Aloe Vera plant
Raichel Marshall
2 years ago
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Something is eating my aloe vera plant. Help!
Comments (6)Yep, Dan you are right. I just flipped the light on out on my balcony and sure enough I saw a HUGE mouse or rat run across it. It ran into my storage unit that is connected to my balcony. I'm too freaked out to open that door and see what kind of damage it's done. Yikes! Not sure how to get rid of it/them but hoping maintenance can! Thanks so much as I was on the lookout for those big wood roaches and even put out boric acid. This would explain why I was still seeing the droppings....See MoreAloe Vera Plant Problems
Comments (6)Your plant is probably an Aloe ciliaris, one of the climbing Aloes. It will clump and climb if given the chance. Here's the same plant a 4-5 years later. I don't see the problem that you are seeing. Your plant looks pretty good to me (except for the kitty bites, of course). As for potting - Bagged soil, like MiracleGro, retains a lot of water/moisture. I would recommend that you pull your Aloe out of the pot - get all the soil from the roots - and mix is with at least 50% perlite or pumice. The mix will be chunkier, like this - You need a potting mix that drains well. And you must have a hole in the bottom of the pot for drainage. Succulents do not like to sit in water. Adding rocks to the bottom of the pot does nothing to help with drainage, so please don't try that. Let the plant dry out between waterings. It will do better if kept dry than it would if too wet. You can check it with a wood skewer, or even a pencil, pushed down into the pot. Since you cross posted to Alabama, I assume that's where you are. Will you take it outside for the summer? You need to wean your plant into outdoor light. Aloes like full sun, but if you plunk it into the sun it will burn -- just like me! ;-)...See MoreMy aloe vera plant turn purple and slowly drying up.
Comments (2)Did you put it out in the sun w/out doing it GRADUALLY? Turning more purple is the plant's reacting to stronger light. Unfortunately, potting it larger was a mistake & makes the plant more vulnerable to root rot. Especially since your mix doesn't seem to have much Perlite. If mine, I'd amend that soil w/ lots more Perlite or Pumice so that it's 50/50 of each parts of each, to be sufficiently fast draining. Is this your first Aloe? Generally speaking, it's recommended that Aloes be potted in a pot size only one or 2 inches bigger than the rootball. My pix below, are different Aloes than A vera. But pls note the proportion of plant to pot size, much smaller than what you're using. (I grow indoors only.) Also, pls note how coarse my mix is. So I'd recommend you amend your soil & then pot it down smaller to a more appropriate sized pot....See MoreCrispy tips and yellow leaves on my Aloe Vera plant?!
Comments (8)First of all, that's not an Aloe vera. It may be an Aloe of some type, possibly a hybrid. Many Aloes are crossed with Haworthia and Gasteria. That can be somewhat problematic since Aloes generally can handle and actually need pretty good light....and Haws and Gasterias don't. The spiny teeth on the edges of the leaves lead me to think it's an Aloe but not crossed with a lower-light plant. Rina is right. Don't mist this plant or any succulent that I know of. Good way to damage it. Personally, I don't believe that having an Aloe indoors, in an east-facing window, is providing it with enough light. I have 4 or 5 aloes, all outdoors on a covered lanai, all facing southwest so they get bright Florida light all day long. I think it needs better light. In summary, better light, no misting, water it when it is DRY, and then don't water it again until it is DRY AGAIN. And cut off the damaged leaf....See More
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