Haworthia cooperi - How to grow and repot the Window or Crystal Succulent.
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- In this video we look at Haworthia cooperi care, dividing and repotting. Known both as the Window Plant and the Crystal plant, this is one of the best and easiest indoor plants available.
Propagation is by division of established clumps (demonstrated) as well as from seed.
Origin - South Africa.
Common Names - Window Succulent, Crystal succulent.
Flowers - Small white on long stems.
Varieties such as OB1 and at the end of the video a few others. are included
General Succulent Potting Mix
General Potting Mix
Pine Bark and 3ml washed river sand with smaller 1 - 3 ml washed river sand.
Haworthia potting mix
* 6 parts succulent soil mix
* 2 coir (coarse)
* 1 part 3ml washed river sand
* 1 part 1-3ml blend washed river sand (no clay or
fines)
* 1 part perlite
* 1 part either 4 - 5 ml Scoria or 3 - 6 ml Pumice.
Resources :
Cactus and Succulent Society Australia www.cssaustralia.org.au/
Succulents Australia www.succulents-australia-sale...
Succulents Australia / James Lucus Blog www.succulents-australia-sale... - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
When I watch you repot you remind me I don’t have to be soo careful and scared with everything :) just gotta get in there haha
Good comment. A lot of videos make things look hard, if you do them the right way its not, and mostly it is not that hard.
You are so right ...i am just a beginner (a year ago) and i am still afraid to propagate those succulents because i'm afraid they will die. Now looking at this video, i feel less afraid. Thank you Johnny A.
also in Vietnam it is called Diamond Succulent since the window of the leaves kind of brighten up through the sunlight !!!
7:30 "and it'll be really happy without ya!"
This part got me smiling hard XD 😂😆
Thanks May, a smile is the best thing, and when James said that, it make me smile at the time as well.
i just love watching him pot up the plants. He does it so well.
Thanks Kathy, James is very experienced with succulents so he makes it look easy. A few videos on pots and potting mixes coming up soon.
I loved this video! I have one of these that I found in an old abandoned pot amongst some dying cacti, that had been there for at least 2 years before i moved into the property it was on. It was brown and looked dead, but I chucked it in a pot anyway along with the cacti, and it actually came back to life! I couldn't believe it. It had suffered thru 2 years of extreme Australian weather with no care. I've had it for about 1.5 years now and it's given me so many pups I can't count them. Brilliant little plant. Nice to learn a bit about it, thanks mate 😊 👍
Also a great indoor plant, see the latest video for full details.
Great video 👍 Really informative and practical, without lots of irrelevant chatting or slow periods, as some videos have. Well done!
I love these haworthias! I don't have one yet but hopefully it will be one of the next plants I buy soon! They are stunning!! Thank you for this video! 👍❤
You have the best videos I’ve been able to find! Thank you.
i love the plant and i loved everything about this video! the way you talk, the way you hold the plant - subscribed!
My VIP just gave me haworthia cooperi! Been searching the name and the proper way to look after this beauty!
they're so pretty!
amazing haworthia so healthy one
Loved this video! Thank you xx
Beautiful succulents 👌😍
My best friend, I liked the video very much, thanks you for sharing, stay safe, stay blessed
I love your videos.
Great video... very informative!!!
good job Johnny
Thanks for sharing!
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Very nice I love it
Thank you for the comment.
شكرا لك على التعليق.
Wow my favourite plant . I have one with light green leaves. It has grown so bigger now
Some species tend to shrivel naturally during the hot and dry summer. Those also tend to die from root rot or other root pests and diseases. It is often masked by the seasonal shriveling and I notice it too late. Do you have few of those cases for which you can make a video on how to save them?
WOW!🥰
Nice👍
My cooperi is growing little leaves in the flower stem. Do i habe to cut them, let them callous and then plant the timy growths to see if they grow roots? I havent found a video showing how to do this
Very nice 👍 work, it looks very easy to divide them. Can u share ur succulent soil mix. Please
What fertilizer do you use? PS my H. cooperii is on a metal shelf under a metal shelf in a greenhouse igloo covered with 50% white shade cloth and has survived the occasional -10 frost.
What kind soil do you mix. It keeps root very good. Thank you
Nice comprehensive video. My cooperis kinda loses the green opaque layer from its leaves, is it getting too much light? I have it in a shaded balcony with grow lights. Should I lessen the light?
It is either too much light or not enough, so start by cutting back on the light and see how it goes. If not then more light. The grow lights can be fairly bright.
Just out of curiosity - do u reuse poting mix, in Asia we do, just add new mix with old mix.
So to propagate, you break the up like pieces of broccoli? I saw somebody tear a single leaf off and place it on soil misting it from time to time.
