#pottingsoil

These roots are made for walkin', and that's just what they'll do... 

I found great roots on this Haworthia maughanii 'fingers', a hybrid I picked up at Succulent Gardens nursery (Castroville, CA) this spring. It was the only one they had, which is saying something if you know how enormous that place is. I tried to grow it in a few hours of direct sun outdoors to see if it would get more compact, but it didn't seem to like it during the long days of June, so I backed off to an indoor position that was a little more protected.

It seemed to be bouncing back, so now in late August I decided to repot. And that’s when I found these amazing roots. When I took it out of its peaty/barky nursery mix, a lot of the smaller roots were ingrown into the organic matter and had to be removed. Many had partially died during dormancy anyway, so no big loss. Plenty of fat raddish here to keep the plant happy!