yup… looks like it… those brown parts will die, but the plant will go on OK, though avoid future burnings if possible

Sorry, but those leaves are gone, but Palmbob is right, the plant should be ok. They lose bottom leaves anyway, and develop a sort of neck. It should also form some pups, so you'll get more.

I'm in a hot part of CA. Our type of 'sun' is too much for these aloes. I keep mine in a shady/dappled sun area outdoors. Morning or evening sun should be ok, but not during the middle of the day. Also, watch out with the watering until the soil gets dry again.

Mine developed rot on the "neck". First it was neglected for years so used precious mature leaves to sustain itself. I was doctoring it back to health and was just about ready to move it into full sun and along came a combat boot.

So anyway, this caused some rot that I cut away. It's all dried up now and the plant is fine, should I try to remove the black part or just leave that part above the soil line until it..."outgrows" that part of it?

this picture doesn't show it, I'll try to get a picture tomorrow.

These grow best in full sun, as long as they're fully acclimated. They develop, in that full sun, that lovely gray-green hue to common to a lot of species Arabian Peninsula Aloes (although the exact origin for A. vera is unknown, it's thought to be in this area, but no natural populations have ever been found {yet}). At any rate, you can do either about trimming the leaves. In fact, in the first pic, if a knife was taken to all the burned leaves, that would promote regrowth a little faster.

lati, is that plant ready for repotting? Can you pick up the plant by one of its leaves and the pot comes firmly with it? It sure looks that way. Aloe vera is a very opportunistic grower and will respond very favourably when hot (and not a lot else is growing at a fast pace).

Actually, I just put that plant in that pot about two weeks ago. I call it the great aloe massacre of the summer of 2015. That plant is recovering from being stepped and squished with a combat boot, I'm surprised I was able to save it at all, so many of the leaves had to come off. Let me get a picture of the blackened part.

I was planning on leaving this damaged leaf on it, since it's basically been stripped down to 3 new leaves (not even close to full length) and three older leaves, one of which has been cut in half.

That is the oldest and biggest leaf that is left. I fear taking it off and making the neck even more narrow (like with palm trees).

I planted it high in the pot like that so the neck would be well-away from any possible moisture. Even though the black part had dried/hardened, I'm still afraid to re-wet it.

I actually DO have a healthy, beautiful aloe that missed the boot massacre. It has that beautiful grey-green hue you speak of even though it's still a relatively young plant.

I may just have to get dressed and go out front to take a picture to prove that I'm not just some plant abuser :(

I need to work on getting these little guys outside before the end of summer so they can get some size before winter. I have so many aloe since I had to take apart my 18"x6" aloe pot and pot everyone up separately. The haworthias that were in the same container didn't make it, they were completely squished.

How's yours doing? I recently put mine back outside, hopefully it can recover. It'll be another year or two before it was where it was....

Lauticauda, I would leave that bottom leaf on it because their is a lot of nutrients stored in that leaf. The plant will tell you when it is time to take the leaf off. It will drain the nutrients out of it and into the rest of the plant. The leaf will shrink and dry up. As you said, there are not many leaves left on the plant and its sources of stored nutrients has already been artificially reduced. One can always cut it off later after more growth has happened above. Minimize the stress. The flesh around the mar is green and healthy.

It may even be connected enough to stay on the plant for a long while still. It's taking the transition outside really well. It has a massive root mass. I trimmed the excessively long ones when I reported it. It did lose a lot from when I originally put it in the rectangular container though.

I have few aloes (perhaps maculata or grandientata?) - pups divided last summer. They color up a lot in full sun, so this year I kept them in partial sun. They are staying more green, couple of them having pups of their own this year. I leave old leaves on (and would partially damaged too after trimming if necessary) as wantonamara suggets. When 'leftovers' dry and are papery, I usually take them off - I left this one to grow any way it wants to, only put rock under the stalk so leaves hang over side of pot:

And I spray plant wounds with Vetericyn spray. Anyone have any objections?