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Feb 28, 2021 4:44 PM CST
Name: Baja
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I don't think there's any benefit to removing leaves that have gone soft, as I mentioned before. It's not like you're going to stop rot from getting into the stem (which is where it starts to have life or death consequences) most of the time. All you're doing is injuring the plant (leaving broken leaf bases to heal afterwards) and potentially spreading rot to other places when it was relatively contained in one location. So no benefit, only risk, the way I see the situation. I know some people are leaf pullers and just can't resist the temptation, but my advice is to restrain that instinct or direct it somewhere else.

You have to ask whether you can remove the leaf intact or whether you will inevitably end up breaking it off somewhere. I don't think the spiral aloe gives you much choice in this regard given the tight packing of the leaves along the stem.

For what it's worth, that aloe experiences a lot of fog in habitat, even a bit of snow from time to time, and it should tolerate moisture pretty well if it gets a lot of light (as it must to do well). Dial up the light and the air flow to the maximum extent possible, and the plant should take care of itself in this regard. If you want to be extra careful, go out after it has rained and blow all the water away from the plant, and that will move most of the water out of the picture.
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