. After potting up, don't water for a period of time. Wait a couple weeks unless it starts to look bad.

  • 5 years ago

    If they were outdoors in a sunny location they should dry out fairly quickly. A clay pot is better than plastic but plastic is doable. Haworthia and Gasteria can take more watering than some succulents IMO.

    This is my mother's plant I gave her a small starter of years ago. If it rains, it will get soaked but it has been in this same pot for years - it needs some work as it is overgrown.



  • 5 years ago

    I'm letting the dry out hopefully they will make it!

  • 5 years ago

    wow they are beautiful!

  • 5 years ago

    hc, did you say you have philodendron and haworthia in the same pot growing together? If so, for how long and both are doing well?

  • 5 years ago

    Stewart, yes both in the same pot - the one pictured above that was in standing water. The haworthia (2 offsets) were just laid in the pot (not pushed into the old soil) back in the spring as I had extras. The heart leaf philodendron is the same thing except been in the pot for at least a year or more - it crept into this pot from another pot of philodendron and rooted in, so I didn't have the heart to toss it on the compost heap the last winter or two. The pot originally had some kind of fern in it which died.

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