aloe leaves drooping and creasing
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Aloe Vera with heavy leaves
Comments (14)Karen it was stated that it is an Aloe Vera, they grow in Africa in hot dry climates, storing water in their leaves. They wait for the yearly rainfall to store water again. If they live in a fog belt they will benefit from the CAM theory. taking in moisture at night. With New Yorks humidity it should be kept very dry and grown in a clay pot with fast draining coarse soil. NO PEAT MOSS. Karen sorry I don't agree with you. They still come from Africa and not from Wal Mart. Came originally from No. Africa and Arabia, but now are bing grown in other countries that have warm winters. Must not have Temps below 32% or live under protection of other trees and shrubs. Go with the directions of more light. They are accurate. If the drooping leaves bother you cut them off as soon as it warms up where you live. Not now, those dead leaves will protect the plant from the cold. Now if you lived here, I would trim all the leaves off that were going down. Get a new pot with proper soil, cut off the head of the plant let dry and just set on top of the soil to reroot. During the begining of the hot summer. Norma...See MoreAloe Droopy with leaves drying out/rotting at center?
Comments (4)Its normal for aloe to drop the bottom leaves. I have a large A. vera and it does from time to time. The soil in the picture looks very organic. Aloe can take a fairly organic mix but they need a quick draining mix. If the mix used doesnt contain grit or small rock or pebble I would recommend you do so. If the soil stays wet too long it will rot the roots. Grit and rock will help with this. Rot could be an explaination for the symptoms of the plant. Droopiness and dropping of the leaves. If the roots are rotting, the aloe will re-absord the water in its leaves to help produce roots. This doesnt appear too serious yet. Also the drooping can be from the weight of the leaves. My A. vera did the same thing. Hope this helped! plant_junkie...See Moredrooping aloe vera plant!
Comments (4)Thanks for responding! I will post a picture later, but for now, here's an example I found online that is similar to what my plant looks like: http://www.drought-smart-plants.com/images/aloe-21546996.jpg Some of the stalks are still upright but a lot of them, especially the smaller ones, are drooping over the edges of the pot. And they seem softer than what they were like before. It is an indoor plant. I've also had stalks come off before that were perfectly healthy and green-looking, but then they dried up at the end that attached them to the plant and kind of pinched off. So I'm wondering if that's where the drooping stalks are headed. Could it be not enough sunlight? Come to think of it, the stalks that are drooping do all seem to be angled in the direction of the windows, although that could be coincidence. I have it in the sunniest place in my apartment, but the sun is not very strong this time of year...ironically in summer the sun is WAY too strong from the same windows. I thought it might need more water, but after I watered it about a week ago, it looked exactly the same. Plus the majority of sources say to water once a month in winter. The roots were not black and slimy. They looked like normal roots. I believe they were whitish although they were covered in dirt so hard to tell. This guy said that you should "NEVER" repot cacti and succulents as it damages the roots irreversibly. I thought that was really weird because I've seen many posts about repotting them pretty much the same way I did, and the plant was fine afterwards....See Morealoe drooping even MORE after increasing light :( (update)
Comments (23)So I decided to give up on this plant and got rid of it. From what you guys were saying, that both the roots and the leaves were unhealthy, it really didn't seem like it was likely to survive, and I didn't want it to slowly die over a period of a few months. That just seemed cruel. I'm giving up on plants altogether. I have killed every plant I've ever owned except for one, despite going into it with the best of intentions for care. Aloe is supposed to be the easiest plant to take care of and I still messed it up somehow. It's clear that I'm just a failure when it comes to nurturing living beings in general. I have one cactus left that (I think) is doing well (it just put on new growth a few weeks ago) and I'm going to find another home for it ASAP. I really don't want to bring living things into my home just to kill them. Thanks for your responses....See Morepalmbob
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