How to Grow Aloe Vera in Containers and Harvest Massive Leaves
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Date: 2022-07-18
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Nathanael
I almost killed my first Aloe Vera plant, several times. It was just a tiny little $3 plant I picked up at a local hardware store. I assumed they would be as stress free as anything else in my succulent collection, but I overwatered it until it got root rot. I caught that in time because I could see it just was not happy. Then I overcorrected and under-watered. Eventually I found the sweet spot which seems to be once a week if outdoors in the hot Oklahoma summers. Once a month inside over the dead of winter, and once every two weeks once I notice new growth taking off in the spring before its time to put them outside. I do always move succulents to terra cotta pots for the reasons you mentioned but I also like being able to see the moisture line of the soil on the outside of the pot. If its unseasonably overcast for 10 days, a plant isnt going to utilize as much water, and you may need to amend its watering schedule. Having that visual reference can really help. Ill also lift the pot sometimes to see how dry it is. After years, you just get the feel of it. My first plant is still going strong. The first pup/offset my mother plant produced is now about 20 inches tall with 16 leaves currently, the largest of which are 18 inches long. The mother plant is putting off three new pups currently. Ive also learned they seem quite happy in arrangements with other aloe, alworthia, haworthia plants with similar light an water needs. Not only is it a visually stimulating contrast of colors and texture. The additional plants soaking up water seems to keep the pot from getting soggy. Great video. Thank you.
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I almost killed my first Aloe Vera plant, several times. It was just a tiny little $3 plant I picked up at a local hardware store. I assumed they would be as stress free as anything else in my succulent collection, but I overwatered it until it got root rot. I caught that in time because I could see it just was not happy. Then I overcorrected and under-watered. Eventually I found the sweet spot which seems to be once a week if outdoors in the hot Oklahoma summers. Once a month inside over the dead of winter, and once every two weeks once I notice new growth taking off in the spring before its time to put them outside. I do always move succulents to terra cotta pots for the reasons you mentioned but I also like being able to see the moisture line of the soil on the outside of the pot. If its unseasonably overcast for 10 days, a plant isnt going to utilize as much water, and you may need to amend its watering schedule. Having that visual reference can really help. Ill also lift the pot sometimes to see how dry it is. After years, you just get the feel of it. My first plant is still going strong. The first pup/offset my mother plant produced is now about 20 inches tall with 16 leaves currently, the largest of which are 18 inches long. The mother plant is putting off three new pups currently. Ive also learned they seem quite happy in arrangements with other aloe, alworthia, haworthia plants with similar light an water needs. Not only is it a visually stimulating contrast of colors and texture. The additional plants soaking up water seems to keep the pot from getting soggy. Great video. Thank you.
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hales
I've got 4. The first I got a whole aloe plant. It was very straw colored and pale. I got them all from my mom who has lots of healthy plants. I put it outside and it turned ORANGE. I brought it inside with the grow light with the rest of my plants and its now turning a lovely vibrant green. Same with the 3 cuttings or pups I've got. They are all little babies and where almost like gray when I got them. May have been from my gma actually. But I put them with my first aloe and they are all turning deep healthy green. Well they turned beautiful green already. Haven't seen any growth yet in any of them just saw them get sick fast and then healthy slowly. I'm excited to see them grow I hope I can keep em healthy. Also I water from the bottom or with a sprayer honestly directly at the soil at the base of the plant. Here in a couple months I'm sure I'll find out if I'm doing it wrong. A lot of my plants take a while to start up growing when I first bring them home very young, then they start growing like crazy.
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I've got 4. The first I got a whole aloe plant. It was very straw colored and pale. I got them all from my mom who has lots of healthy plants. I put it outside and it turned ORANGE. I brought it inside with the grow light with the rest of my plants and its now turning a lovely vibrant green. Same with the 3 cuttings or pups I've got. They are all little babies and where almost like gray when I got them. May have been from my gma actually. But I put them with my first aloe and they are all turning deep healthy green. Well they turned beautiful green already. Haven't seen any growth yet in any of them just saw them get sick fast and then healthy slowly. I'm excited to see them grow I hope I can keep em healthy. Also I water from the bottom or with a sprayer honestly directly at the soil at the base of the plant. Here in a couple months I'm sure I'll find out if I'm doing it wrong. A lot of my plants take a while to start up growing when I first bring them home very young, then they start growing like crazy.
