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title: "This Aloe maculata (I think) was gifted to me a couple months ago…"
description: "This Aloe maculata (I think) was gifted to me a couple months ago with an avocado plant that I sadly waited too long to recover and let die in the cold garage…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Don Cheeto"
published: "2026-03-19T23:27:53.128607Z"
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# This Aloe maculata (I think) was gifted to me a couple months ago…

_Posted by Don Cheeto on 2026-03-19_

This Aloe maculata (I think) was gifted to me a couple months ago with an avocado plant that I sadly waited too long to recover and let die in the cold garage without watering.

I finally decided today to trim all of its dead leaves. I have hopes for this because of that little bit of green under the cut, discolored leaves.

How should I water this with it being rotten?

Did I bury it deep enough?

I watered it today before leaving it alone for some weeks. Should I not have done so?

I've never worked with a cactus before but I've already accidentally killed almost all 6 of the plants gifted too me over the past year (Plumeria obtusa, gardenia Jasminoidea, and an avocado plant). Such has happened either because of overwatering, too much focus on growing veggie seeds, or the same focus on making my concrete garden bed.

I don't want the same to happen to this one.

I have a tad bit of hope because I hear 🌵s don't need near as much water.

![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/4wfj9b-nFcYEx4PJxQQNjVIukmIFJocWoP8Jadc2GGc/C73g7ZH1R7uwnjAZgYyVjw.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/4wfj9b-nFcYEx4PJxQQNjVIukmIFJocWoP8Jadc2GGc/Mog3R42jTByx2QLWqW91vA.webp?size=large)

## 4 comments

### Mallarie E commented on 2026-03-20

I have an Aloe Vera in recovery as well. I’m interested to hear… 🫶

#### Don Cheeto replied on 2026-03-20

Do you mind if I ask how you started recovering yours? Basically the same questions in this post of how often did you water? How deep did you bury it initially? How did you know it wasn't dead in the first place?

#### Buffy replied on 2026-03-20

Me 2. It is weird because I only water when 100% dry. I think maybe I got water in the center or something.

### Mallarie E commented on 2026-03-20

This is actually 2 in the same pot. But mine was a little worse I think. I pretty much completely buried mine in a cactus soil. I haven’t watered them since I did this on March 2nd. I rinsed the roots to cut away the bad and checked out the healthy. But that’s it. I normally water every 20 days and that means tomorrow is water day.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/139AhGPHWll9tlrya2VPVbtWteaSjt8JrkixRoozG1U/0lPVoNXmShSxeao_HyIwbA.webp?size=large)

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