
Sweyn wrote:baileysup, your plant looks good in the first photo but, not in the second one. The leaves are baggy and one of them is beige and shrivelled.
When they are that colour, it's best to remove them. The same thing happened to my Aloe Juvenna plants, in the past. When I did nothing, that shrivelling spread and a plant died. On another, I removed the shrivelled leaves and it did not spread. It has to be done carefully, by peeling off a dead leaf and then, using scissors to cut off any part of it that is too small to peel.
You might as well remove the dead leaves. They are not needed anymore.baileysup wrote: Yea, the lower leaves do look ugly, and that's the reason I wanted to chop it. As far as their color, yes it is off. The leaves that were previously lower on the plant, just turned brown, and fell off. These leaves have been like that for about 2 years, and they are not spreading to the rest of the plant. I will keep an eye on it though. Thanks to everyone for being so helpful
Sure, would be glad to. I still have her, and she's doing fantastic. To be honest, I'm pretty sure I ended up chopping it in the end, cause it stuck out of the pot a bit too much for my liking. The root ball would have been at about the bottom of the pot to start, which I didn't like, so I did chop it. Aloes seem to grow new root systems well, and fairly quickly it seems. I'm at work right now, as usual, so I will try to post a quick pic when I get home later. There are some lower leaves removed, so it kinda looks half tree, but aloe trees are one of my new interests. Plus the lower leaves were unsightly anyway. It's still in the same pot too. Thank you for your interestManxie wrote:I know this is a couple of years later, but could you give us an update please? Did it survive?
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