Twenty-two and nursing a gardening addiction in a little apartment while I figure out life. I prefer succulents and other weirdos of the plant world, but all plants are beautiful. Questions and comments are welcome. Suggestions are welcome if you have thought them through.
Merry early Christmas to me! My lovely sister got me some succulents for Christmas and decided to go ahead and give them to me since she was worried about their bareroot status. I think they’ll be fine until I get back to my apartment in a few days.
The upper picture is Sempervivum calcareum (finally I have a sempervivum!) and the lower is Haworthia miribilis var. triebneriana (love those ropy haworthia roots!).
Haworthia Cooperi Truncata at a meeting of the local cactus and succulent society
Haworthia herbacea at the meeting of the local cactus and succulent society. I am desirous of this one.
Haworthia ‘korizato’ for sale at a meeting of the local cactus and succulent society
Haworthia Cuspidata Variegata at the Cactus and Succulent Society meeting. (If I remember correctly, this was criticized because the length of the leaves make it look like it hasn’t been getting enough sunlight. I’m not prepared to agree or disagree with that assessment, but I have to say that the effect is pretty cool.)
My tiny Haworthia is going to flower! Well eventually anyway.
I am generally reluctant to talk about when my plants go wrong, since I tend to blame it on my mistakes. I have a dislike of discussing my mistakes (as many human beings do). But they happen.
I was looking at my new haworthia truncata earlier, and noticed one of the leaves looked a little funny. I poked at it, and it came off in my hand. Oops.
When I first received the plant, there was a granule of perlite wedged between this leaf and the one next to it, and I took it upon myself to remove the granule. It left a smooth pit in each of the leaves, but it didn’t look rotten at the time. That was two weeks ago, though, and since then its immune system has probably suffered from my room’s lighting situation and my somewhat erratic watering.
Anyway, after the first leaf came off I took the plant outside for a little surgery. After taking the first picture of the damage, I took a couple of q-tips to it to see if there was any excess goopiness to wipe off. (Have I mentioned also that it stank? It stank.) There was goopiness, and in the process of wiping, I discovered that a second leaf was weak, and I ended up taking it off, too.
I ended by sprinkling some rooting powder over the damaged area. The Internet tells me that rooting powder also has anti-fungal stuff in it, so putting it on damaged areas of plants should help with that, even if you’re not particularly interested in roots there. This is my first time trying that, though, so we’ll see.
Hopefully now that the grossness is exposed to the air, it will help it heal. I’m also going to move this to a better spot in terms of light (which I can do because I gave away a cutting last night), though I’m a little worried about moving a diseased plant right to the middle of the rest of them. Hmm.
I think I’ve done the best I can so far, but I’m still worried. Is there anybody out there who’s ever had a similar situation and can make further suggestions?
My new baby came in the mail today (from GreenHouseBotanical on Etsy). It’s a Haworthia truncata, and I’ve been wanting this one for a while! I included my hand in the picture to give you a better idea of how tiny and cute it is.
Haworthia reinwardtii at Longwood Gardens
(If you didn’t see this question yet, I would appreciate more feedback!)
Favorite Thing About Home : My plants. These are some of the succulents and cacti that I had a couple of years back but, due to light restrictions in my new place, they’ve gone to live in a friend’s greenhouse. I still have a lot of plants, though, and they truly do give me great joy. {Bones}
This is a lovely picture, by the way. {Voodoo}
