A weed and a pest!

The Aloe Aristata that repotted last year to a much larger pot is growing like a weed. I was hoping I will not have to move it for at least few years, but I guess I was wrong. No, not this year yet. But with the speed it spreads I will have to do something net year probably (or I will let her suffer).

Depside being a succulent and quite a resilient one, it does like to be watered properly from time to time as long as the soil does dry out between waterings.

Previously it was in a tight clay bowl with not a lot of room for roots and soil. I could see it closing during the summer to hold as much moisture as it could. In the current big pot it bushed out and is much greener. A nice and long needed change it was.

Those are flowers from the last blooming.

The leaves are very thin and narrow. Not like the Aloe that people grow to squeeze the gel from. This is a much smaller and more deliate form.

Even the ripple and tiny teeth are harmless. The dry tips are like dry hay. A pleasant plant overall :)





I got a small ofshoot few years ago from my cousin. She was also "complaining" that it just grows and grows and she keeps repotting it and soon after it needs more room again.
Weed and a pest :D

One of the stems started to lean down in such cool way I could not resist shooting it.
I could of course put some supporting sticks there and attach it to it, but what for? The only downside was that I had to be very careful not to kick it.





And then the time is up.

Monochrome song for today:
Archive - Again
year 2002

This was the first song I listened to from this band and saved on my playlist. It was suggested by some crazy YouTube algorithm and... well.. they got it right this time :) I have never heard of Archive before.

It is a long one, but it changes. Worth listening to the whole thing (unless you hate it from the start).