Calling all aloe collectors need some advice !

[JubaeaMan138]

Ok so I’ve had this aloe for years . It was actually my fathers. This one of my dads favorite plants and I am trying to save this guy it is Aloe Goliath. I planted this guy last year it was half the size and it has exploded in the last 2 months . Exploded so much that it has developed the falling over problem this hybrid is known for from being so too heavy also it has started to bifurcate as well here is a picture any ideas on what I can do to lean this guy back up it is super heavy as well. Can’t find any info on correcting this issue 

[Tracy]

4 hours ago, JubaeaMan138 said:

Ok so I’ve had this aloe for years . It was actually my fathers. This one of my dads favorite plants and I am trying to save this guy it is Aloe Goliath. I planted this guy last year it was half the size and it has exploded in the last 2 months . Exploded so much that it has developed the falling over problem this hybrid is known for from being so too heavy also it has started to bifurcate as well here is a picture any ideas on what I can do to lean this guy back up it is super heavy as well. Can’t find any info on correcting this issue 

Looking at where you planted this, it has to be getting a great deal of water if that lawn area is green this time of year.  I have to wonder if that has accelerated the growth and caused some of the tipping issue.  I haven't grown the "goliath" hybrid, but have grown a couple of "hercules" hybrids.  Perhaps a little less water might result in more manageable growth, but given that it has tipped over, I would be surprised if you could get it to remain upright.  Having never tried to get a tree aloe back upright, I may be wrong and others may have better suggestions.  It just looks way to top heavy now for the "folaige" it's holding.  As fast as these hybrids are, I would suggest that while you try to stake this one, just get another and try it in a different place in your garden.  My remaining A hercules has a trunk with probably a 20" to 24" diameter at the base 8 years from planting from a 1 gallon, so trying another backup won't take long.

[JubaeaMan138]

So here is what happened dug this plant up used a engine hoist mounted to my truck to reposition it buried most of it I know it may rot but we will see would of decapitated itself anyhow had I left it. Pulled all the grass out and put in a dioon argenteum agave pelona agave pygmaea and a couple of dudleyas may theow

in a few more succulents 

[George Sparkman]

as long as you keep watering the lawn the aloe will get too much water and will grow way too fast for it's own good. I just stick broken heads of that cross in he ground water them in deep once and that's it. No irrigation anywhere close.

[Gonzer]

 The water is a no-no for the Dudleyas in summer.

 

[JubaeaMan138]

Yeah I have cut the water to this hole area thanks for the advice guys . Kind of figured it was to much water . Going to do

some drip

stuff for the agaves and the dioon argenteum

Edited July 4, 2018 by JubaeaMan138

[PalmatierMeg]

The Dioon is awfully close to the sidewalk. They get large and the leaves eventually may infringe on the walkway.