This is my first time working with an aloe. I'm thinking it might only need a repotting into a succulent mix and taking out the dead leaves. I'll also propagate a few just incase. But what do you guys think? Does it have fungi and stuff? I haven't watered it yet and I'll be putting it in indirect sunlight.
by Saltyshimaaaaa
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Nop looks completely healthy. Just prune the yellow part.
Leave the dead leaves, eventually it adds nutrients to the soil. So, aloes require a medium that drains quickly and becomes dry quicker than your average plant. I recommend a mixture of pumice and regular potting soil. I recommend a 30%pumice 70%soil mixture. Use a pot that has a drain hole, if the water doesn’t have a place to drain it will develop root rot. Signs of root rot are the leaves being flood with water, which basically looks like a bloated aloe leaf, brown squishy base, and leafs completely folding and turning brown. They thrive in any environment as long as they are watered properly. Rule of thumb, just let the soil completely dry out before you water. They don’t tolerate cold weather, 50°F + and they are happy. They need plenty of sun light, direct is preferred, but they can tolerate indirect. They love to be fertilized. Terra cotta or ceramic pots are ideal. They also love to hear Pink Floyd & Lifehouse.
When you dig it out, inspect it and see if there’s any sign of rot. Press the bottom of the stem gently – if it’s firm, just trim yellow parts and repot in a succulent mix.
If it feels soft, that’s rot. Peel off all leaves that are rotten. Use a knife and cut out all the rotten parts (save as much healthy stem as possible). If the roots are rotten or only attached to rotten sections, you can trim them off too. Leave the plant out to dry for a few days, then repot into a succulent mix. Don’t add any water till a few weeks later.
^I’ve done this method several times to revive rotten aloes and have a 100% success rate with getting the plant to turn around. The key thing is you need to do this before the stem is completely rotten. If the stem is all rotten the plant is gone because it will not root without a healthy stem (unless you’re using some sort of rooting powder – but without that, it will not root naturally without a stem)