aloe vera plant... the unhealthy looking bits?

Question

i have an aloe vera plant which i brought in the caribean a few months ago.

on a couple of the leaves it has gone a dull brown/gray colour, on the tips/ part of the edge. the rest of the plant is perfectly healthy, i have three other vera plants spouting in the pot from the original one. i am wondering if anyone can help me. shall i cut the bits off or just leave the plant to sort it? and if i cut should it be the whole leaf or jst the ill looking bits? it is not spreading which is good but it just doesnt make my vera plant look healthy. please help if you can.

Answer 1

Aloe vera is one of those succulents that need moist soil almost all the time, other wise the leaves will turn red, and eventually turn brown and curl up. This could also happen when the roots become overcrowded in the pot it's in.

If this is occurring on all of the leaves, you can cut off the brown bits. But, don't do it all the way to the green. This will just cause more browning. Think of the brown part as like a fingernail that you wouldn't want to cut all the way back to the quick.

If this is only happening on the leaves around the base, but there's new leaves growing out of the top that aren't affected, you can cut the browning leaves all the way back to the stalk. This will cause the plant to have a kind of trunk and will stimulate new growth out ot the top.

Eventually, the plant should "pup" (grow new shoots around the base of the plant). You can either leave these pups in place for a large bushy aloe, or cut them off the trunk and put them in their own pots for new aloe plants.

Aloe is very hardy and forgiving. And, in the right climate, it grows like a weed and can get invasive. So, don't worry too much about it. You almost have to try to kill it.

Answer 2

Aloe Looking Plant

Answer 3

You don't keep cutting till the plant is big and strong.
Just let it acclimatise to your place. As new leaves grow and the old leaves at the bottom ring grow yellowish, you can then snip themoff around the stem, right at the bottom.
You can wait till the babies are a bit bigger and then pull them out or dig them out and replant them in two seperate pots. Then more baby plants will sprout and you'll have so many more you'll have to start giving them away.
I have been having aleo vera plants in my compound and they are great . They healed my thighs when they got scalded by boiling hot soup. I also use them for stings and insect bites, open wounds, cuts, rashes and coughs.
They make a beautiful desert too.

Answer 4

The best way to keep your plants clean and still enable them to breathe, is to use a spray bottle filled with a squirt of mild soap, such as Ivory, mixed with water. Plants love soap and water. Using a soft paint brush dipped in a bowl of this solution of soap and water is excellent for cleaning. It's like a bath, and plants really enjoy it! I don't recommend Clorox, Pledge, or Mayonnaise at all! These clog pores!

Answer 5

i would cut the bad off, but not down all the way the rest may dry up. the new shoots should grow around it and hid it. just have to be patient