Aloe Vera
by Rodallega on Mar 26, 2009 with 15 Comments
There are more then 200 species of Aloes present on Earth, largely native to Africa. They vary in size, from one-inch miniatures to massive plant colonies comprising of hundreds of plants two feet in diameter.
Aloe vera are semitropic succulent plants, and may only be farmed outdoors in areas where there’s no risk of freezing. All the same, they make fantabulous house plants when they’re granted enough light.
Since Aloe vera plants comprise of 95% water, they’re extremely sensitive to low temperature. If they’re farmed outdoors in warm climes, they should be planted in full sunlight, or light shade. The land should be reasonably fertile, and fast draining. Established plants will hold out a drought quite substantially, yet for the benefit of the plant, enough water should be supplied.
Aloe vera plants are available at almost every garden store or greenhouse. Unless you live in area with a very modest climate, it’s best to leave your Aloe plant in the pot and put it near a window that captures a lot of sunlight. You can move the pot outside during the summertime.
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Aloe vera is a succulent, stocks a great amount of H2O inside its leaves and rootage. During the winter time, the plant will become fairly dormant, and use very niggling moisture. During that period watering should be minimum. Allow the soil to turn totally dry before giving the plant a glass or two of water. During the summer time, at first soaked the soil well, and then give enough time to dry it completely before re-watering.
Aloe vera has a shallow, dispersing root system, so when it is time to re-pot select a wide planter, instead of a deep one. Take up a planter with a drain hole, or put up a 1-2 inch layer of gravel in the bottom of the pot to ascertain enough drainage. Apply a fine commercial potting combine with additional perlite, gritstone, or crude sand imparted. You could also employ a boxed ‘cacti commixture’ soil. Fertilize annually, in the spring with a diluted, bloom type fertilizer.
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Aloe vera is propagated by slaying the offshoots which are raised around the stem of grown plants, when they are roughly 2 inches tall (or larger). They could also be farmed from seed.
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Edward J Rodrigues | Mar 26, 2009 | Reply
that was cool…i too have some in my garden…
Glynis Smy | Mar 26, 2009 | Reply
I have a flower coming on my first one, I love this plant, interesting article.
thestickman | Mar 26, 2009 | Reply
Here in Toronto there is a small park, St. James Park near the college, where every year is full of exotic and varied flowers and plants. One year they planted an enormous succulent, the exact specie I am not sure but it is the type used to make Tequila.
This is HUGE!! The branches are 4 or 5 feet long, and maybe the base of the plant is 2 or 3 feet diameter! I enjoyed going down there and viewing this amazing aloe plant.
They removed it before winter, of course. Moved it back indoors as our winters are rather ferocious here.
Great article!
-thestickman
The Quail | Mar 26, 2009 | Reply
I really enjoyed this article very informative and useful.
manya | Mar 27, 2009 | Reply
My mom has been a great advocate of Aloe vera. Over the years we have moved to different houses and Aloe vera certainly has been a constant companion everywhere. My mom grows them in her pot- a big earthen pot and she regularly rubs the pulp on her scalp and face. It has great medicinal properties and is an important ingredient in a variety of cosmetics available in the market today.
Karen Gross | Mar 27, 2009 | Reply
I have been using Aloe vera for years on burns and scrapes. I just cut off a chunk of the plant, slice it length-wise, and tape it to the skin.
Great article!
Aleksandar Radojicic | Mar 28, 2009 | Reply
This is a very helpful article.Next time i go camping i will keep this in mind.Thanks a lot.Good work.Great photos too.
Claudette Jones | Mar 28, 2009 | Reply
Really enjoyed the article and the photos, which are beautiful. Here’s a suggestion: Now that you’ve informed us about the plant, do an article on all the uses of Aloe Vera.
Kimberly Moore | Mar 31, 2009 | Reply
I love Aloe plants..healing properties are amazing!:)
nutuba | Apr 4, 2009 | Reply
Aloe vera is great! We’ve been using it for burn treatment since I was a kid. Nice article.
estrella 2008 | May 1, 2009 | Reply
Magnificas propiedades que tiene el aloe vera, aqui en México la savila es una planta muy comun que hay casi en todos los hogares mexicanos y es interesante conocer para que sirve.
Rocketdoc | Jun 14, 2009 | Reply
knock it off.
DA Cournean | Jun 28, 2009 | Reply
Nice article..
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