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Can anyone help identify this type of aloe? I have three cuttings from the original plant that was given to my wife. They tend to grow upwards but cannot support their own weight and will break apart so I’m having trouble keeping them healthy. I feel like they should be growing out not up. If I knew what it was I was hoping I could maintain them better.
Here’s another one that’s doing better!
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And this one’s not doing so well.
You need to get some drainage medium in that soil. Perlite, pumice or expanded shale. I do almost 50% of my soil as one/ a combination of the three. Granted I live in a very humid area so you may need less depending on where you are. Succulents need a lot of drainage and air around their roots. They're also really etoliated, they need way more light.
You may be over watering too, it's hard to tell from the pic but the one that's slumped over is a sign. Press the leaves, they should be firm with only a little give. If they feel squishy, they're over watered. New soil should help but you should cut back on watering as well, especially while they're recovering from being transplanted. Once a week when they're growing and once a month when they're dormant will do you just fine. It's coming up on spring so they may start growing soon. Id recommend you put them in some better soil asap, that way they can build new roots and get to growing under better conditions. Best of luck!
They were all just watered a day or two ago which is why they look wet. and are all in succulent mix with rocks in the bottom go help keep them from tipping over and for the water to drain out.
How big does it get ? That looks a bit like a baby plant, which is a more difficult to ID.
Some plants are leggy like that, but sometimes it's a lack of light. Does it grows toward the window ?
They tend to grow upward but in corkscrews. Not necessarily toward light. Yeah this and the other three are what I was able to salvage from the original that was maybe almost a foot or 14 inches long! It crept right out of the pot and I had to support it on another plant pot.
I don't have an ID for it I'm afraid, but I think it might be partially how the plant grows, and partially too much water. See the other comment on the thread: get a different soil that dries faster, make sure to have holes at the bottom of the pot, water less.
Looks like an aloe aristata
