Haworthia Coarctata v. Tenuis (September Succulent Sweep #001)

Let’s recap my collection as we approach the end of the year.

I did my last one of these in Spring (march) – so as we head in to fall, for the things I had in my last big collection pictorial, I’ll do a “then” and now.

Here’s the state of the plant now.  It’s a slow grower, so it’s never until I look back at old pictures that I realize that it has, in fact, grown quite a bit.

And for comparison, here’s what it looked like back in March of this year.  In addition to the added height of the main spires, I also have 1-2 offsets growing from the base of each of the main stalks.  Hoping to slowly spread and fill the planter!

Attempts to Save from Scale

If you remember my earlier post about My first run-in with Scale, then you know that I had a sad, sad Haworthia Cooperi Truncata that got infested heavily with the little buggers before I figured out what was going on.  I fought back against them, mostly won (I think), but it was time for me to deal with the sad aftermath of the battle… which I took as an opportunity to experiment with some delicate plant surgery since I had little else to lose on this front.  Here’s my teaser:

My New Favorite Indoor Garden Tool

On my last trip to the local grocery store, I picked up a “bargain bin” item on a bit of a whim … That I have since fallen in love with.

Meet the plastic ketchup bottle.