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[jue332]

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Lesley gave me a tiny cutting of an aloe vera plant back in April.

Well I'm not very good with indoor plants usually but have managed to keep this one going and healthy looking I think

The thing is do you think it needs re-potting ?

And can I use these little ones as separate plants, these pictures are of the plant close up

Any other advice/tips welcome :thumbsup:

 

[Trish]

its a lovely plant julie :thumbsup: but havent a clue whats best for it ,think i would google it see if theres any advise on a website :thumbsup:

 

[Janimal]

It does look slightly overcrowded.....are the roots showing at the bottom of the pot?? if so Yes I would repot into a bigger one maybe.

It looks healthy enough Julie....just needs room to grow.

If it were mine Julie I would surround the soil with pebbles...to hold the moisture in too.. :thumbsup:

 

[hely]

i have one a bit bigger than that, which i have just re-potted into quite a big pot..............not sure if i needed to, but it looked a bit squashed

 

[*Lesley*]

Well done Julie if you gently ease it out of the pot on to some paper, then seperate it gently you'll find that a lot of the small shoots are seperate babies, with the original being the biggest put that back into a big pot, you can repot the others then, put either a few or one baby in a small pot of its own and there it start again :thumbsup:

I have just given away 9 babies to my work mates as I have 4 huge ones which I have to keep splitting they take over, they were great in summer for the sunburn really soothing :sweating:

Nearly everyone I know has an aloe vera plant from me now :lol:

 

[jue332]

It does look slightly overcrowded.....are the roots showing at the bottom of the pot??  if so Yes I would repot into a bigger one maybe.
It looks healthy enough Julie....just needs room to grow.

If it were mine Julie I would surround the soil with pebbles...to hold the moisture in too.. :thumbsup:

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Just had a look underneath the pot Janis and there is one small root poking through :thumbsup:

 

[Janimal]

Heres some info on the internet I found for you Julie too...

http://www.thegardenhelper.com/aloe~vera.html

 

[Janimal]

It does look slightly overcrowded.....are the roots showing at the bottom of the pot??  if so Yes I would repot into a bigger one maybe.
It looks healthy enough Julie....just needs room to grow.

If it were mine Julie I would surround the soil with pebbles...to hold the moisture in too.. :thumbsup:

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Just had a look underneath the pot Janis and there is one small root poking through :thumbsup:

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then I would just seperate the baby ones like Lesley says...

 

[jue332]

Well done Julie if you gently ease it out of the pot on to some paper, then seperate it gently you'll find that a lot of the small shoots are seperate babies, with the original being the biggest put that back into a big pot, you can repot the others then,  put either a few or one baby in a small pot of its own and there it start again :thumbsup:
I have just given away 9 babies to my work mates as I have 4 huge ones which I have to keep splitting they take over, they were great in summer for the sunburn really soothing :sweating:

Nearly everyone I know has an aloe vera plant from me now :lol:

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Thanks Lesley, I'm quite proud of it really :lol: I'm suprised that it has grown so quickly and survived with me :- "

Right so when I have split the plants ( i can see some individual ones already :thumbsup: ) do I use ordinary potting compost ? do I need to add anything else ?

 

[jue332]

Heres some info on the internet I found for you Julie too...
http://www.thegardenhelper.com/aloe~vera.html

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It does look slightly overcrowded.....are the roots showing at the bottom of the pot??  if so Yes I would repot into a bigger one maybe.
It looks healthy enough Julie....just needs room to grow.

If it were mine Julie I would surround the soil with pebbles...to hold the moisture in too.. :thumbsup:

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Just had a look underneath the pot Janis and there is one small root poking through :thumbsup:

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then I would just seperate the baby ones like Lesley says...

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Thanks Janis :thumbsup:

 

[Janimal]

You can use cactus compost which is good Julie.

Heres my cacti and succulents....the smaller one is in the same family as the Aloe vera...

 

[*Lesley*]

What Janis says is probably better but I just use ordinary decent quality compost, then keep them nice and moist, I am terrible with plants, I can kill cati and they apparentley thrive on neglect but I seem to be able to grow these pretty well, they must be quite hardy :lol:

When you split the babies try to get the whole thing roots n that and plant them quite deep for support, they will push their way up, if you do them too shallow they will lean over :thumbsup:

 

[Jaydiiee]

Firstly congratulations (w00t) and secondly my mum is a plant freak :- "

So i shall tell her to reply to this :thumbsup: :sweating:

 

[Janimal]

What Janis says is probably better but I just use ordinary decent quality compost, then keep them nice and moist, I am terrible with plants, I can kill cati and they apparentley thrive on neglect   but I seem to be able to grow these pretty well, they must be quite hardy :lol:
When you split the babies try to get the whole thing roots n that and plant them quite deep for support, they will push their way up, if you do them too shallow they will lean over :thumbsup:

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Yes agree with Lesley, ordinary compost will be ok if you havnt got the other cactus type.... I keep a small bag of it in the house just for my cacti...

and a few small stones at the bottom of the pot to weight it down and help with drainage...

then pack the compost in well around the sides to hold the plant upright as Lesley said too.. :thumbsup:

 

[jue332]

You can use cactus compost which is good Julie.
Heres my cacti and succulents....the smaller one is in the same family as the Aloe vera...

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Yes Janis you can tell it comes from the same family

Just been reading that link, some interesting info there but I hope Lesley hasn't given me one of those that grow to 2 foot in diameter (w00t) (w00t)

 

[Janimal]

They can grow big if you treat them right... :- "

heres my 'big ones' :lol: they do look a bit rude...

 

[whippetsrus]

I have several aloe vera's and usually end up having to get rid of them as they end up growing too large.

I suggest you pot it up using either a houseplant compost or compost for cactus/succulents and then give it a good water. Do remember that is does like plenty of natural light but not direct sunlight.

MOST IMPORTANTLY REMEMBER IT IS TOXIC TO DOGS so do be careful about were you put it.

Hope this helps.