Aloe plant reproduction...
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07-25-02, 04:56 PM
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Aloe plant reproduction...
I'm wondering how aloe plants reproduce. I just got a aloe plant from a friend that has 2 new little sprouts in there too.
I've had another aloe plant for a few years and it's never sprouted new ones. Are there male and female aloe plants?
How do they reproduce?
Can I do something to encourage more reproduction?
Thanks.
I've had another aloe plant for a few years and it's never sprouted new ones. Are there male and female aloe plants?
How do they reproduce?
Can I do something to encourage more reproduction?
Thanks.
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07-25-02, 05:22 PM
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Json,
Aloe plants reproduce by seed or by division.
You could probaly break off your small shoot and get it to root.
Here's a good site to visit:
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/housepl...rocedures.html
fred
Aloe plants reproduce by seed or by division.
You could probaly break off your small shoot and get it to root.
Here's a good site to visit:
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/housepl...rocedures.html
fred
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06-27-08, 06:38 PM
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I have the exact opposite problem, my aloe plant is taking over the house. It outgrows every pot..I've had to split it again and again because it was crowding the pot it was in, and then both the original and the new just keep on a growing. I keep one on the kitchen window sill, and it grew to the point that it pushed itself off! I swear it was after my cat!
I don't water it much and it doesn't get a lot of sun. The only one I have that hasn't grown (although it's still alive and quite healthy) is the one I transplanted over a year ago and never bothered to put any dirt in the pot. I'm not kidding!
So, what am I doing right (so I can stop doing it)?
I don't water it much and it doesn't get a lot of sun. The only one I have that hasn't grown (although it's still alive and quite healthy) is the one I transplanted over a year ago and never bothered to put any dirt in the pot. I'm not kidding!
So, what am I doing right (so I can stop doing it)?
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06-28-08, 05:24 PM
Blakekate, it's difficult to say without more info, but you may be fertilizing too much, not enough sun, repotting too often (most aloes will reproduce when they are rootbound), or it could be the variety you have that just grows slowly.
LSummers, before it catches your cat, you might want to change the way you are growing it. Try putting it in more sun and fertilize it once a month with an organic fertilizer in spring and summer. That might slow it down a bit. Aloes like lean soil and little water. Also, when you repot it, unlike most plants, give it a much larger pot as many varieties will reproduce quickly no matter what you do as it's in their genes.
You can both look at a few of the varieties here.
http://www.belgicactus.be/succulenti...loe/index.html
If you are really ambitious and have lots of time, try this site.
http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plan...ceae/Aloe.html
Newt
LSummers, before it catches your cat, you might want to change the way you are growing it. Try putting it in more sun and fertilize it once a month with an organic fertilizer in spring and summer. That might slow it down a bit. Aloes like lean soil and little water. Also, when you repot it, unlike most plants, give it a much larger pot as many varieties will reproduce quickly no matter what you do as it's in their genes.
You can both look at a few of the varieties here.
http://www.belgicactus.be/succulenti...loe/index.html
If you are really ambitious and have lots of time, try this site.
http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plan...ceae/Aloe.html
Newt
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06-28-08, 05:34 PM
My wife planted an aloe plant that had been sitting in her boot for about 2 weeks. This was 3 years ago in an area with fairly good soil - well drained. She never watered it and the area gets no sun. Today looking at them there would be at least 30 plants and we have had to pull up plenty and throw them out to keep it under control.
It is winter now and they are all flowering. The flowers are quite pretty with flowering stalks about a meter high. If you would like to see a photo send me an email address.
The moral of the story - dont even try with this one - this would be the only plant my wife has had any luck with - pay as little attention to as possible!
We are in Australia so perhaps we have a different species but its a funny story (i wouldn't dare share with darling)
It is winter now and they are all flowering. The flowers are quite pretty with flowering stalks about a meter high. If you would like to see a photo send me an email address.
The moral of the story - dont even try with this one - this would be the only plant my wife has had any luck with - pay as little attention to as possible!
We are in Australia so perhaps we have a different species but its a funny story (i wouldn't dare share with darling)
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big aloe plant
My husbands boss has a very large aloe plant in the office. It has been in the same pot for quite a few years, and some of the "babies" are as big as the mother plant! Some of the offshoots have a rather large stem type of thing connecting it to the mother plant, My question is can i just cut it off there and plant it? Or do i have to do something different?
