Thanks so much! I'm really glad I can possibly save it. I really appreciate your advice.

Thanks again, its new leaf is already a full two inches long with growing, and the roots are starting to come back in. Its doing great!

I'm just piggybacking on this one if you don't mind. I have a sick aloe vera, too. I wonder if it got too wet or too cool (or both). It's losing its color and getting limp. It was a baby off of my mom's humongous one that's now gone. My sister's is doing great. I saw some advice about checking the roots to see if they were OK (like nueva gardener did above) and haven't done that yet. I wanted to have the soil on hand first (cactus or African Violet soil was recommended -- it's been in sand for decades and that's what it's still in).

Anyway -- my real question was with rooting in the perlite. Do you wet IT when you first start out?

Thanks! Flo :-)

Jumping in too, I have an aloe my son got me from a local store that has since closed. It has rot pretty bad, but I'm wondering if I put it in a fresh pot and fresh perlite if it might have a chance, or is it a done deal if its detached from the root? Never had an aloe before, but the store he got it from obviously over watered it. I wish I had paid closer attention and caught it sooner...

Hi Jennifer,

This thread is very old, generally we suggest a new thread will get better attention.

Your comment " ... is it a done deal if its detached from the root" is hard to visualize, are you saying the plant part has separated from the roots?

Depends on how/where separated, really cannot tell w/out a pic.

Other than if the bottom part of the plant is soft/mushy, in which case, it's likely a goner.

As to your question, w/out providing a picture, there's really no way to tell.

I will take a picture and post it when I get home, but basically it looks like it rotted from the inside out. I'm not familiar with the growing of aloe, I know some plants can be put in water and new roots will grow. I have a feeling mine is just done and I need to get another (from some place else, even if they weren't closed), but I have a little hope I can at least save some part of the plant.

Often it's not worth trying to revive a plant if it's really badly rotting away. Much cheaper and less stressful to get a new one! But if it's caused by overwatering, then I recommend figuring out a new watering and care schedule otherwise you will have the same issue again.

I'm totally freaking out my grama is sick and not able to care for her plants and cacti so I brought home her aloe vera that had severe root rot I cut it down now I don't know how to store it . I'm in mesa it's starting to get cooler at night. Please help me I don't want to lose her.