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Rate My Climbing Aloe (lemmy.gregw.us)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This climbing aloe has been in its pot for a couple of years. It lives inside during the cooler months and outside in the sun during the warm ones. It had a trellis until today when I removed it due to the plant not really climbing the trellis.

I'm thinking a couple things to improve the situation here:

Repot it into something broader but not as deep, unless the roots are that deep.
Perhaps a bit better drainage.
A trellis that's closer to the plants height, can handle the weight, and isn't 6 feet tall.

What's your rating? Thoughts on how to improve this situation?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Don't know how to improve it. 10/10.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Nice Climbing Aloe, bro

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

That's a great looking plant

I think a broader pot is a good idea, as a wider mouth will make any root pruning or other work easier. We only have a few houseplants (because our cat hates anything that receives attention) but they get a bit of root maintenance done annually. It helps to keep them from strangling themselves and means I don't have to use more floor or shelf space than I want.

For trellising "lazy climbers", think more along the lines of an "H" shape - something you can slide under a branch or stem and then secure into the soil to support the weight.