This is my second aloe Vera, last one I over watered this one I watered yesterday after a month (soil was bone dry)
But looks like I’m killing yet another unkillable plant
Please help. I want to have plants. But all I do is kill them. I’m like Elmira from Animaniacs. But with plants.
Maybe too much light? It’s been under a grow light for the last week.
by Melodic_Tea3050
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Ok, for starters, it’s planted too deep, ans the soil is terrible. They need a fast drying soil mix with added mineral content like pumice/scoria to help with drainage and stability. Plant it with the crown above the soil line
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Keep it under the lights, and let it dry out between watering.
Why have you buried it like it’s already a corpse? That’s far too deep. Bring it higher.
Well draining soil mix (add inorganic elements, like grit or fine gravel), and water more often. Have it on a drip tray not in an over pot so that you can see when the water has drained through.
Also a sunny windowsill would be better than a weak grow light
its needs as much SUNLIGHT as it can possibly get.
If nothing else, sand and sun☀️…STAT‼️
Thanks for the tips guys, I’ll be posting more of my dying plants
Go get a cactus mix soil, those plants love water as long as it doesn’t pool fool
I don’t have experience with aloe vera, but I would at least mix more perlite into the soil for better drainage.
That pot is too large. Find a smaller pot and only move it to a bigger pot when it’s clearly outgrowing the smaller one. By having it in an unnecessarily large pot, you are increasing the odds of drowning it because more unnecessary soil = more water retention. Also, change that soil. Get a cactus or succulent mix
Move it to a smaller pot and hold off on watering for a week or more. Make sure it can see the sun but it’s not directly under it. It really doesn’t look too bad.