r/aloe

So incredibly soothing to look at!

Aloe suprafoliata
Aloe peglerae
Aloe erinacea

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.)

Hello all! I have an aloe, looking good, but it keeps growing in the center. If it keeps going like this, it’s going to grow taller. Is there anything I can do to make it grow wider instead? I’d like it to have big, broad leaves, not keep growing taller, becoming heavy, and falling over to the side. Do you have any advice? Thank you!

Here are pics of it and pic of what i’d prefer!

This was my first succulent and I’ve love the stress color I heard about and can’t wait to see the color fully set in this summer!

I was just gifted this beautiful aloe and have no specifics on it. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you all in advance

hi everyone!! I have an aloe plant I bought from Ikea about a year ago and i need some guidance. it has grown a lot in the past couple of months, but i am getting worried because some of the petals (?) are starting to brown faster than they were prior. The soil in the container is succulent/cactus soil and I was told to add rocks to it a few months ago. Can anyone tell me what I can do to stop the browning and how to properly care for it so the browning does not continue?

the photo with the blue nails is when i first got it and the photo with the red pot was taken earlier today

Does this Aloe Erinacea look thirsty/ underwatered? I have had it for about a year and a half and it has never had the flared look of the ones I see online. All the leaves are curled in

It is in a very gritty soil in a terracotta pot

The yellow and red spines are so pretty, but I cannot tell what this aloe is. Any thoughts?! Thanks in advance.

She's in full Blush. I think!

First time getting a pod. Have had 100s of bloom on aloes. Any special care to collect seeds? I assume that's what this is

One of my favorite things about this hybrid is how the offsets come out just as gnarly. Posted a closer look on my IG story @cactus_phere if you want to see it.

I rescued this from a coworker and I'd like a.ny advice on how to re-pot this plant successfully.

And its baby in the background, I actually have a bunch of them spread throughout four total pots including these two

I recently noticed my aloe has become slightly squishy (see the last pic) but otherwise the plant looks pretty healthy except for the fact the leaves were starting to droop a little. I had never changed it out of its nursery soil, and I think I overwatered it by accident.

I repotted about 3 weeks ago I think with 1 part perlite and 1 part soil mix (honestly I was too broke to buy succulent mix and had loads of perlite left over).

It gets lots of sunlight in a warm room with big south and east facing windows. I watered it once a month in winter and once every 2 weeks now it’s started to get warmer, but I think that was my mistake.

Are the roots indicating root rot? What should I do? Thank you!

Is this normal growth for this plant?! There were only 2 of these and this was the best looking. They both seem like they sit pretty high up, like their reaching for the sun.