My Aloe Vera needs help !
muscariblue
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Hello me and my aloe realy need help!
Got them from my mum, the leaves were lush green, firm but flopped in half.
I brought it home and watered it. I think I over watered it as some leaves then got squigy and very fat by the stem.
Left it for 2 weeks but it didn't get any better. So I repotted it and split the pups up. ( it was sat on a sunny windowsill)
So I reported and set them in the green house and didn't water them for 3 days.
Soil: mixture of 1/2 sand, 1/2 veg garden soil and a small amount of chushed charcoal.
Sun: Sat in a green house out side- well ventilated and doesn't seem to get too hot mid day.
Water: Watered them once in the last week after reporting just a dribble for 3 seconds.- The soil is close to bone dry.
-- Since the reporting and being in the green house they now look soooo sick!---
I just don't know what to do. Can any one help us? ????
Last edited: 15 June 2016 19:13:44
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I find they do best on a shaded windowsill. I think they scorch in full sun
hot sun turns them brown and like that, i know i moved mine thinking it may like the sun, it didn't ! it's now back on the north windowsil and has returned to it's green self
Same as Sanjy, back to green within a week or so! Magic ?
Thank you for your help! I will move them to a bright shady window. ???
You can buy cacti fertilizer. When you pot up the pups don't plant them up straight away leave it for a couple of days. Spraying the exposed area with water on regular basis during those days. It will form a calus, plant in to the compost but don't water until theres signs of new growth.keep them also on a shaded windowsill until this takes place.You don't need charcoal or sand. Sand i should imagine will aid bad drainage in your case. If your not sure about the watering regime. Leave it if they feel firm.but at the slightest sign of them turning spongey. Water them straight away. But let the water run drain through completely. During the growing season feed with a dilution of tomarite once a month.
Looks like your Mum has been cutting the tips off and rubbinv them on burns and sores