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Mixdplate
My Filipino grandfather had 2 green thumbs. Anything he planted, inside and outside of the house, flourished. Aloe was one of the indoor plants. I am now living in that house, I'd love to have a garden and house full of plants again but I swear I'm the grim reaper to plants. I've been trying for YEARS to grow a garden, but have been unsuccessful. I gave up on indoor plants except for 2 aloe plants. They are alive but hardly thriving, they sit in a corner that gets East & South light all day. Yet the leaves grow horizontal instead of vertical or do some kind of curling thing. They are in cactus soil but I'll try transferring to clay pots. Thank you for posting, I watch a lot of your videos but have yet to be successful with my garden/plants. :\
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My Filipino grandfather had 2 green thumbs. Anything he planted, inside and outside of the house, flourished. Aloe was one of the indoor plants. I am now living in that house, I'd love to have a garden and house full of plants again but I swear I'm the grim reaper to plants. I've been trying for YEARS to grow a garden, but have been unsuccessful. I gave up on indoor plants except for 2 aloe plants. They are alive but hardly thriving, they sit in a corner that gets East & South light all day. Yet the leaves grow horizontal instead of vertical or do some kind of curling thing. They are in cactus soil but I'll try transferring to clay pots. Thank you for posting, I watch a lot of your videos but have yet to be successful with my garden/plants. :\
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Gonpachiro
my family is from the caribbean, they moved to america just after my mom was born. I have the same aloe plant that used to belong to my great granny, still in its original pot and everything. it has traveled to 3 different islands, New york city, and 2 different cities in Florida. almost died multiple times (my mom has the worst luck with plants, and even got left at an old property my parents owned but hadnt been back to in half a decade. I stopped by one day in my early 20s happened to find the plant and asked if i could take it. This plant helped me threw multiple knee scrapes and acne scars when I was a kid, so i couldnt just leave it there. Im just amazed that its still alive and kickin'.
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my family is from the caribbean, they moved to america just after my mom was born. I have the same aloe plant that used to belong to my great granny, still in its original pot and everything. it has traveled to 3 different islands, New york city, and 2 different cities in Florida. almost died multiple times (my mom has the worst luck with plants, and even got left at an old property my parents owned but hadnt been back to in half a decade. I stopped by one day in my early 20s happened to find the plant and asked if i could take it. This plant helped me threw multiple knee scrapes and acne scars when I was a kid, so i couldnt just leave it there. Im just amazed that its still alive and kickin'.
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Matthew
Got an aloe plant from my sister about 8 years ago, and i did not take good care of it, probably cause i wasn't into gardening at the time. Last year I got into gardening because I was indoors a lot(you know why. And i started taking better care of my aloe plant. Little did I know I was jumping straight into gardening with a plant that isn't necessarily for beginners. Through a couple of mistakes I was close to killing my plant between root rot and too much direct sunlight. Flash forward a year and a half, my plant went from about the size of a baseball to bigger than a basketball. And now i have about a dozen new plants that I'm growing from the main plant.
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Got an aloe plant from my sister about 8 years ago, and i did not take good care of it, probably cause i wasn't into gardening at the time. Last year I got into gardening because I was indoors a lot(you know why. And i started taking better care of my aloe plant. Little did I know I was jumping straight into gardening with a plant that isn't necessarily for beginners. Through a couple of mistakes I was close to killing my plant between root rot and too much direct sunlight. Flash forward a year and a half, my plant went from about the size of a baseball to bigger than a basketball. And now i have about a dozen new plants that I'm growing from the main plant.
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BaskingInObscurity
Because I have dozens of allergies and sensitivities and I'm at that age (53) I need to slow down skin and hair aging I've neglected, I started mixing my own hair gel. Only, it turned out to be perfect as a moisturizing gel. I mix aloe gel with jojoba and argan oils. I didn't realized just how overpriced the aloe was, though, until I saw a huge leaf for sale in a local natural foods grocery. So I want to blend up my own gel and start growing my own aloe, as well. Probably will cut the gel cost by 80-90%.
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Because I have dozens of allergies and sensitivities and I'm at that age (53) I need to slow down skin and hair aging I've neglected, I started mixing my own hair gel. Only, it turned out to be perfect as a moisturizing gel. I mix aloe gel with jojoba and argan oils. I didn't realized just how overpriced the aloe was, though, until I saw a huge leaf for sale in a local natural foods grocery. So I want to blend up my own gel and start growing my own aloe, as well. Probably will cut the gel cost by 80-90%.
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Mir
Here in Sonora, about 2 kms from the Sea of Cortes, Aloe Vera grows like a weed and in no times it takes everything over, in spite of the relentless summer heat and sunshine that it has to endure. If I would have kept the numerous pups that I've gotten rid off on the property, I would have a huge aloe vera nursery by now!
This week, I'm going to remove the remaining three from the soil, and put them in individual pots. What I like most about them, is their flowers. The hummingbirds absolutely love them!
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Here in Sonora, about 2 kms from the Sea of Cortes, Aloe Vera grows like a weed and in no times it takes everything over, in spite of the relentless summer heat and sunshine that it has to endure. If I would have kept the numerous pups that I've gotten rid off on the property, I would have a huge aloe vera nursery by now!
This week, I'm going to remove the remaining three from the soil, and put them in individual pots. What I like most about them, is their flowers. The hummingbirds absolutely love them!
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Pretty
I haven't killed many maybe two but I have about six because of pups. My issue is they're long but not thick. I neglect them a lot lol i keep them on my bookshelf, they did much better on my porch but they kept getting sunburned so I brought them in. I keep mine in terracotta orchid pots with cactus soil and honestly, I water them every few months bc I forget lol. They pup on their own just fine and I make sure they get a thorough watering and then I forget about them bc they don't like being wet.
