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How to maintain the Care of Aloe Vera Plants - Growing Aloe Vera Plant
How to maintain the Care of Aloe Vera Plants - Growing Aloe Vera Plant. Aloe vera is a succulent, which in fact is 95 percent water. The plant may be grown indoors or out, flourishing in the warm temperatures of U.S. Department of Agriculture planting zone 9, where the average low temperature doesn't drop below 20 degrees F.
Aloe vera is a succulent, which in fact is 95 percent water. The plant may be grown indoors or out, flourishing in the warm temperatures of U.S. Department of Agriculture planting zone 9, where the average low temperature doesn't drop below 20 degrees F.
Things You'll Need
Plant pot with drainage holes
Gravel
Potting mix for cacti
High phosphorus fertilizer
Select a plant pot that is wide and can be drained of too much watering. Put a few gravels or smaller rocks in the pot bottom.
Put a few inches of potting mix in the bottom of the pot. Insert the aloe vera plant inside the pot. Fill in around with the cactus soil mix.
Position the aloe vera plant in a location that receives at least six hours of sunlight. Keep it indoors, find a place on or near to the window that gets enough sunlight. When you keep the plant outside, remember to move it inside the home when the temperature drops to freezing.
Pour water on the aloe vera plant as soon as you see that the soil you put around the plant has dried out. Never put too much water on your aloe vera plant. During the colder months, aloe vera plants go dormant and there is no need to water them.
Remove smaller plants that develop around the bigger aloe vera plant when they are 3 inches tall. Replant them in their own pots to create new aloe vera plants.
Fertilize with a high phosphorus fertilizer in the spring.
Tips & Warnings
Aloe plants are often kept in the kitchen window to be at hand to break off small pieces to treat minor burns.
When an aloe vera plant turns yellow, even though it is in the right climate, this means you are giving it too much water, or it might not have proper drainage.
Do not leave your aloe vera plant outdoors when it is cold. The aloe vera plant consists mostly of water and will freeze in the cold.
