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How do I save my broken aloe?

6 years ago

Hello,

I have my aloe for many years now. It started to grow weak so i moved it on my window. Seems like it liked that and has some new rosettes. Today my mom wanted to look at how well it had grown. Unfortunately the main stem was still weak and it broke. i put the root system and every rosette in water. Can you tell me any tips on how to help my aloe?

Thanks in advance :)



Comments (6)

  • 6 years ago

    No water pls! It could rot quite fast in water. Take it all out asap. I will survive without water better than in the water.

    Read thruTHESE THREADS, very first post is about aloe (different than yours, but same should work for it).

    I am not sure about the roots. Just pot them up into well draining mix and maybe plants will grow.

  • 6 years ago

    Oh how sad. I hate when that happens. Looks like too much water from the color of the stem. Try planting the parts with the leaves in dry, quick draining potting soil and don't water them for at least 10 days...maybe longer. Indirect sunlight. Warm spot in the house. The root and stem don't look salvageable. Good luck.

  • 6 years ago

    Hello again and thank you for your tips.
    I took the rosettes out of the water as soon as I read your comments. I've put them in a pot with rock, I dont have any kind of dried soil. Now most of them are starting to grow roots.
    I still wonder if I shoud keep the snapped root. For now it's in a small glass without any rocks or soil and I wont water it.
    I'm very happy that you helped me save my plant. Thank you again. 😊
    I made some pictures of every rosette. 😁

  • 6 years ago

    they look good. Does that little pot have a hole in the bottom ?


  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    Hi, Ema. Aloes are succulents and hold a lot of water in their leaves, which is why you cannot overwater them. The root system on one of my larger aloes rotted when 'someone' placed it in a soil that was hard and compacted. It was actually like cement when it dried. Because it was out in the yard I hadn't noticed until it was too late.

    Anyway, I removed all the mushy leaves and left it out in open air [no soil, no rocks] and out of direct sun for ten days. After it sealed / calloused over, I prepared a very high draining, loose substrate using a small 8-qt bag of purchased succulent soil to which I added about a cup of course grade construction / river sand [do not use beach sand ... think tiny rocks] and a cup of perlite. I dampened the substrate and placed the aloe in the pot ... Just placed it on the soil. That's it. It remained on my porch, where it would not be disturbed, not get rained on, no direct sunlight while it rooted. DO NOT water until after about four to six weeks, when you see signs of new growth. Succulents without roots have no way to uptake water ... They will only rot again.

    Once my aloe rooted and showed signs of new growth, I watered it and slowly began moving it closer and closer to full sun ... a little at a time so it doesn't burn. Burns can also cause rot. I'm happy to report that not only did it survive, it put out three pups within the first six months.

    Here is that original post ...https://www.houzz.com/discussions/4252269/rerooted-saved-aloe-double-rosettes

    All the best to you.

    Maria Elena