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title: "I always forget the before picture, I’m so eager to get started. I…"
description: "I always forget the before picture, I’m so eager to get started. I rescued this Aloe from my mother’s house about 6 months ago and it was almost gone. Now I’m…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "jarmck"
published: "2026-09-19T17:15:24.960303Z"
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# I always forget the before picture, I’m so eager to get started. I…

_Posted by jarmck on 2026-09-19_

I always forget the before picture, I’m so eager to get started. I rescued this Aloe from my mother’s house about 6 months ago and it was almost gone. Now I’m ready to repot and re-home 9 new starts. I’ll take one of the small ones to mother in her assisted living facility, to put in her windowsill.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/1Vi7Ugwc4FySEvzWoU2nal8u0zEDE5m3Fl4bRPAWxAk/gUnuhEDPTFyHitHyFvN5oQ.webp?size=large)

## 5 comments

### jarmck commented on 2026-09-19

I’m running out of pots, how would an aloe do in an orchid pot?

### jarmck commented on 2026-09-19

I couldn’t get the mama plant in the center of her new pot, the roots had grown sideways to accommodate all the pups.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/1Vi7Ugwc4FySEvzWoU2nal8u0zEDE5m3Fl4bRPAWxAk/pkjLXNTcRem26sZARJtNpA.webp?size=large)

### jarmck commented on 2026-09-19

They all came out of the cloisonne pot.

### jarmck commented on 2026-09-19

One month ago,

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/1Vi7Ugwc4FySEvzWoU2nal8u0zEDE5m3Fl4bRPAWxAk/6kaxJKsAQay9cCKk3BGEiA.webp?size=large)

### jarmck commented on 2026-09-19

You can see on far right what kind of shape this poor Aloe was in March 16 of this year.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/1Vi7Ugwc4FySEvzWoU2nal8u0zEDE5m3Fl4bRPAWxAk/yBxklZ5cQSCVdOTgtcs-8Q.webp?size=large)

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