Hi everyone. I had a little bitty aloe plant gifted to me about 6 months ago. It has been growing great. The recommendation has been water every 10-14 days, which I've done. It really needs a bigger pot and I'm going to get one ASAP. I have a question then a secondary one.

It always took 2.5oz of water to saturate the soil. Now, it's only taking 1.5oz. I'm not sure why, I guess maybe the bigger roots somehow. It keeps coming out the bottom. (Really it's hard to water now as the plant blocks the top of the soil.) But should I be watering more frequently as a result? Because the plant is so much bigger now. The soil holds less water, but the plant is bigger, which you'd think means it needs more.

And the secondary question is, the hole in the bottom of the pot, a root has shot out of it. Is that an issue I should deal with? It can't get water unless I put some in the dish, which I've always kept dry. I know I need a bigger pot and more soil, which will solve these things, but until then. The plant is doing great and I really want to keep it that way.