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Please help my blue elf is not doing well

last year

Hi! im so stressed about a "blue elf" someone gave me. let me first say, i know next to nothing about succulents so im sorry ahead of time.

was gifted this m, blue elf is the name they gave me. He has one bit flower cluster unopened coming up over him and another smaller cluster on the bottom side of him. ive been having a problem with spider mites lately so i sprayed all my plants with fertilome triple action plus. soil was really really dry. i waited 5 days then watered it. now it looks terrible. a bunch of leaves are yellow and kind of shrivled. the flowers that havnt opened yet on top..the leaves are shrivled and yellow. the one one the bottom seems to be coming out from under the laves but it is also half green half yellow.

the soul they are in is a mix of 50% perlite and 50% succulent soil. i did buy a terra cotta pot this morning so im repotting now. about sunlight.. i live in zone 8b (i think) in arizona. our temps are up to 116 degrees f some days and there are zero plants in existance that want "full sun" here (no matter what their tag says). the idea of indirect light confuses me. how do i do that? please help me with this guy! i really like him!

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cactusmcharris, interior BC Z4/5
last year
Getting it out of that container will be fantastic for its growth.

It's true that this plant can't handle the AZ sun (it would be best in indirect light) but there are hundreds of plants that can handle direct sun all day, and indeed almost demand it to look their best. Please join an Arizona gardening group for ideas of what would do well for you.
Erica Erikitty thanked cactusmcharris, interior BC Z4/5
mojavemaria
last year
Thats interesting that it is called Blue Elf. The Aloe ”Blue Elf” does really great in Las Vegas heat and takes a surprising amount of sun. Its a great plant and has showy blooms in spring too.
Erica Erikitty thanked mojavemaria
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Original Author
last year
@mojavemaria hi! i did notice while trying to do resesrch about my lil guy, that there must be another "blue elf" since a lot of rhe pictures i found looked like ur beautiful aloe plant! haha
woodrose
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last modified: last year
Indirect light simply means near a window that has bright sunlight, but not in direct sun. I would suggest you repot it and leave it alone for awhile. Don't give it any water when you repot it, those thick leaves are full of water and it won't dry up for a long time. Remove the brown leaves so you will know if any others turn brown.

I've never used the substance you sprayed it with, so I don't know if it contributed to the problem. I wouldn't have sprayed it with anything until there was a need.
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If the pics are how the plant looks currently, it looks OK to me.

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