Heyo! I wrote to you once or twice about succulents and now I'm worried about mine once more. All the aloe aristata that I own (i beheaded her on your advice like 1.5yr ago so now I have 1 proper plant, three younger ones and the mother plant that's in the photo). Now, they are rather dully coloured and maybe slightly yellowish/beige, with a red tinge at the stem. I water them scarcely, usually by checking the leaves. Last time I watered them, they didn't seem to plump up much, nor did they this time. What could be wrong and what can I do? If they lack light, I started putting them out on the sun a few days ago so they get at least a few hours, I'm central europe, southwest facing window, like this.
Just additional information regarding watering, I give them a soak and then let the water in for like 10-30min and then drain them.
SuccyGirl:
Hello again!!
So Haworthia tend to go dormant in hotter temps and that may be what's happening. But they look good to me. It might be beneficial to un-pot them and check on their roots, if they're looking okay maybe a few hours with their bare roots in some water could help them plump up again.
If they've completely lost their roots don't panic, that's a totally normal thing Haworthia's do in hotter temps, they'll reject their roots and regrow them later. If this has happened that might explain why they're not plumping up as much, without a large root system they can't support all their leaves to plump them all back up when it gets water.
They do look to be looking for some more light but not majorly, a few hours of extra sunshine should do them good but do be careful if there's a heatwave, don't want them getting sunburnt!