When will the the leafs become as a window i have a one of them but its not transparant yet
Hi there, I love your videos. I notice that you have a bag of Akadama in the background. Would you mind telling me where I can purchase some, I live in Perth and have never seen it in any nursery here,
Try Peter at Bonsai Emporium in the Swan Valley 08 9374 0555
For the second year running mineral gone shiny, black blue , steely colour over the winter under grow lights and with heating. All the window pane Haworthias have done this and my Babys Toes.
They have not rotted and don't sem dead
Wow nice!..loved it..how many days to water them after plant..
After dividing, leave them for one week before watering. Then wait for the soil to dry between waterings. If you pick up the pot after repotting and before watering, you will get an idea how heavy it is when dry....
My Hiawatha plant grew babies that I separated and planted and they are growing and they're doing just fine now the mother plant has kind of elongated but she has babies growing between individual leaves so what do I do
👍👍💞
What type fertilizer did you use?
Mine doesn't make windows. Does it need less light?
How to make them grow that dense and propagate babies around?
Do you have the ingredients for the soil mix?
I just got one for my birthday....what kind of fertilizer and how much do you give them....and watering?
25% strength fertilizer. Water every 3-5 weeks under lower lighting. Soil should dry out 4 days after watering.
I'm so worried about mine it's started to shrink, I'm not sure how much water to give when I do water it but my zebra hawarthia is doing so much better in the same spot. Any suggestions of how to revive it?
Cooperi types will shrink if they do not get enough water, they do not need a lot, but shrinking leaves is a sign of lack of water. HOWEVER, check the potting soil for drainage as it does need to drain freely and almost dry between waterings. If this does not seem to be the case let us know.
I broke my haworthia cooperi by mistake. Was checking for new leaves and it just snapped completely from the base. What shall I do?
Difficult without seeing the plant and the damage. It may just reshoot if you sit the broken head on new soil, this depends on exactly what you have done to it. Otherwise you can propagate from leaf cuttings.
The leafs are becoming flat and shrinking. Whats the problem, if you can help
Mine too, they’re getting taller unevenly and skinny.
Hi Johnny. HELP!!! I am so envious of your beautiful and HEALTHY plants. I do have about 80 plants but we dont have that selection in UK even on the internet that you sell. They are gorgeous. BUT I dont understand what I'm doing wrong with my compost. Yours, even after a couple of years is free flowing. Mine is great till I water them but then the compost goes like liquid cement, then goes hard as it dries. It dries quite quickly. I was using a tiny baked clay and potting compost with perlite but although they didn't die, the roots didn't grow down at all. I have 20 of these particular glass pane beautiful plants from leaf cuttings (because I soaked the mother plant and it's roots turned to mush) but only half are really thriving. I want my compost to be lose and full of air but damp. I repotted 2 weeks ago using:
50% loan based john innes 2
20% pumice
10% granite grit
10% horticultural sand.
What am I doing wrong? The John innes 2 loam seems to have a lot of very fine sand so maybe not the best idea for UK damp dark conditions 😖 . Many thanks
You really need to use a succulent mix as the base, NOT the John Innes
This is the mix used in the video, so it is a succulent mix with additives.
* 6 parts succulent soil mix
* 2 coir (coarse)
* 1 part 3ml washed river sand
* 1 part 1-3ml blend washed river sand (no clay or
fines)
* 1 part perlite
* 1 part either 4 - 5 ml Scoria or 3 - 6 ml Pumice.
ALSO Check this video out for more on succulent potting mix th-cam.com/video/_sV4n8kBnTA/w-d-xo.html Let us know if this helps...
I am really interested to know about the potting mix. this looks home made to me is it?
In the notes below the video we show the ingredients for the potting mix. Hope this is what you are looking for.
@@johnnyAGardening Thank you so much. this is perfect. Thanks again for brilliant videos
One of my visitors grabbed a leaf & popped the juice out. I was so upset. It’s not bubble wrap. If I hadn’t stopped her she would have wrecked the whole thing.
Hello Jo, some people just can't resist, and don't realise how long these plants take to grow. Also happens to succulents with the powdery covering on the leaves, people touch it to see if it comes off, it does, but it does not come back.....
Great video, thank you, I was wondering if you can advise me on a reliable place to buy seeds for these succulents? I'm aware that there are a lot of scams out there and just want to make sure I'm not getting caught in them! Thank you!
Only Messa Gardens in California......
@@johnnyAGardening ah thank you!
easy is best
My cooperi are tiny compared to these. The leaves have about 4mm in diameter. Is it because of the age or do I have a different strain?
