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Organic Cactus and Succulent FertilizerGreat indoor & outdoor fertilizer for both edible and ornamental cacti and succulentsEasy to apply; can be used in both native and potting soils; can be pre-mixed with potting soils or top dressedSlow release- each application lasts up to 2 months; low odor organic fertilizerOMRI Listed
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Even with a grow light you’ll still have a dormancy period. I use grow lights too (t5’s) just be careful, some really will burn fast if they’re not acclimated to a lot of light slowly; in the wild they grow in dappled light under shrubs or bushes. The less light the better your roots will be, the more light the more energy gets taken from the root growth and focused on leaf growth. You want a balance both ideally, some tolerate more light than others but tons of it will cause a dormancy like state. Mine are under a glass shelf with full sun plants above them.
Haworthia adapted to live in nutrient poor soils so they don’t require much, I think a full strength feed would kill them honestly. I fertilize at half strength maybe even less only during the growing season (I use Schultz’s Succ/Cacti feed but just began putting a slow release fertilizer in the Akadama) some I potted with this. Others have plain old Osmocote. Some with both. Also I should mention ALWAYS bottom water these too.
Ultimately experience will be your best teacher but hopefully that’ll help you! This is a fun easy species, a week of Akadama you’ll be the Haworthia master! When I started I had so many questions, so thats a promising sign you’ll end up grow some beautiful plants!