Hi Supern,

Next time, at Photobucket, you pls. copy & paste the THIRD LINE OF CODE from the pic there to here, check in the 'Preview' where the image should be visible & then hit 'Submit' to post the pic here.

At a quick glance of the plant, the pot seems too large & the mix looks rather peaty & water rentitive, rather than the fast draining of added perlite or pumice. I suspect it's a mix/drainage problem. Could the plant be thirsty, how often have you been watering?

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Looks a lot like what my Aloe does, which I suspect is due to lack of moisture.

That Aloe (in post #3) is extremely overpotted and the soil needs to be cut with at least 50% perlite or the like for the plant to grow well.

0.0 woah thats over potted! What kind of alow is it anywho? Like cactusmcharris said (still not good with names ... is it jeff?) More perlite and pumice and what not :) good luck with your plants! Hope this one pops back to full health

When you repot I suggest you check the roots. If anything brown, squishy, foul smelling or completely dry/dead cut them w/sterile knife, sprinkle w/cinnamon powder and let it dry out for couple days. Then repot in smaller pot according to a root ball in fast draining mix and don't water for several days. I personally like clay pots,they dry out quickly. Your mix should be at least 50 percent of perlite. They do real good outside, but acclimate first to prevent sunburn.

Inna

Hi...thanks to all of you for your replies. Let me give you some background on this plant:

Absolutely nothing has changed with this plant's environment. It only gets afternoon sun...it's been in the same spot for 2 years. I did have it in a much smaller pot. After doing research, what I largely read was that the growth of aloe plants is inhibited by the size of the container...that once it gets to a certain size, you must put it in a larger container to maintain growth and health. It was about a year ago that I put it in the larger pot, and it grew even larger.

It's potted in regular miracle grow potting soil that I bought at Lowe's...there's gravel in the lower portion of the pot to help with drainage. It's always been in this kind of potting soil, and up until now, thrived...growing twice the size that it was when I brought it back from Aruba in a ziplock bag (with a wet paper towel in it).

I don't water it often...maybe every 2-3 weeks. When I first brought it home, I read about how aloe doesn't like a really wet environment. So I made it a point not to over water.

Sitting on the other side of the door from this aloe plant is another aloe plant (of another kind...it looks different) in the exact same container and soil. I did the same thing with it about a year ago in that I transplanted it into it's current pot. Since then, it has grown 3-4 times its original size...I mean thriving!

That's what I don't understand. Two aloe plants...in identical environments...one thriving while the other one is suffering (although the suffering one was thriving up until a month ago).

That's what I don't understand. Two aloe plants...in identical environments...one thriving while the other one is suffering

Some Aloes are from areas that get 2" of rain per year. Some Aloes are from areas that get 50" of rain per year. Some are tropical. A few are Alpine!

The gravel (and a lot of perlite) should be in the mix - as you are finding out, succulent plants need proper drainage to do well, and MG soil is about the worst in providing that (even its cactus mix). Plus, different layers in your plant's pot are not good for your plant. A little piece of screen or newspaper covering the hole in the pot, your gravel mixed in that soil (which has, preferably, been screened, if not thrown out entirely), 50% perlite added, and you're on your way to aloeicious success. I can't tell you why you had one growing well, but I can tell you how to properly grow Aloes - the soil is one of the keys, and it has to be porous for the plant to live long and prosper.

To expand on what cactusmcharris said, a layer of gravel at the bottom is no good because the MG potting soil will still support a perched water table (PWT) above the gravel. So even if your gravel is a large enough size that it won't support any perched water itself, it doesn't do much (if anything) for drainage, and you're effectively making the pot shallower and putting the aloe that much closer to the the PWT.

Lots of potting media discussions on these forums, I recommend a little searching and light reading (I've found it very informative over the last couple years of growing succulents and other things). Do follow the above advice for success, at the very least =)