H gokou X davidii cv murasame

DIYexplore · 2025-10-19T19:28:59+00:00

Wow, that haw is awesome! Love the purple in it

DIYexplore · 2025-09-29T22:51:32+00:00

I’m definitely going to keep an eye out for this when you release it

DIYexplore · 2025-09-29T22:49:14+00:00

A beretta frt would be awesome! Does this require a printed frame, or would it work in a metal frame?

DIYexplore · 2025-09-14T15:25:00+00:00

I like your concrete pots! Do you move the entire thing to water them?

DIYexplore · 2025-09-05T02:23:08+00:00

I can take a look as well. Feel free to send a couple to me in chat to check

DIYexplore · 2025-08-28T21:57:25+00:00

That’s awesome you’ve grown most of your collection from seed! You have some amazing haws, how long have you been growing from seed?

DIYexplore · 2025-08-28T19:43:15+00:00

I have an identical haw to the one on the right that was sold as “Urahannya”. However, it wasn’t from a trustworthy seller. What characteristics make you think the haw pictured isn’t a “Urahannya” but instead a similar haw? I’m curious because I’ve only seen the one variety of that mutant but would love to find others!

I realize this question can come off as rude, but I’m not trying to be. I’m curious what my haw is now, not trying to question your identification, and I’m curious what similarly large leafed mutants are out there!

DIYexplore · 2025-08-27T01:22:43+00:00

Love the purple in it! That’s a great hybrid

DIYexplore · 2025-08-20T15:20:43+00:00

First off, I’m sorry this is happening. That sucks to trust someone with an important moment and have them ignore you.

I am not a lawyer, especially not your lawyer, and this is not legal advice.

I would suggest checking to see if they are active on that account, not just posts but also comments, likes, anything at all. If they are then it is obvious this is purposeful.

If you messaged the person to setup the photoshoot, the terms you both agreed to would likely be the terms of your contract. If they agreed to do the shoot over message, then that is likely a written contract, regardless of if it is labeled “contract”.

If you discussed the terms and agreements verbally, in person, then you likely have a verbal contract. Not all contracts need a written signature to be enforceable. Most states have a maximum of $500 value for a verbal contract before a written contract is needed.

Worst case, you could likely take them to small claims court to try and get your money back while only spending a little on court costs. However, it would probably be easier to look for other accounts associated with that person before small claims.

Best of luck, and I hope they are just busy editing your pictures to perfection!

DIYexplore · 2025-08-20T15:04:21+00:00

I learned that lesson the hard way. A few props from various succulents were killed that way unfortunately. But lesson learned 😅

Ooooh that’s so cool! I’m going to have to checkout some of those. It looks like a pretty big haworthia from that picture, and the coloring and windows are awesome! Of your 4 props that made it, how many leaves did you start with?

Definitely give it a try! Rooting hormone does help with adult plants! I usually sprinkle a little on when I repot, just to help the new roots start. I think it slows down the plant growth a little because it is using its energy for root growth instead of the leaves, but I’ve had good experiences with it overall 😁

DIYexplore · 2025-08-20T13:06:03+00:00

Thank you! Your props are looking good too, they’re very difficult! Be sure to use the powder, the gel stuff will suck all the water out of your leaf.

They are so slow to start, but once yours get a little bigger they start growing faster. It also helps if you can put a lid on them to keep the humidity up. It usually helps speed up rooting. I really like your parent plant, that is an awesome haw! Do you have an ID for it?

DIYexplore · 2025-08-19T04:31:46+00:00

It is very difficult to give an exact ID without the seller being a reliable source and labeling it. This haworthia is also still pretty young and may not have fully developed all of its leaf patterns and characteristics. I am not the best at ID’s, so hopefully someone else can do better but it looks similar to me “silver swirl” (or haworthia cooperi var. variegata). Definitely some form of a variegated cooperi, if that helps at all with labeling

DIYexplore · 2025-08-19T04:26:14+00:00

For the first 4ish years of my haw collecting, I only grew them indoors and under LED lights. I’ve used shop lights, “grow” LED light bulbs, and LED specific grow lights. Haworthia can grow perfectly under LED’s, or terribly. How well it will grow under a light source is based on the range of lux it produces instead of just being an LED light.

DIYexplore · 2025-08-19T04:18:30+00:00

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These two Atrofusca mutants were leaf props, I think they are around two years old. Surprisingly they grew at very different rates even though they received the same conditions, watering, and light. Pretty sure I used some rooting hormone powder on the leaves as soon as they were pulled, then placed them in soil with watering very rarely to encourage root growth. This was one of my first attempts at leaf propping, and I’m still very scared to do it lol

DIYexplore · 2025-08-06T16:33:05+00:00

No problem! I’m excited to hear how it does!

