What am I doing wrong?

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    Amy_aloevera Apprentice Gardener

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    Hi just wondering if anyone can help me, I have had aloe Vera plants for around half a year now and recently I took some cuttings they were all growing well untill he last week when I’ve looked and all the leaves are browning. When I’ve touched it it’s all fallen apart

    I have 3 others and I am hoping to save them, can anyone give me any advice?

    Also is this root rot?
     

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    aloe plants do not need frequent watering. In fact, overwatering your aloe canl lead to root rot and browning. ... To prevent browned leaves due to overwatering, water your aloe only when the soil has completely dried out. Also sudden temp eg shade to sun can also Brown their leaves if the soil wet dont water
     
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      Good advice.

      But if I want to know what I'm doing wrong, I've only to ask my wife.
       
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          HaHa , maybe in your world Janet!:nonofinger:
           
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            @Amy_aloevera.. looks like root rot to me as it’s been kept too wet...You don’t take cuttings from them normally, you wait for them to have pups.. Water very sparingly, a nice sunny frost free window and keep pot bound and they should have pups :SUNsmile:
             
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              Over watering or under watering. That is the question. If I may, dear friends. Yes, apart from setting seed, there are several means by which plants naturally increase. Bulbously, rhinotomally, natural splitting etc etc. A great advantage with succulentes is their fleshy composition. Many succulents tend to drop bits and bobs. If left, these will in time root and grow to maturity. Plants having fleshy parts, these ranging from Begonias to stonecrop, vegative propagation can be used.

              In the case of so-called root rot. Sadly this has become a hic-cup. Actually it is basal rot. Likened to basal rot in bulbs and corms. Pathologically. Root rot will show the rotting of the roots. Basal rot on the other hand shows a rotting between the plant base and the roots. No problems. A practical tip. If you have perhaps dropped a clanger, don't give up. Remove the plant from the pot and let it dry out for a day or two. Now if it looks to be at death's doors. Chop it up.. You have nothing to lose. Gently press the cuttings onto a seed bed that has been watered. Leave alone. Soon you will see signes of life. Carefully spray with water. When a strong rooting system has developed, then by all means prick out and pot up. If all this fails. Never mind. The damned plat was dying anyway.
               
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                I think everyone is right, too wet, but to add my bit, ......I wonder if they had actually rooted?

                Personally, I'd say without a heated propagator and lighting, getting anything to root at this time of the year is pretty much a no no.

                Also, all cuttings from succulents should be allowed to callous over for at least a few days, often longer, before attempting to root them.
                Another good plan is to cover the very gritty compost, that you intend rooting the cutting into, with a layer of grit or sharp sand, it stops the base lying in damp compost during the rooting compost.
                Quite a few succulents will actually start to form roots without any rooting medium, and actually root into damp air, so often a cutting on its side put in warmth and sprayed a couple of times a day will start to root.:smile:

                PS, in @Amy_aloevera picture the compost looks far too moisture retentive, it should contain a fair amount of grit or sand.
                 
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                  Last year I took a three-foot top cutting from a very large and unwieldy Pilosocereus azureus ; left it to callous for five-months , whereupon adventitious roots were developing .
                  Potted up and is now growing as normal .
                  The resilience of plants is amazing .
                   
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