Haworthias are dainty succulent houseplants and are frequently compared and confused with Aloes, and Gasteria plants, this is hardly surprising since they're all members of the Asphodeloideae family.
Haworthias are dainty succulent houseplants and are frequently compared and confused with Aloes, and Gasteria plants, this is hardly surprising since they're all members of the Asphodeloideae family. However, unlike Aloes, Haworthias are almost always small and very (very) slow growing plants.
They don't need much fuss or care and can even go many weeks without water if required. They also tend to look brilliant in unusual containers or interesting soil mixes.
Light
Haworthias are reasonably adaptable plants that that will take various light conditions, but neither direct sunlight nor deep shade. Direct sunlight will make the leaves of all Haworthia's go an ugly red, purple or brown colour. Move to a shady spot and if the damage isn't too bad these colourings will fade over time.Deep shade tends to weaken the plant over a prolonged period. You might notice it becoming an excessive light green, losing the markings or that the plant stops being compact and instead becomes lanky. If you notice this happening more light is needed.
Watering
A surviving plant will get by with watering just once a month, however to get the plant thriving it will need to be done at least once a fortnight, possibly once a week in very warm temperatures.
Either way, water well and then only water again when the soil has largely dried out. These plants are very tolerant of underwatering but will succumb quickly to rotting if overwatered.
Make sure you try your best to keep water out of the crown or rosette of the plant, in cool temperatures doing this will again encourage rotting.
Humidity
As is common with many other succulent plants humidity is not important. However, they do like good ventilation so avoid very tight "airless" corners of your home.
Feeding
Feed
your Haworthia very occasionally and when you do, ensure it's only a weak
solution. Feeding two or three times a year is probably plenty. Plants that are
producing massive numbers of offset around its base might benefit from a little
more feed, but still, go easy as they're not big feeders.
Temperature
Average indoor warmth between Spring and Autumn / Fall. The natural cooler temperatures found in an unheated or guest room during Winter are perfect because this plant likes to rest at that time of year. However, it doesn't like being too cold and absolutely no lower than 4°C (40°F).
It's rare for any
Haworthia to outgrow its pot quickly, therefor repotting is only usually
required infrequently and normally only when offsets have filled the pot.
Sometimes the clump works itself free, becomes unstable and starts falling out
of the container so you'll have to repot to get it stable again.If you do find
yourself needing to repot your plant, use a similar soil composition to what
was being used previously. Normally this will be standard houseplant or cactus
compost with grit or perlite added to aid in drainage.If you divide the plant
and remove a number of the offsets to reduce the overall size of the clump you
can probably just reuse the existing pot / container. If not, just choose a pot
slightly bigger than the last.