The first guy had a huge set of roots and was growing extremely fast as well as the second picture. I watered them, but noticed they literally weren't absorbing anything, they only got thinner leaves and were super dehydrated. Now, the roots are straight up dead. They have a 50/50 inorganic/organic mix of pumice, vermiculite, soil, ect that worked incredibly well through the winter, they were growing so fast.
As for the babies, they are in perlite with a little bonemeal and a top layer of sand, they have been through A LOT in the past two months with fungus gnats, and are having the same issue.
What I'm thinking is that I let them sit too long. Dried out, watered then the dried roots and then rotted, but I don't know where to go from here.
Both get about 12hrs of ~6-8k lux, babies I've had the lights off the past few days.
by RabbitDisastrous7423
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What’s the summer temperature + humidity like? Also how often do you water it? By any chance did you repot it recently as well?
My guess with good air circulation + 12 hours of light is that you can water more frequently and lower the amount of light you give them.
Haworthia are shade/partial shade plants and when they’re smaller, I find them more sensitive to light. Maybe 10 hours of light instead of 12.
If you squeeze their leaves and they have a little give in them, you can water. I water my haws about every week-week and a half. As long as the soil dries out in between, is appropriately gritty, and you have proper air circulation, you likely won’t rot them out even when they’re dropping roots.
Also, as a personal opinion, I can’t stand sand as a top dressing or mixed within soil. I find it holds more moisture than I like, but I also have a pretty humid environment.