tom wrote:

I have an ALOE plant, its in gritty compost. When I bought it it
looked green & healthy, but its going brown & looks really sick.

I have no idea what's wrong but it must be me who's killing it.

It was on a nicely sunlit window, by a radiator, so I have moved it to
a sunny windowsill with no radiator. But its still not getting any
better.

It was dry so i have given it a good drink, but still not getting any
better.

Can anyone give me any assistance as to what I am doing wrong?


If it has been too warm and dry over the winter it will lose a few leave
by drying out and desicating but will put on new top growth now.

But it is much easier to kill them by overwatering than by any amount of
neglect. Is the stem near the base brown and rotten?

If it is then the roots have gone and you need to chop the top off high
enough to get unaffected stem. Leave it to callous for a couple of days
and then re-root in a very gritty compost. 2 parts grit + 1 part JI #2
and don't give it too much water until it starts to grow again.

Regards,
Martin Brown