You need to get a new pot. It must have a hole. Rocks in the bottom do not help.

What floral & rhizo said. Also, what kind of temps was it subjected to in shipping? You may want to get some perlite and mix it 50-50 with your cactus mix as most commercial mixes are still too peaty.

tj

I'll have to find a new pot. I think the lowest it would've gotten is around 45 degrees.

I have one about your size, in small 4inch clay pot ($.97 @ Home Depot). I planted it in a mix of perlite, turface & grit - no soil, sand or peat. It's in S.facing window & gets watered about once a wk. Friend gave it to me as a pup in June, has since almost doubled in size. Had some in reg. Potting soil years ago & they rotted & died. Hope this helps.

I would go ahead and take it out of that pot immediately. Even though the leaves look wilted, is not indication it needs water. For a temporary measure, put it in a container any container, like a gladd container. If you still have some of that other potting soil and it's dry, cover the roots in that soil.

Once, you get some new potting soil, (Rebecca's recipe sounds perfect, if you can find the ingredients) avoiding any Cactus and Succulent that has sand. You are better off adding a lot of perlite to a really good potting soil than use many of the so called C&S soils.

When you get the new soil and pot, by this weekend. Plant it. But, don't water it. Leave it alone for at least a week. Holding off on the water will encourage it to create new roots. It will start seeking out water. If you buy a premixed soil, it will have enough moisture for your Aloe to find on it's own.

When looking for soil ingredients, check out bonsai soil. If you are in a garden centre they may have a bunch of bag of various individual ingredients in the Orchid section. They might include pumice, lava rock, grit. Unfortunately, the succulent section often lacks in the right stuff. Perlite is easy and cheap. You can also try Hydroponic and pet stores for some soil ingredients.

Whatever you do, get it out of that pot ASAP.

I forgot about these two. They have been in this pot in ZERO soil for at least 2 weeks. They are still plump. One has a bent leaf. When the leaves of Aloe vera are bend too much, which doesn't take much, they stay bent. They are essentially broken. They will stay green, because enough water is getting to them to keep them alive for now. Now they are more fragile and more easily further damaged to the point the water will be completely restricted.

Leave them on until your plant grow at least one for each one that is broken. At that point you can cut the entire leaf off the plant.

They have maybe been misted twice. I am not worried. When I do get back to potting them, I will use my spray bottle to give the soil a good mist to activate the roots to start to grow. The leaves are still plump, so it does not need to be drenched or given a full amount of water.

I will moisten the roots just enough for the mycorrhizal fungi, I use to stick to the roots before I plant them. I will also add some to the planting medium of pumice, black lava rock, perlite and bark. I will add some organic food to the mix at this time. You can add a little of any kind of organic food at this time. If you have grow lights, you can add a little controlled release fertilizer to the mix at this time. Inorganic liquid fertilizer should not be given until the roots are growing, HYDRATED and in the SPRING.