So, I got this large beautiful Aloe from my grandmother about a year ago. It used to have very full plumpy beautiful green leaves, which have now turned slightly brown and thin/"empty". The plant has plenty of sunlight, and I recently repotted it with a mix of seeding soil and perlite for better drainage in an attempt to save it. I now have it in a terracotta pot with drainage. I cant imagine that ive watered it too much. I dont have a watering schedule, but i just tend to water it when the soil is fully dry. Maybe once every two weeks.
Does it look underwatered or overwatered to you guys? Or could there be something else going on?
by Loose_Lynx_4406
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It really does look to be a light issue. The aloe is getting leggy and reaching towards one direction, the window. I would try and up the sunlight even more than what it already gets, since you mentioned it does get some!
Ooooooh that is overwatered and possibly overheated! Aloe does not need to be watered every time the soil is dry!! That’s probably your biggest issue. They like to live in the dry soil, since they store all their water in their leaves. I haven’t watered my aloe since October and it’s looking absolutely perky, I plan to water it once the weather warms up though. The other thing is the sunlight, aloes prefer to be in bright but indirect sunlight. So like, just around the corner from the window. But your aloe doesn’t look sunburnt, it actually looks like it might’ve been frozen at some point? Usually that’s why the leaves go floppy, because freezing causes the little water-membranes inside them to burst. Is it possible it was frozen?
The floppy leaves seem completely dead. But the aloe itself looks alright. If I were you, I might cut off the floppy leaves and make those few adjustments. Good luck
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So typically…the leaves look like that when they need water… The whole inside of there leaves is made up of water so you can actually water them a lot at one time !! Not frequently but I have a very large one and just take it to the bath tub and completely soak it !!! Like once a month 🤷🏾‍♀️ And it looks like it might have to much sun
Once again, not enough light.
Not enough light by a lot and over watered. The soil is not fully dry *throughout the pot* after 2 weeks. I water my aloe every ~3 MONTHS. They also thrive in the full outdoor blazing sun after acclimation.
I don’t know for sure but here are my thoughts you’d like to consider:
If you’ve just came out from winter then the heaters next to the plant were on; this may have overheated the lower leaves with hot dry air ? The heaters may be too close…
If you’re not using your electric heater anymore (end of winter), then the other leaves should not suffer the same consequences.
Consider rotating the plant every one or two weeks so all leaves can take the same amount of sunlight as its next to the window.
Wishing you success!