Talking about the care of tissue-cultured seedlings: a succulent newbie's care experience

Let me also discuss tissue-cultured seedlings

Tissue-cultured seedlings are now more and more common, seen everywhere. Generally they are Haworthia (especially the 'Dewy' and 'Mammoth' types), so why are Haworthia more common than others? Everyone knows the reason. This type is expensive!

I'll start with Haworthia cooperi var. truncata 'Dewy'! Because I have only grown tissue-cultured Haworthia cooperi var. truncata 'Dewy', and because it is cheap and suitable for newbies to practice with, so before you have tried hardening tissue-cultured seedlings, it is best to use these relatively low-cost plants!

I got some tissue-cultured seedlings (unhardened Haworthia cooperi var. truncata 'Dewy'). When I first brought them home, the roots still had tissue-culture nutrient medium on them. I cleaned the debris off the roots, and after planting for a long time, I found that it is still better to pull off the roots of the 'Dewy' right after bringing it home; this way the tissue-cultured 'Dewy' recovers a bit better. Actually, tissue-cultured seedlings and ordinary small seedlings are the same in terms of care. They cannot be exposed to strong light, and need humid air and medium.

Speaking of medium, most people think that using expensive soil must be the most useful. But it is not; for tissue-cultured seedlings, I generally use pure vermiculite (the finest grade), and the effect is very good!

With a certain level of hardening skill, we can more confidently buy our beloved expensive Haworthia.

The seedling in this picture is a side shoot of an unhardened tissue-cultured Haworthia cooperi var. truncata 'Dewy'; at the time it was very small and weak. This picture was taken on August 27, 2015. This is the small seedling one month after planting.

This picture was taken on December 9, 2015; this is what the small seedling looked like nearly five months after planting. You can see that it has already grown new leaves, showing that hardening was successful. Hardening is not that scary.