Aloe - Is this normal or ????
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:02 pm
Hi,
One of the first cacti/succulent we got was Aloe dichotoma about 1.5 years ago. It survived the wet LA winter quite well (record rains last year here), except it was coated in snails. [yes, ana and I neglected it, and worse, I saw them but knew so little about plants/gardening that I didn't do anything about it except tell ana about a week later.
While the lower leaves suffered quite a bit, my understanding is they die off anyway. I cut off the dying parts in the spring, and it did great. We planted it about a month ago - used quite a bit of cactus mix and pumice, so hopefully it will drain ok.
Now there is this black around the lower leaves. Is that normal, or rot or - any suggestions. Here are pics (yes it is very wet - it rained here all day - hopefully not a prelude to another wet winter),
![Image](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b155/Mwisnev/IMG_5544.jpg)
![Image](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b155/Mwisnev/IMG_5547.jpg)
Thanks much, Mike
One of the first cacti/succulent we got was Aloe dichotoma about 1.5 years ago. It survived the wet LA winter quite well (record rains last year here), except it was coated in snails. [yes, ana and I neglected it, and worse, I saw them but knew so little about plants/gardening that I didn't do anything about it except tell ana about a week later.
While the lower leaves suffered quite a bit, my understanding is they die off anyway. I cut off the dying parts in the spring, and it did great. We planted it about a month ago - used quite a bit of cactus mix and pumice, so hopefully it will drain ok.
Now there is this black around the lower leaves. Is that normal, or rot or - any suggestions. Here are pics (yes it is very wet - it rained here all day - hopefully not a prelude to another wet winter),
![Image](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b155/Mwisnev/IMG_5544.jpg)
![Image](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b155/Mwisnev/IMG_5547.jpg)
Thanks much, Mike