After beheading a Haworthia cooperi, it bursts out with side shoots so fast you cannot stop it
Haworthia cooperi grows very beautifully and is lovely to look at. Its leaves are very short but very thick and fleshy, looking crystal clear and super beautiful. Because its leaves sit very close to each other and grow very densely, beheading a Haworthia cooperi is a rather difficult task. Below is a little trick to teach everyone how to easily behead a Haworthia cooperi.
Not all succulents need beheading. Generally, beheading is needed when a succulent develops disease, becomes leggy, or when you want the succulent to grow multiple heads.
Fishing line beheading method
Prepare a piece of No. 3 fishing line, a plastic board, a small knife, and carbendazim powder. Choose the head you want to cut off; it is best to leave about 2 leaves at the base. Carefully insert the board into the spot where you want to behead the Haworthia cooperi, loop the fishing line into the middle so it goes into the deepest part between the leaves, then tie a knot. Then hold the succulent's head with one hand and pull the fishing line hard with the other, and the head of the Haworthia cooperi will come off very easily. After cleaning up the head, sprinkle on carbendazim powder and place it in a shady spot for care.
Beheading a leggy Haworthia cooperi
If there is not enough light, the Haworthia cooperi will become leggy. Once it becomes leggy, it affects the succulent's appearance, so if legginess appears, behead it promptly. Disinfect a small knife, use it to cut off the leggy succulent's head at whatever height you like, apply carbendazim, place it in a cool, ventilated spot to dry, put it in soil, and care for it in a spot with scattered light.
If you want a Haworthia cooperi with only one head to slowly turn into a multi-headed Haworthia cooperi, you need to use the beheading method. You can use fishing line to remove the head, coat it with carbendazim, place it in a shady spot to dry, then put it back in the original pot and keep caring for it. Before long, new Haworthia cooperi heads will grow from the cut leaf core, and they will also grow from the neck. After this, it will gradually fill an entire pot.