My aloe vera is turning brown!
My aloe Vera is turning brown when I first got it, it was inside the house by the window where the sun hits all day but I have a small space and it was taking most of it I decided to take it outside first I put it in the shade where the sun doesn’t hit that much since where I live in the desert it get to 120 degrees lately it’s been almost 100 degrees outside I didn’t wanted to shock it from being in the sun considering it gets out here, I have been water it once every 2-4 days since I check everyday by the next day the soil is very dry and I don’t want to overwater it either.
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The brown one I been having it for months the others ones I just put them there a week ago and they’re turning brown too (my husband uncle has a lot of aloe Vera and their super green their are outside plant so I don’t understand why they’re turning brown too) I need help on what to do or what am I doing wrong I was thinking about putting them in bigger pot but the roots are big I was scared of roots rot if I do
Has it only been in the shade outside? Or did you move it to full sun?
I’m not 💯 because I’m no succulent expert but I think your aloe has gotten too much sun and/or heat. Since I see the base of that center aloe is green, I’m pretty sure that that brown is a sunburn.
Is it much cooler indoors? I would either move them into full shade or indoors for a little bit while they recover. If it is that hot, I don’t think you need to worry about overwatering.
Once they are green again, you can try transitioning to outdoors full sun, but do it even more slowly 🐌 than before.
Day 1- put outside in full shade for 1 hour, then back inside
Day 2- outside for 2-3 hours in full shade, then back inside
And so on! For more of a tutorial you can look up “how to harden off plants going outside in desert climate”
I’m not 💯 because I’m no succulent expert but I think your aloe has gotten too much sun and/or heat. Since I see the base of that center aloe is green, I’m pretty sure that that brown is a sunburn.
Is it much cooler indoors? I would either move them into full shade or indoors for a little bit while they recover. If it is that hot, I don’t think you need to worry about overwatering.
Once they are green again, you can try transitioning to outdoors full sun, but do it even more slowly 🐌 than before.
Day 1- put outside in full shade for 1 hour, then back inside
Day 2- outside for 2-3 hours in full shade, then back inside
And so on! For more of a tutorial you can look up “how to harden off plants going outside in desert climate”
It honestly doesn’t look bad. Your browning is sunstressing. Aloes can turn those shades if you don’t want to move it to and from where it is. Just slip it under your boat part way, and that should give it enough shade to acclimate better. That will also help with the watering. When you live in a desert (I live in one too), you want to watch your plants when they get over 100 degrees. If their roots have too much water, you will get a boiling point with your roots, and that can basically just boil your roots from inside out. So to avoid stressing it or over/under watering, I’d suggest that you make sure with aloes to water on the edges of your pots, not at the base of the plants. Here, I’ll show you a couple of my aloes I have outside. I’m in Utah just to give you an idea of climate-wise. All my aloes have white on them but is D. Earth but it’s more to show you the color is all
@DreamMachine I did put it in the sun for a few hours and then put it back in the shade for the rest of the day the one that is very brown feel dry too
@Idplantthat I did realize the it had some green still so I didn’t wanted to give up on it yet since it’s still alive and could still be save omg I didn’t think about the roots to end up being boiled with this heat but it does make sense I’ll be changing how I water them I just being pouring water
Sorry for being so late ⏰ @Yarid.M.C I got on late and was about to go to bed. But if your boat doesn’t leave every morning or whatever, is that craft would make a perfect canopy for your aloe. If you don’t want to move it and just want to leave it there, this is what I would do; but it’s just an idea. If it were me, I’d place it under something; ground level and that has a slight roof so this way the plant would get morning light but by heavy noon time the plant would be in complete shade. But also with the rocks or pebbles, even concrete (being ground level) will be a lower heat level than anywhere else. So your plant would be acclimating at the same time but not having to be moved all of the time and experiencing stress. Also, because you are in a desert, water at night and just bring a bowl out with water, put your plant inside the bowl and let it soak. You can do it for twenty minutes or longer if wanted. That’s bottom watering and is the best time to water and spray is at dusk in the desert 🏜️ ☺️. Sometimes I leave a little bowl with lava rocks in with my plants or plants that I think could use some help.. it’s just covering some lava rocks to almost submerged but not. I leave it by my plants while acclimating and that will actually make nature silica and build up your cell walls. But that’s just what I would do. I hope that helps ☺️ keep it posted and good luck 🍀👍