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Kaktus said:
I am also struggling..
Before we go further on this.. Are you assuming that Haworthias will grow better in cold temperature ?What about sunlight requirement, I read somewhere that haworthias (eg. Truncatta) grow in desert as their original habitat, they will bury themselves in the soil and have the window or their leaves showing on top of the soil, the same as lithops, but I also seen a video where a hobbiest in Thailand said that those species need cold temperature or highlands to grow better. What I've experienced so far is that if I keep them at rooftop, even without direct sunlight, the average temperature is 32 - 37 Celcius, the Haworthias will shrink and the color change to brown. Now I am moving some of them to other cooler area to see how they perform.

What I think is interesting is that a lot of confusion arises due to the massive variation in the climates people grow them in . I guess it's a testament to the plants that they are surviving at all in many cases
Your temps are crazy hot to me and it's no surprise the plants struggle out in the open in that environment. My understanding is that is Habitat these plants grow in shade or underground to prevent the extreme exposure maybe that's why they tolerate lower light levels than other genus . What I think I need to do is educate myself on the temperature range in habitat and when the plants are set to grow temperature wise . So winter in habitat may match the hight of summer for me.
Steve