Aloe

This indoor plant is grown on the windowsill in almost every apartment. But even with such prevalence, not every gardener knows all the intricacies of caring for an aloe flower. Therefore, we offer for consideration a number of articles about this interesting representative of the flora with amazing healing properties.

Types of aloe and its features

Various varieties are grown as indoor aloe species, the most familiar to us are tree-like, or agave, and faith, they are the ones that have healing properties.

They are more decorative:

• multileaf
• folded
• squat
• motley
• spinous
• rauhi

There are about 500 species in total; the most popular are agave and aloe vera, each such flower is a whole green pharmacy.

The plants have significant differences in appearance:

• faith grows like a bush
• Agave - has a tree-like structure

What both species have in common are fleshy, long leaves, because the plants are succulents; they tend to accumulate liquid inside the leaves and, in case of severe drought, use it to support life.

Tree aloe can thank its owners for high-quality care by flowering; unfortunately, it is observed extremely rarely.

Features of care

This plant is not quite ordinary, so gardeners should pay attention to the following points:

• choice of soil - it should be intended for succulents or contain up to 40% sand and not contain clay or heavy black soil
• the pot for planting should be provided with a layer of high-quality drainage; stagnation of water should not be allowed
• Watering in the warm season is recommended to be done once a week, during the plant's dormant period - once a month, the amount of water should not be large, half a glass is enough for one plant
• It is not recommended to spray leaves with water
• special fertilizing should be used, intended for succulents, carried out once a month during the growing season
• the flower requires high-quality lighting
• the temperature of the content should not be lower than +14 +16 C

How to grow aloe from a shoot and cuttings

When planning to grow new specimens, one should not forget about their origin in nature; it grows in arid areas.

Often the attempt ends in failure for the reason that the shoot, leaf or cutting is trying to germinate in water.

In fact, you need to do the opposite, i.e. The planting material is hidden in a dark place for several days - until the place where the cutting or leaf is cut dries out. Then the cutting is deepened 3-4 cm into the soil prepared in the pot. Over time it will take root.

Sometimes gardeners wonder about growing aloe from seeds, but it turns out that it is not so difficult, just purchase them and sow them in accordance with the recommendations, and seedlings will not take long to appear. Then you just need to remember rules of care.

Perhaps you will like this plant so much that you will have to consider growing aloe as a business that brings in a good income.