Weak Aloe

Maine is a tough place to grow an aloe to start! It is difficult to say what’s at the bottom of its declining condition but here’s some recommendations. I know its a very short season by you but take advantage of what you can. As long as your night temps stay above 45 degrees, move it outside into full sun. when you repot it, you will likely not see many roots. Use a smaller pot so you don’t have such a large soil volume to root ratio. Too much wet soil for not enough roots is a disaster waiting to happen. Don’t use sand in your mix, it will be too heavy. You can use your standard potting soil but add 1/3 to 1/2 of the volume of Perlite to open up the mix and make it drain faster. When you water, water well and don’t water again until the soil has become dry down a couple of inches. One more thought – if you find that when you unpot it the roots are all collapsed and rotted, that’s definitely the problem. At this point cut the head off of the bad stem where it shows healthy tissue. let the top part callus over for about 7 days and then plant it up in fresh soil mix – Do not water. Leave it another 7 days and it should have started to initiate new roots at this point and can now be watered.