--- title: "My poor Aloe Vera has just drooped over the past couple of weeks and…" description: "My poor Aloe Vera has just drooped over the past couple of weeks and I’m not sure why. It’s about 10ft from a window in a room that gets a good 5 hours of…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/bcboeSfpTx6pwmQhPiknew?language=ko" community: "Pests, diseases and problems" author: "Matt" published: "2024-09-04T19:14:43.600617Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/yPaywHokIR6j9Cb6T8rBN4LU8PIJuICoV8y2B19DfJA/0HWRV0wDTkKqYR-OqMa_LA.webp?size=large" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Pests, diseases and problems](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?language=ko) # My poor Aloe Vera has just drooped over the past couple of weeks and… _Matt님이 2024-09-04에 게시함_ My poor Aloe Vera has just drooped over the past couple of weeks and I’m not sure why. It’s about 10ft from a window in a room that gets a good 5 hours of light during the day. Watered about once a month. Had it for about 2 years, and only now has this happened, any ideas? Thanks in advance ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/yPaywHokIR6j9Cb6T8rBN4LU8PIJuICoV8y2B19DfJA/0HWRV0wDTkKqYR-OqMa_LA.webp?size=large) ## 7개의 댓글 ### Clairellie님이 2024-09-04에 댓글을 남겼어요. Oh no!! I have two theories - 1. (And this is most likely it). It’s probably wayyy too far from a light source - aloe LOVES sun. 2\. How often do you water? For how far away it is from the window means it probably needs significantly less water. #### Matt님이 2024-09-04에 답변했습니다. Yeah it’s a good 10 ft from the window and isn’t really in direct sunlight. I’ll definitely move it for tomorrow morning. I water once a month, will keep an eye on it and water a bit more for when in sunlight.Thank you very much! #### Clairellie님이 2024-09-04에 답변했습니다. Good to know! Yes I’d move it to a place a lot closer to a window or a spot where the sunlight will hit it at least for 4 hours or more! And yes, once you move it, I’d switch to watering it every 2-3 weeks or so instead! If you haven’t watered it in awhile, i would water it now too and make sure to water throughly (unless the soil is still pretty moist)! ### Katelyn님이 2024-09-05에 댓글을 남겼어요. I would saw too far from the sun. And if it’s too far the soil might be staying wet for too long for those guys. I would check for root rot and move closer to the window #### Matt님이 2024-09-05에 답변했습니다. I’ll check the roots this morning to see the health of the plant, just learnt to snip any brown ones too. Thank you for your advice ### Matt님이 2024-09-05에 댓글을 남겼어요. Update - I went to change the soil, without me even touching it, majority of the roots just fell straight off with the soil, think they were totally gone. I’ve since got rid of the brown roots, put new soil in, a bit of plant feed, got it sat at the window for maximum light, and hoping for the best with its core stem. Might be a lost cause but heres hoping🤞 #### Clairellie님이 2024-09-06에 답변했습니다. It’s def good you checked the roots! Aloe is a pretty sturdy plant - so I think there’s hope and time will tell! (Also I think the plant feed is fine if you just added it to the soil but I’ve heard you’re not supposed to fertilize plants if they’re sick - it can cause them to become more stressed. So maybe don’t fertilize until you see some signs that it’s recovering/doing better! Just thought it was worth mentioning since you’ve already went thru the trouble of repotting 🥹😆 --- _Planta 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_