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needrain said:Here's a photo of the extra Aloe vera that is living in pots without any soil. They've been here for more than two years, though every year I dump the pots over and extract a few to plant. I have a big pot planted with them containing soil. It's very crowded now. The only way I've seen this plant killed is by letting hard freezes kill it (I usually have some of those every year) or by over watering it. The last is by far the most common, but I've never done it myself. I hardly every give them water. They pretty much only get what drips on them from other containers or by rainfall. In winter, I just set these inside the garage.

Wow! That's amazing. I always brought them in during the winter and then back outside late spring. That's what happened this year, as I was bringing them out, the pot they were in dry rotted and the edge broke off and down they went. I just scooped the whole mess back into the pot and set it up on the porch; however, I did water it a little here and there until I could replant them. By the time I got around to replanting, that's when I discovered the roots were all gone. Seeing that picture is very encouraging to me.