What can i do to save this aloe vera?
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Hi, Jo! I typically always go with @sarahsalith Sarahβs advice (she knows her stuff), but this time I have to respectfully disagree. Aloes are made for direct sunlight. Too little sun and theyβll fade and wither. We have several huge ones here and they all get direct sunlight all day long and we live in one of THE hottest places in America, and our plants are not just withstanding 115+Β° temperatures, theyβre flourishing.
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Hi, Jo! Welcome to Greg!
From the picture, it look like your plant is getting too much sunlight.
Aloe Veras don't want direct sunlight, they want bright light, but they want to be protected from the sun's rays. After a few weeks without direct light, they leaves should turn green again. (:
From the picture, it look like your plant is getting too much sunlight.
Aloe Veras don't want direct sunlight, they want bright light, but they want to be protected from the sun's rays. After a few weeks without direct light, they leaves should turn green again. (:
Pretty cool, @HisLobster! I have NEVER had good success with my aloe direct light! Thanks for sharing. (:
@sarahsalith Really, Sarah?! That shocks the hell out of me! Do you have really young ones, or a variety thatβs not the typical aloe vera? There are something like 300 varieties of aloe, so maybe some of them donβt do as well. All I know is that I was given an aloe vera like 35 years ago when I still lived in San Diego (where weβre from originally) and I didnβt want it. Theyβre too similar in appearance to cacti, and I was kinda traumatized as a kid by a small cacti garden and to this day I turn my nose up at 98.9% of cacti (ridiculous really now that I live in the f-ing desert and am surrounded by the pointy monstrosities). Anyhow, I put this gifted aloe out on my balacony and left it to die basically. The damned thing grew out of its pot! It ended up moving to Arizona with us and holy cannoli, was it a happy camper after that. We still have some its offspring!
@HisLobster well, like you said: there are lots of different kinds of aloe. I have what I have always thought of as a typical aloe that is usually kept in kitchen your stove for medicinal purposes οΏΌ
I put it in my greenhouse in the spring and once the sun of summer hit, the plant couldn't take the sunlight. The leaves became soft, started to flop, and the leaves were more orange than green and started to brown. It wasn't healthy.
I moved it back inside near my west-facing window that is shaded by cedar trees and it straightened up and turned green and healthy again.
I put it in my greenhouse in the spring and once the sun of summer hit, the plant couldn't take the sunlight. The leaves became soft, started to flop, and the leaves were more orange than green and started to brown. It wasn't healthy.
I moved it back inside near my west-facing window that is shaded by cedar trees and it straightened up and turned green and healthy again.
@sarahsalith Thatβs so bizarre. I wonder if it just acclimated itself to its environment in your kitchen and threw a temper tantrum when you moved it outside. I wonder what it wouldβve done if youβd made the move gradually. π€ Not suggesting you try that, mind you; your plant hath spoken, so shall it be. LOL