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A friend gave this to me 10 days ago after she separated it from the mother plant, and I know the 4" pot is bigger than it needs to be. But since this pot is terracotta, it seems to dry out a bit faster than the other aloe pup (second pic) in 3" plastic. Both are in bagged succulent mix without amendments. Should I repot this one into another 3" plastic and also give it a grittier mix? Should I also transfer the other one to better mix (and back in the same pot) so it dries out faster? I'm hesitant to repot either one because they're just kind of settling in and getting a bit of new growth. If it's best for them long term then I can move them. Or I can just leave them and be cautious to only water when they show they need it.

I believe the first one is aloe vera var. chinensis and the second is aloe arborescens. Both are being grown indoors in a south-facing window plus high power grow lights (I'm looking to crank the grow light intensity higher once they're acclimated to this level.)

Last Friday chopped up my old plant and jammed 12 cuttings into this pot. A week later they're fully ready to go and growing. The second picture shows before the haircut. This year I'm going to work on watering more consistently and pruning long vines more often to discourage the older leaves from dying.

I just traded a peppermint seedling for this little guy, and I repotted it in a 3” pot in succulent mix. Is this buried too deep? It was kind of falling over before, so I wanted to bury a bit more of the stem.