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Oct 12, 2023 7:12 PM CST
Name: Zoƫ
Albuquerque NM, Elev 5310 ft (Zone 7b)
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Personally, I'd repot it into a better pot and soil. It's so easy to do right with an aloe, and so common to do wrong.
Combine a cactus & succulent mix with about 40% of pumice or perlite. Ditch the plastic pot. Use a smaller clay pot and bring the soil line nearly to the top (planting that low blocks light, heat and air to the plant). Do not bury the green bases of the leaves, only the stalk. You haven't shown your location... your aloe needs lots of bright light. South window, but expose it gradually if it has been shaded. Don't water for a week after you repot. It must must must have gritty, fast draining soil. Regular MG is too peaty and water retentive and will eventually cause rot.

There was a discussion today about soil in another thread about a snake plant that is applicable to your aloe. Roughly the last three posts on this thread
https://garden.org/thread/go/1...

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