I’ve noticed a couple of little aloe plants cropping up in the pot – what do I do with them? Can I dig them out and re-pot them? If so – should I wait until they are a certain size before I do that?
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glittertrash wrote:
You can leave them if you like but they’ll grow quite quickly and the pot will grow overcrowded. Pot-plants should be re-potted about once a year anyway to refresh the potting mix and make sure they’re not root-bound, so I’d leave them til you’re doing a re-pot then gently pull them off and give them new homes. At that size they should have their own roots but you have to divide them carefully to make sure the roots actually come with them.
The mad breeding of succulents is crazy- but really fun!
Posted on 21 Dec 07 (over 5 years ago)
Armorel wrote:
I have an aloe vera plant and it produces babies around the parent plant. Leave it to get fairly dry, which you can do since aloes are succulents and don’t need damp compost, then tip the whole lot out gently onto a sheet of newspaper. You’ll find that you can tease the babies and their roots away from the main plant. Just pot them up individually and they’ll soon make sturdy little plants. Put ‘Mum’ back into her pot with fresh soil and she’ll soon produce another crop of babies for you.
Posted on 03 Jan 08 (over 5 years ago)
nic wrote:
Thanks for the help guys! As I usually can’t bear to throw plants away, I can imagine myself having aloe plants all over the house quite soon…now to find some pretty pots to put them in :)
Posted on 09 Jan 08 (over 5 years ago)
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