Haworthia - haworthia attenuata 'zebrina

Light & Temperature

When it comes to lighting conditions, zebra plant succulents would prefer bright light, but they can handle part shade as it's quite tolerant to varying lighting conditions. This makes them a wonderful terrarium or indoor grower, due to the lower amount of light available indoors. If you want excellent growth, give them at least 6 hours of bright light daily, meaning you should place them in south-facing windowsills

Temperature wise, all species of Haworthia tend to prefer warm summers and cool winters, but don’t like any temps below about 45°F as they can start to get frost damage.

Water

Watering pearl plant is simple: it doesn’t need much, and overwatering is the surest way to kill it. If growing indoors, simply water when the soil is completely dry. If outdoors, make sure the soil is evenly moist to slightly dry, as this striped succulent holds quite a bit of water in its leaves.

Soil

The zebra cactus prefers a well-draining, sandy soil. Any standard cactus and succulent mix should do quite well. You can use soil that’s slightly acidic as well as it prefers a pH range of 6.6 in a perfect world. If you’re modifying an indoor potting mix, just add more sand and perlite to get the soil where it needs to be.

Fertilizer

You don’t need to fertilize often, but if you want to boost growth of your zebra succulent you can give it a diluted cactus fertilizer during spring and summer, as the plant is growing at its maximum rate.

Repotting

It’s best to put these into large, shallow pots instead of tall, thin pots due to their clumpy growing habit. As the plant grows, it will produce offsets or plantlets that will bulk up the overall container. Once it’s pushing to the edges of the pot, you can size a pot up about 1-2″, or simply take offsets out and create new clusters of haworthia.

TROUBLESHOOTING

You won’t see many diseases with zebra haworthia — just the ones caused by overwatering.