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title: "🌱🌱Baby aloe need help🌱🌱 I was gifted this baby aloe an the two…"
description: "🌱🌱Baby aloe need help🌱🌱 I was gifted this baby aloe an the two outer leafs are browning/yellowing and I just know they are dying but how do I save what…"
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community: "Gardening and Outdoor"
author: "Anna"
published: "2025-05-27T13:12:00.560815Z"
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# 🌱🌱Baby aloe need help🌱🌱 I was gifted this baby aloe an the two…

_Posted by Anna on 2025-05-27_

🌱🌱Baby aloe need help🌱🌱  
I was gifted this baby aloe an the two outer leafs are browning/yellowing and I just know they are dying but how do I save what roots and little aloe I have to it!!  
Thank you for any tips first time aloe mommy

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## 9 comments

### carebear commented on 2025-05-27

this looks like overwatering, your soil looks much too moisture-retaining for a succulent. even if you stick your finger in the dirt it may feel dry but the bottom is most likely still very moist. it looks like you still have one good leaf on there so i would repot in cactus/succulent soil with lots of perlite/vermiculite for aeration of the roots, and only water when the healthy leaves feel slightly squishy or wrinkled. just because the soil is dry doesn’t mean it’s ready to drink yet, succulents store water in their leaves so it’s super easy to give them too much water. i hope this helps :)

#### Anna replied on 2025-05-27

I just got it and the dirt is just damp I haven’t watered it! I just planted it in a pot I had. And I got it looking like this today!

#### carebear replied on 2025-05-27

oh my bad! then it was definitely the store you got it from that was doing the overwatering, still i’d change the soil and hope for the best :)

### Nunyabzwx commented on 2025-05-27

I was just going to say the same thing as carebear..

### Anna commented on 2025-05-27

Ok thank you both

### Anna commented on 2025-05-27

Should I take the “bad”leafs off

### Nunyabzwx commented on 2025-05-27

Plus a smaller pot too.. and some fertilizer

#### Anna replied on 2025-05-27

The root on it is as tall as the pot so that’s why I put it in that one

### Nunyabzwx commented on 2025-05-27

Yes take the bad stalks off and if there are bad roots take them off too

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