Aloe Vera:

Proper pruning and maintenance are fundamental keys to ensuring the prosperity of your Aloe Vera plant. Regular pruning allows dry, damaged, or diseased leaves to be removed, helping to promote healthy plant growth. To properly prune Aloe Vera, it is recommended to use a sharp, sterilized tool to prevent the spread of disease. When pruning, it is important to cut the leaves near the base of the plant, avoiding leaving long stems exposed that could be an entry point for bacteria or fungi. Just don’t trim the center leaves because these are the youngest and healthiest parts of your plant. It’s a good idea to leave five to six leaves when you prune your Aloe Vera so it can absorb enough sunlight.

Roots are rotting: This is the sign of soft and mushy soil due to overwatering.

Black Leaf Spot: Black leaf spot may be caused by a variety of fungal or bacterial infections, and is more likely when plants are under stress due to excessive moisture or high temperatures combined with high humidity. Bad drainage, not enough sun and poor soil often make this worse.

Yellow leaves: Yellow leaves are just warning sign. It could be too hot, it could be too cold, it could be too wet and it could be too dry.

Wrinkled or drooping leaves: This is the sign of Soil is under watering and plant is thirsty.

Lower leaves are school bus yellow: This is the sign of over watering.

Leaves dropping off: Leaves dropping can be many reasons. But indoors, the most common is not enough light. Light is the plant food. The cure is to put into bright window.

Gnats: This is the sign of soft and mushy soil due to overwatering.

1.  Aphids:

2.  Mealy bugs: Aphids and mealy bugs are the most common sap-sucking insects.

3.  Scale Insects:

4.  Fungus Gnats/Fruit files:

5.  Thrips:

6.  Spider Mites:

7.  White Scale: White scale looks grey and on close examination rows of white scale can be seen, these sap suckers are white in color.

8.  Eriophyid Mites (Gall mites): These mites are parasites.

1.  It is also important to cut off infected and damaged leaves

2.  Organic pesticides and Systemic garden insecticide sprays are most effective in controlling this pest.