Aloe with twisted brown tips

hi

I have a number of Aloe - recently followed your instructions on the pups so should have 3 more soon...

though I'm in the UK and lights less and its gotten cloudy recently...

One of my Aloe was outside in full sun - and we've had record sun this year - I think It got too much cause the leaves went kind pinkish red... though now its in much less sun and its returned to a nice green.

however the tips of the leaves (including the newer ones) are all twisted!
any ideas whats wrong?

Alex

[Newt]

Hi Alex,
Sounds like the plant was stressed. Does it need to be repotted?

Newt

yep thats what i thought and yes it had had too much sun over the summer (yes this even happens here in the UK!!)

however... it should no longer be stressed - its now inside, much less light, the green colours back. not sure about repotted... it waas last repotted in August....
I'm feeding much more water cause the leaves have in bumps where the leaf is thinner.. (but only to the base of the plant)
:?

[Newt]

Hi Alex,
Actually aloe can take full sun, but if you take it from a part sun situation in the house and move it outside to full sun, it can get sunburned. That is probably what happened.

Not sure what you mean by 'in bumps', but I'm thinking you mean a sunken are on the leaves. If so, then it may be getting too much water. Only water when the soil is dry. You might want to look at these.

http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/c...249017614.html

You might want to scroll down here to the aloe listings to see if you can id some of the ones you have. Then you can search by their Latin names for more growing info.

http://www.plantcare.com/catalog/tep...PlantSubList=A

Newt

agree with Newt about the "too much water".
Make sure that it drains well ... (mine being outside, it gets a lot of
rain when we have a lot of rain, which we sometimes do, but it
being in the ground the water drains away), the sunken parts
sound like you may have some rot.
When and if you repot, make sure to get some perlite or sand in
and remove (if any) roots or root parts that look or feel soft/mushy.

Aloha,

Maren

Thanks..

well Its inside in a fairly dry environment - it wouldn't survive English autumn we're already getting temperatures below freezing at night and alot of rain.. I've stopped watering it so see how it does
:)

Not sure how Aloes cope with english winters - there is much less light already we get light from 8:00 till 6:00 only (thats if the skys are clear)

or do i not need to worry?

[Newt]

Hi Alex,
I don't think you need to worry about the shorter days. We get lower light and shorter days here too. Give them as sunny a spot as possible.

Were you able to id any unknown aloes from that site I gave you?

Newt

Hi Newt

well the problem one could be a aloe ammophila...or more likely a barbadensis,

the others (with no problems) are
Aloe Ferox (easy cause it has nasty spines that cause itching)
and
Aloe variegata - also easy cause it has tighter fleshier leaves with those light patches on the leaf...

Both the barbadensis and the variegata have had babies... and so far the repotting of the babies seems to have gone ok... no growth spurts though.
:)
Alex

[Newt]

Hi Alex,

Great that you could id them! I doubt you'll see a growth spurt at this time of year, but I've been surprised before.

Newt

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