Indoor Plants

My First Time Repoting Succulents

This wasn't my first time potting succulents. Technically it was the first time repotting them.

This wasn't my first time potting succulents. Technically it was the first time repotting them.

I got this from a family member and thought I would divide it into smaller plants including kids as the pot was clearly too small for the kiddo. I might be wrong but those plants I got are called Haworthiopsis attenuata (Zebra Plant) and Gonialoe.

The Gonialoe wasn't any bad to repot. A regular thing, you get it from the pot, (I didn't remove the soil as there wasn't much to remove), and put it into a newer pot with fresh soil.

a gonialoe needs repotting
gonialoe
Gonialoe

The bigger Haworthia I wasn't expecting to be this tough tbh. I had to cut the pot to get what's inside first.

Mom haworthia asks for repotting
Haworthia before I repotted her
A Haworthia plant an easy to care succulent
Haworthiopsis attenuata (Zebra Plant)

These babies didn't want to come out. It was the mode stressful repotting I have ever had. I was afraid to break the kids or cut more roots that I should have. You know how that happens, right?

So this is how it started:

Haworthia in the midle of repotting proccess

The soil was so tough, I have never dealt with this kind of soil before. I spent like an hour or so to remove the soil trying not to break the roots. In the end I had 3 bigger plants and 3 kids.

All of them have healthy roots
Roots
The biggest Haworthia's roots

The roots are healthy (sure I had to fight with them for an hour). I had a few parts broken with no roots and to be honest I don't know whether they survive or not but you never know so just keep trying. So I put them into one container and will see what happens next. In the end, I got 6 pots with big and smaller plants.

The babies all in the new places
My first time repotting gonialoe and haworthia
Little jumgle edition with succulents
babies succulents
The final result

I should have cut the blooming but maybe maybe tomorrow? :) Will keep this post updated, excited to see what happens next.

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