Mallarie E
Hey Y’all! Please tell me why….. I moved my aloes inside for the cold Easter rainy weekend… I moved them into a dark laundry room, and suddenly we are dark green and thriving! When we were pail green from the sun. 😑
Volver a Anything about plants
Hey Y’all! Please tell me why….. I moved my aloes inside for the cold… | Anything about plants | Comunidad de Planta
8 comentarios
- iambijoux
The sun may have been bleaching them?
0 Me gusta- Mallarie E
Yes they did. But why are they bright dark green in the darkest room of my house. Like are they thriving there? Is that were they need to permanently live? I thought they would thrive in the baking sun 80°, but nope, Dark dungeon these Aloes are loving it 🤣😑
1 me gusta - iambijoux
My next stop would be YouTube University. What types of aloes are they? Have they been outside before? Did they acclimate to their conditions gradually or did they go right outside?
2 Me gusta - Mallarie E
Oh I’m Youtubeing! They are your typical Lowes Aloes you can by at the store. Yes! I’ve lived in Arkansas my whole life and my aloes, my grandparents aloes have always thrived in the shaded and direct sunlight 90°+, but my husband and I have recently moved to Louisiana in December. I started with them in the shade, when the temps rose, then let them in the sun for some hours, then back in the shade. Then I brought them in the house if the temp dropped or it planned to rain a lot.
1 me gusta - iambijoux
I tip my Razorback cap to you! It’s sounds like you’ve done all the things (I know to do). I wish you all the best in diagnosing!
0 Me gusta
- Holly
Okay, this aloe plant looks very thirsty. This could be due to underwatering or overwatering (the latter would cause root death, so the plants can’t get enough water). If they were underwatered, removing them from the sunlight would make the soil retain its water a bit longer… But I don’t think a dark room will help these plants thrive. I know that other plants get darker when they need to express more chlorophyll to take up light (ie it’s too dark). The key is slowly acclimating them to a very sunny, warm location. Turning a bit red is okay, that’s called “sun stress” but it’s really like a suntan! Apparently other factors can also turn them red which is a bit confusing.
3 Me gusta- Mallarie E
I only water about every 20 days. Less than that was to much, but 42 days was way to long. The soil is a cactus mix and it stays dry more than wet. They don’t really get red marks, but they do turn pale. But I’ve had them inside for the weekend after they got flooded by the unplanned rain. So they did get watered 10 before they should have been. But I changed the soil and brought them inside and suddenly 5 days later bright green again, looking healthier.
0 Me gusta
- Holly
Hmm why is it only 20 days or 42? Do you water on a schedule or do you do it based on when the soil is dry? Typically doing it based on soil dryness instead of # days can improve a situation!
0 Me gusta