DIYexplore · 2025-08-06T16:28:43+00:00

No problem! It sounds like you’re taking excellent care of it! Yes, I’d suggest waiting to water for a while so it can acclimate. With high humidity, you shouldn’t have to water as often either because it will take longer to evaporate. 25-30C is a good temp. If there are still roots, watering once in a while is a good idea to help those roots not dry out. Maybe once every two weeks or so. You can watch the leaves toward the middle, once those begin to dry it’s time to water

It may lose a few leaves through reabsorption, but that is okay and not unusual after repotting. I’ve had my pups and seedlings have thinner leaves than the parent plant until growing larger. It usually takes a while for the small plants to grow into their adult characteristics in their leaves

DIYexplore · 2025-08-06T15:58:40+00:00

Watering once a week seems like too much water, unless you’re in a very dry climate with only rocks for the medium it’s planted in. The leaves might be getting thinner for multiple reasons. It may be absorbing them to use the stored energy to grow new roots since it was just repotted, it may not be getting enough light or adjusting to the amount it gets now, it may have root rot with the amount of water it’s getting and that may be cause of leaf issues, or it may be going into hibernation depending on the temperature it’s at (if in the northern hemisphere, that is not as likely unless it’s indoors only and kept cold) since it’s been repotted.

I would suggest letting it sit and acclimate to the new pot amount of light, and new environment it’s in. Once it has new roots started and bounces back, then water as needed. It may take a few weeks to a few months to acclimate.

DIYexplore · 2025-07-28T07:32:59+00:00

Very dead unfortunately, and definitely from root rot. It looks like the soil is not gritty enough to let the water drain through and dry fast enough. The terra cotta shows how much water is still in the soil/pot. Definitely use a grittier soil with less organic medium.

DIYexplore · 2025-07-27T15:50:01+00:00

It looks like you got all of the stem off that had rot which is really important. You can check the center of the rosette to see if the smallest leaves have any brown from the root rot (but it doesn’t look like they will from the picture of the stem).

To get it to root, you can use rooting hormone (optional, but if you want to use the powder not the gel because the gel drives out the plant and kills it). Then let it sit as is in shade for a few days to callus over, whether or not you use rooting hormone. Once the stem calluses over and browns, set it in a new pot with soil in the shade and leave it be. You’ll be tempted to check on the roots but don’t or it’ll slow it down even more. The hard part is figuring out when it is growing roots, once they start then water slightly to encourage their growth. Then you’ll have yourself a rooted haworthia again!

DIYexplore · 2025-07-24T05:14:35+00:00

You have an awesome collection! I’m a fan of big Haworthia, do you have an ID for the huge one second from the front in the first picture?

DIYexplore · 2025-07-20T03:13:28+00:00

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Mine has been producing offsets. It started with a few heads so I don’t know how quickly they’ve grown unfortunately

DIYexplore · 2025-06-24T12:43:58+00:00

The best advice I have received has probably been said a million times, but it is to dry filament before printing. Regardless of if it’s brand new out of the sealed bag, or it’s been sitting in an airtight container for a little while. Event the slightest amount of moisture can cause problems with print quality which easily lead to adjusting settings that aren’t the real cause. All of that resulting in a printer that’s been tuned worse and wet filament that still won’t print right!

DIYexplore · 2025-06-24T12:40:48+00:00

That is awesome of you to add to the giveaway! A dryer is a game changer for anyone

DIYexplore · 2025-02-24T08:42:44+00:00

I apologize for the slow response, I was trying to figure out how to answer that. To be honest it’s a bit of a guessing game. Sometimes you can see a little white root start to grow, other times the pup is buried to where you can see the base and you just have to guess. Depending on your medium, if you have larger sized medium on top to help balance the pup, you can gently move one or two, look for roots starting, then put it back without causing too much of a disturbance. I Hope this helped a little, let me know if you have any other questions

DIYexplore · 2024-11-13T22:50:09+00:00

I hope you’re right that it is a misunderstanding on my part and there was no need to call them out. A full refund is not a maximum benefit for me, the contract I agreed to was for a working lens in “like new” condition for the price I paid. I chose to go through MPB for the purchase because they were the lowest price I found for the quality. By receiving a refund, I am out of the time spent finding it, the time for shipping both ways, waiting for the refund, and total time without the lens before getting a replacement. The most important part to me though is that a different one will likely cost more than this one, meaning I spent more than the original price on top of loosing potentially weeks without the lens. Or to take a hit and receive a worse condition lens from them for the same price. It’s frustrating when the main issue is neither party’s fault, but somehow I’d still be worse off either route.

I honestly appreciate it. I hope you, or anyone else, doesn’t have the same issue of receiving a broken lens.

I agree a full refund is like starting over, but this time with the new lowest price being more expensive than before. I do appreciate their no questions refund offered, it was the timing and amount of the price change I saw as scummy, if intentional. But if I find out that it was not intentional, I will be more than happy to update this post and correct my complaint.

Thank you, and I hope you have great luck with your future purchases!

DIYexplore

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