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lmecheverri

aloe vera leaves bending...

7 years ago

what can I do to avoid the bottom leaves of bending to a point they look bad?? what can I do to keep them all straight up?

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  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    L,

    Aesthetics aside, they're not unhealthy as long as the plant's healthy. They eventually fall off.

    ETA - your plant looks in the pink of health.

    As stated, the overweight leaves are a case of too much water/not enough sun, air movement and higher temps. Aloe vera is thought to have come from the Horn of Africa/Arabian Peninsula area (its origin is unknown), and grows quite well under harsh conditions.

    My recommendation is to back off on the watering to 2-3x a month - that would allow those leaves to lose their overabundance of water.



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