The Texas heat was not kind to the beautiful, supposedly-resilient Haworthia succulent plants that I brought from D.C.
The plants died, and they died quickly on my new balcony. After a string of 100-degree days, the plants shriveled despite daily watering.
Apparently Dallas also has crickets, who are totally unbothered by the heat. I found my already-suffering plants devoured one morning after they became a midnight buffet for those little terrors.
It was time to toss the plants and start over.
Ingrid inspecting my Haworthia succulent plants that did not survive the Texas heat.
Trashing my succulents that did not survive the crickets and the Texas heat.
It was somewhat depressing to see all of these great plants die-off, because I brought them all the way from Washington, D.C., where they looked pretty great (in my opinion).
However, my new apartment is all balcony lighting, so the new plants have to be able to tolerate either low-light or the high balcony heat. It’s a far cry from my warehouse lighting in D.C.
Packing the elevator at Hecht Warehouse in Washington DC.
Repotting all of my plants after a major die-off.
Repotting all of my plants after a major die-off.
The new cacti that I bought to replace my other plants.
The new cacti, which fared a little better than my other balcony plants.
I bought a bunch of cacti, which I figured were all built for this desert-like sun. However, even the cacti started deteriorating (!!) until I moved them to the shaded parts of the balcony. I was appalled.
Randomly, the pothos appeared unbothered by the heat — proof that this plant is really hard to kill.
My pothos somehow survived the horrible Dallas heat.
Dallas is probably done with the 100-degree days for the rest of the summer, so hopefully the plant carnage is over until next summer. 🌱
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