Age, variety, growing medium and fertiliser all affect the size of the plants, so its hard to tell without knowing the variety you have.
johnny A thank you for your answer. When I bought it the tag had „Haworthia cooperi var pilifera fa truncata“ on it, but after looking it up online I found either pilifera or truncata and never this combination.
@@farout4708 I have never seen the combination either , I will ask a much wiser person about this and get back to you....
OK, either its a hybrid that the wiser person has never heard of, and even then it should probably be labeled differently, or its just a mistake on the label. What shape are the leaves, rounded like cooperi or more long and skinny.? Did find Haworthia cooperi v. pilifara fa. variegata HOWEVER only on Pintrest, which is not really a reliable source......
johnny A „a wiser person“ lol. The leaves are not as long as your ones here and the tip is pointy. I am now assuming it‘s tiny because it was grown from seeds but it’s also slightly different. Edit: and yes, Pinterest has become an abomination
Mine isn’t doing anything. Looks like it needs water but I just watered it well. It gets good morning sun. What’s the secret?
Firstly they are slow growers. Do not over water, morning sun is enough. A little fertiliser. And remember that these are winter growers (summer dormant). If you are doing all of that, maybe repotting. A little lime in the fertiliser can also be beneficial.
@@johnnyAGardening You have an excellent way of explaining. Can you please help with summer care? As it gets hot and they are dormant, so how should one water them during summers? Thanks...
@@desiTravelerOfficial In summer, only water when the soil is dry or if the leaves begin to shrivel up. We water ours every two - 3 weeks however they are in shade.
@@johnnyAGardening Thanks a lot. .. I am moving mine indoors in a bright window.. and will water accordingly.. I appreciate your help...:)
what soil mix is that?
Very similar as in this Video th-cam.com/video/laa1YFTtnAM/w-d-xo.html at around 6 : 06
My cooperi don’t make any pups , but my cymbiformis makes so many pups .
Transparent boi
I Have One,Got SunBurn.Waiting To Get Back To Its Normal Self.
It will recover, they do not like hot direct sun.
@@johnnyAGardening Thanks,I Learn The Hard Way 😞 lesson Learn.
@@VeronicaSilva-sz8ko Hello Veronica, one thing to watch out for with all succulents, is moving them into more sun , must be done gradually, and then many do lot like full afternoon sun .....
Sir place tells soil mix details.
it is in the notes below the video.
im so curious. if you stick a needle to pop it, will water flow out? or is the inside jelly-like in an aloevera? 😂
It is like a soft fleshy tissue, not water.
why became soft what'w wrong?
Usually overwatering, can also be too close to a heating duct if indoors. So good morning or filtered light, do not over water, allow to dry between waterings, not frosts, not in hot direct sun. Does it sound like this could be right.
@@johnnyAGardening what can I do if it’s over watered to save it ?
@@abigailflores9158 Repot into a dry potting mix.HOWEVER if any of the roots are soggy and show signs of rot (generally dark and soft) you have problems as they need to be removed. Also the stem needs to be checked, any rotted parts need to be removed carefully as rot spreads. Then repot into a dry potting mix and do not water for 1 - 2 weeks. If the rot is severe it can be difficult so good luck.
Would had been nice to say what type of soil was used 🙄
Hello Shirley, the potting mix formula is in the nots below the video, also in this video is a demo of the materials th-cam.com/video/laa1YFTtnAM/w-d-xo.html - Hope that helps.
So to imitate nature can they be gritted up to their lens...buried deep in grit....as you would with lithops??
OB1 it means Obtusa Black so the first haworthia is not haworthia cooperi but haworthia Obtusa
Thanks for the he4ads up. Lots of arguments about names, also listed as Haworthia cooperi var. pilifera. Will check and make correction in the notes.
OK so this is wrong ?www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCCULENTS/Family/Aloaceae/15055/Haworthia_cooperi_var._obtusa
@@johnnyAGardening
sorry i don't speak english well, and i didn't hear when you said hybrid. Apparently it's a hybrid, between haworthia Obtusa, and Cooperi, so it's a hybrid. I'm sorry, because I don't understand everything in English, and I thought you made a mistake, because I didn't hear Obtusa and hybrid in your sentence. I really like your videos, and your way of explaining 👍 thank you.
@@johnnyAGardening
it is not easy to know the hybrid because they mix so many plants that it is difficult to distinguish them.
@@VLzoo7256 It is very confusing, also some plants have different names OR even name changes. And then you have hybrids that are not actually correctly named, and plants that have 'common names' that differ from country to country. So it is really difficult and with the hybrids and selected forms it is even harder. This list is worth a read and you can see that MANY cooperi varieties have had other names.
I thought they were from Africa???
Yes they are from Africa, however the hybrids and selected forms come from other countries as well, Japan, USA, Europe, Korea and others