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I haven't killed many maybe two but I have about six because of pups. My issue is they're long but not thick. I neglect them a lot lol i keep them on my bookshelf, they did much better on my porch but they kept getting sunburned so I brought them in. I keep mine in terracotta orchid pots with cactus soil and honestly, I water them every few months bc I forget lol. They pup on their own just fine and I make sure they get a thorough watering and then I forget about them bc they don't like being wet.
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Harriett
My Aunt left this earth in 2000 and her home has been used by family members off/on and always kept aloe plants for burns and cuts. There were two pots of aloe plants in her South windows and has been so neglected but those two pots were still alive. I gave one pot to neighbor and they have reproduced like crazy and I divided my pot and got 6 small pots of aloe. This is 2nd year and my plants are beautiful. just wait until the pot drys out before watering. Potted in 1/2 sand and potting soil.
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My Aunt left this earth in 2000 and her home has been used by family members off/on and always kept aloe plants for burns and cuts. There were two pots of aloe plants in her South windows and has been so neglected but those two pots were still alive. I gave one pot to neighbor and they have reproduced like crazy and I divided my pot and got 6 small pots of aloe. This is 2nd year and my plants are beautiful. just wait until the pot drys out before watering. Potted in 1/2 sand and potting soil.
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Abigail
Me and my mom are growing a aloe by this kit we got at spring and we planted it around end of spring and after a few weeks it sprouted. One day i knocked it over on accident and i picked up the small sprout and put it back in dirt hoping i didnt ruin it but its still alive and growing very slowly but it got its 3rd little leaf thing about a week or 2 ago and i hope it survives the cold and last longer it has been a fun journey growing aloe by seed
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Me and my mom are growing a aloe by this kit we got at spring and we planted it around end of spring and after a few weeks it sprouted. One day i knocked it over on accident and i picked up the small sprout and put it back in dirt hoping i didnt ruin it but its still alive and growing very slowly but it got its 3rd little leaf thing about a week or 2 ago and i hope it survives the cold and last longer it has been a fun journey growing aloe by seed
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MN
I bought an aloe from the store in the beginning of summer maybe a few months ago, I did repot it because what it came in was not in good condition. I'm worried that a leaf may be too large or get too heavy. I'm not sure If I should repot it again this year or wait until winter. Can I send you a picture of it and see what you think? I'm new to all this and would like to get another aloe!
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I bought an aloe from the store in the beginning of summer maybe a few months ago, I did repot it because what it came in was not in good condition. I'm worried that a leaf may be too large or get too heavy. I'm not sure If I should repot it again this year or wait until winter. Can I send you a picture of it and see what you think? I'm new to all this and would like to get another aloe!
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GiGi
I bought an aloe from a big box store and it seems the leaves are not as upright anymore its only been a few weeks. I havent reported yet because Im not sure if the terra-cotta planter I have is deep enough, do they need a lot of root space or is semi-shallow of with an inch or two of space to the edge around, good enough?
Thank you in advance! Any suggestions greatly appreciated
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I bought an aloe from a big box store and it seems the leaves are not as upright anymore its only been a few weeks. I havent reported yet because Im not sure if the terra-cotta planter I have is deep enough, do they need a lot of root space or is semi-shallow of with an inch or two of space to the edge around, good enough?
Thank you in advance! Any suggestions greatly appreciated
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Mindy
I almost killed my first one. I read to water it every 3 months and keep in full sun. Full sun was over 100 degrees. It turned black. I went back to the nursery and they told me to water it I bought another one just incase and in a month of watering not everyday it was perfectly fine. It's huge now. I hardly water it though but definitely more than every 3 months
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I almost killed my first one. I read to water it every 3 months and keep in full sun. Full sun was over 100 degrees. It turned black. I went back to the nursery and they told me to water it I bought another one just incase and in a month of watering not everyday it was perfectly fine. It's huge now. I hardly water it though but definitely more than every 3 months
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Carolina
In Montevideo, Uruguay, aloe grows by the streets everywhere. Absolutely huge aloe plants everywhere. They flourish in the winter, and their really big red flowers look stunning. Kids learn really young to treat sunburns by applying aloe gel straight from the plant, which, again, you can get just by walking outside for a minute. Great plant.
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In Montevideo, Uruguay, aloe grows by the streets everywhere. Absolutely huge aloe plants everywhere. They flourish in the winter, and their really big red flowers look stunning. Kids learn really young to treat sunburns by applying aloe gel straight from the plant, which, again, you can get just by walking outside for a minute. Great plant.
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David
If your Aloe Vera plant does get blasted by direct sunshine for a couple days, and its leaves start turning brown, what do you do? Should some kind of shade be placed in front of it? Will it get better on its own? Or should its hours of sunshine simply be cut back? e. g, 3 hours in sunshine, rest of day in shade?
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If your Aloe Vera plant does get blasted by direct sunshine for a couple days, and its leaves start turning brown, what do you do? Should some kind of shade be placed in front of it? Will it get better on its own? Or should its hours of sunshine simply be cut back? e. g, 3 hours in sunshine, rest of day in shade?
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