Hi Blaise,

AV's don't like their roots disturbed. If you don't repot properly, you can easily lose them.

I see you are from Scotland. I am not sure that we have the same definition of compost here. However, AV's should be potted in a peat-based potting mix with no compost, at least as we define it over here.

AV's must also be very tightly potted. If you divided your AV, then both should have been moved into smaller pots than the original.

When repotted there is a slow period during which the roots must develop and some of the older leaves die back.

Do you have a photo you can post?

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Originally posted by Blaise:
I would...soon as somebody explains how to do that to me!

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You will need to upload your photo into an online album such as

http://www.webshots.com/
http://photobucket.com/
http://www.imagestation.com/tour/upload_images.html

these are free to use-- once your pictures are here use the image button at the bottom of the FULL REPLY PAGE and insert the url into the box that pops up... you will need to delete the highlighted http:// then paste your url in and click ok.
Your picture should show up in your post.
Sidenote: I use photobucket and it has the option to just right click the image address underneath the chosen picture then copy then paste into your post. This works without using the image button at the bottom. I do not know if the other sites offer this feature or not. But they are all free to use...
Hope this helps you get your pictures on and

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Hey pcgrav, cheers for the advice!! So here's fingers crossed that it works!!


This one isn't doing very well as you can see...


This one sits right next to the one above and after splitting it, it is doing very well.


This has the same problem as the first picture!


This is another one of my many AV's any comments?

These have all been split from one plant that I bought about 5 years ago!! I have 3 leaves just now sitting in a pot of water...roots have started to develop.

Thanks for the advice as well Carly, much appreciated.

Thanks!
Blaise xxxx

PS, Will, check my aloe vera qs, I have managed to upload some pics.

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Lol thanks, I will try to bear that in mind in future!!

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I never bottom water any plant, including AVs, because it is not easy to tell when the plant needs water. For me bottom watering leads to overwatering. To avoid wet leaves on fuzzy-leaf plants just water at the soil level.

Cheers Will, I'll do that a little later on and tell you what I find!

Blaise xx

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Hey Butterfly, that's what I tend to do until they're dry and need watered...until this happened and I began to pay a little more attention.

Will, I took your advice. I think it was a pest problem. All the leaves and flowers seemed to be free of them, but when I got to the roots, they were covered in little insects...they look like greenflies, except some of them were white. Any ideas what these are? I decided to just let the AV go and haven't had the heart to investigate the other one yet, will do later on though.

That AV was on a window sill which was always slightly ajar (Not enough to a draft through) is that how the insects got into my plant? Should I keep all my other AV's away from slightly ajar windows?

Lol I'm making myself sound dumb.

Blaise xx

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I've got rid of both of them. Seems a shame really, as none of the other AV's seem to have a problem, but that may be due to the fact that the compost has been sitting in a dark little shed for months; that's the only way I can think of them getting in.

I'm not afraid of the Loch Ness Monster! (Fondly known as Nessie) Well...not since I was a little girl anyway. Cheers Will.

Blaise xx

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Thanks Will, I'll keep that in mind, I haven't seen sterile potting mixes around, maybe I just wasn't looking hard enough.

There is nothing to fear in Nessie, except how; she has managed to live for millions of years with a limited food source, how she has manged to evade all the explorers and - through many different pictures - how many different shapes and forms she seems to possess!

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Remember Will, I am a poor student!! Maybe I can raid my neighbours/mother's and see what I can find

I definitely worked too hard...the Easter Bunny broke my tooth once I remember...still have a grudge against him.

Blaise xx

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Blaise,

Did you leave your broken tooth under your pillow for the Tooth Fairy or is she on your questionable list, as well!

Hi, sorry that I haven't replied but my internet has been acting moody. I talked to my mother,
One: those bugs are called Aiphids (don't know if that's the correct spelling). Keep those plants away from others because they'll spread to the others as well. You need a spray to get rid of them. I would check your other plants that have been around the buggy ones.

Also- your leaves are dim because AV HATE Direct Sunlight. they need partial sun
g2get back to work!
-Butterflylover_52

Hey Loz, nice to speak to you outside of the newbie section! That's what mine did to begin with...I hope I'm not bringing bad luck! I had 7 AV's at one point, but as this thread suggests, I've lost two. But the three leaves I left in a bit of water have sprouted roots. That is such a good idea with the 3 different AV colours!! I definitely have to try that...nicking your ideas now too!

I had (actually still have) a teddy called Bigfoot from my childhood. He used to scare me and I refused to play with him, until my grandmother told me that Bigfoot was friendly!

Will, me and broken teeth don't mix!! My teeth didn't get wobbly until I was about 9 or 10, all my friends had lost at least one tooth already, so my loving parents sent me to the dentist, who taking a hammer type thing wacked my front teeth and said "There, now it's wobbly" I'm not joking.

Afgrey, loved the question about the tooth fairy. I meant the Easter Bunny brought chocolate that broke my tooth!! But you're right, how would there be new fairies if all the fairies were female?

Thanks Butterfly, I'll check, but the others seem OK. Now you've got me all worried...

Blaise xx

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Well, Will, lets just say...he is no longer in business.

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How kind of you! I think they're all OK just now...my mum has adopted some of my AV's.

I used to do ballet when I was younger...I was never very good at it LOL

Blaise xx

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