6 Tips To Growing Aloe Vera
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- Опубліковано 30 сер 2018
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In these 6 tips, you will learn that you can cut small pieces and use it to treat burns and acne or take larger pieces to produce your own cosmetics
Aloe Vera To keep it happy, plant aloe in a terra cotta pot with well-drained dirt. Your best bet is to mix equal parts sand and potting soil or buy a special succulent mix. The terra cotta also dries faster than other plastic or glazed containers.
Repot your Aloe Vera if the weight of the plant causes tipping, but otherwise, don't worry about giving it lots of space. This plant thrives in snug conditions.
Place your aloe in a bright, sunny place. Otherwise, it will go dormant and stop growing. Water the plant heavily about once every two weeks, waiting until the soil dries out fully. Since this is a desert species, keeping the dirt moist will cause the roots to rot. Limp or brown leaves also signal you've overdone the H20.
If you like, you can move your potted plant outdoors for the summer, but don't put it in direct sunlight right away. Gradually place it in a brighter spot every few days to prevent overexposure.
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For growing tips, start watching after 3 minutes😉
Yeah and then stop about three seconds later. This is a commercial for aloe not a growing guide
Thank you
Ty
He has lots of good tips after minute 3
Hue thank u so much 😹😹😹
One tip you haven’t mentioned. Is placing the pot, so that it hovers over a container underneath it that has water in it. (Not in the water and a decent gap).
It’s growth is massively accelerated because it senses and absorbs the moist air, as it would in the desert.
Just see...
This is because when they grow in the desert, they grow where there is moisture or water deep underground that the roots can sense and grow towards.
There’s a trade off point!
It’s also why they won’t grow in direct sunlight, as they bake dry...
P.s. this method is more for large specimen plants, if that’s what you want.
However, I find for harvesting, you are better with lots of smaller, healthier and more productive plants.
They also like condensation and get water out of the air, in the same way grass specifically gets water out of the cold air in the morning.(called the morning due)
As deserts have really high daytime temperatures and really cold mornings. The Aloe harvests water from above this way, even in a bone dry desert.
I’ve got mine in a glazed window box, on a shady window. So gets highs and lows, but not too direct. I also have a trench of sand under the pots, that I water and let dry out periodically.
This all gives me a grass like carpet of medium sided really healthy deep green plants...
Thanks.
Wow, thanks!
@petetf7490 wow can you send me pics of your sand trench, plants, and pot setup please? I just got an aloe and want her to be healthy
I live in Thailand and they grow so well and fast.
My tips.
They dont like to be moved from shade to bright in one go, do it gradually in stages, the shock will turn the stems brown.
I spray mine with hosepipe every day.
They only flower when the plant gets to 4yr old and the flower stem can be1m high.
I have never 'fed' mine but i do make sure the pots have a handful of garden compost.
Too much water causes stems to brown and go mushy but they will recover for sure.
Great tips thanks
I like the video
Thank you
I cannot hear a word he is saying because my phone 📱 has a sound problem I like to know so I'm just watching but can't hear my Blu
eyecatcher Hi from UK. Thanks for sharing your tips.
I have always had an aloe plant in the house. I grew up with one that my parents had. Everything you said is spot on. as an addition when the soil dries out completely I find that it helps to completely submerge the pot in water for half an hour or so, this allow the soil and the roots to get thoroughly soaked.
Thats a fantastic tip. Thanks for sharing that with the group. I am sure lots will be using that one including me 😁👌
I've grown lots of aloe. In the southwestern US, it spreads like crabgrass.
A lot of these tips are misleading. Every thing said in the video will work if you're growing a couple in a flower pot in a window, but that's not enough to do much with.
Do not grow it in a little pot. It's not a houseplant, even if that's how they're sold. It spreads through a massive rhizome system. You don't need a deep pot, but it should be wide. a 3x3' bed, 8" deep is perfect.
They LOVE full sun. You cannot have too much sun. You can however shock them if they were grown indoors, so harden them off gradually as you would seedlings.
Ideal potting mix is 50% vermiculite, 25% sand, 25% compost. Top dress with marble-sized river rock. The deters animals from digging in the loose soil, and helps retain heat near the roots at night, which aids in growth,
Fertilizing is primarily minerals. If you have just a few plants , up to about 1000, just use liquid cal-mag with iron twice a year. They're not heavy feeders, and like most desert succulents, they get the majority of their nitrogen from the air.
Watering: flood them once a week. Then let dry. You have a draining soil, these plants are adapted to flood/drought cycles.
They do not tolerate a hard freeze. A light frost is fine, but if it freezes, it's dead.
If you're using it medicinally (burn first aid for example), a dozen plants is fine. If you want it for cosmetic purposes, about 500 plants is the minimum, harvested in their second year. They spread fast under the correct conditions, so you only need to buy one of two plants and can scale up quickly.
They are photosensitive in terms of their growth stages. a 12-12 light cycle will keep them spreading, but 18-6 is ideal. In northern latitudes where day length is reduced for much of the year, they will stop spreading until they get their minimum 12 hours of light. They still grow, but it will be top growth, not rhizome growth.
Many of the health benefits are over-hyped. There's a lot of research, but health bloggers usually do a shit job at understanding research papers, lol. Almost every plant shows some anti-viral properties, but against which viruses (and do they even affect humans?), and to what extent are they effective. Anti-biotic, sure, as a topical treatment where it creates a physical barrier, but thymol (from thyme, bee balm etc) is a lot more effective... like 100 orders of magnitude more effective. People like to talk about the properties of plants in medicine, but they always neglect scales and measures, which is the most critical part.
Pest repellent... No. They're immune to most beetle, slug and snail damage if the plant is healthy. Though agave beetle grubs (the worms in tequila bottles) will hollow them out. In a northern climate, this won't be much of a problem.Their defense is they're hard for an insect to bite into.
My favorite use is to grow these like a lawn, and in the second year, till them into soil, incorporating the mucilage to improve water retention and remediate desiccated soil in large areas. In cold climates, obviously this won't work due to frost kill.
The other use is as a carrier for IBA (rooting hormone). Mix the powder with the mucilage and rooting gel for a fraction of the price of commercial gels. You can get a product similar to CloneX for 1/10th the price. Mix a teaspoon of IBA into a quart of aloe gel. Fill shot glasses with the rooting gel and cover with plastic wrap.Then poke your cuttings through the plastic wrap and root them in the shot glass with the gel. Things which are notoriously difficult to start from cutting can be done this way.
So instead of grass, you have aloes? As a lawn?
Thanks sooo much for such detailed info. I’m that girl 😂I learned a lot from your comment... far more than I did in this video!!!
You’re a rock star ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Many thanks. Just getting into gardening as have our first house and I've become obsessed with growing plants/veggies/fruit and even foraging lol. Il have to screenshot all this and put it into a foldEr on my phone. 🍃🌾🌳🌲🌱🌴👏
You are a Pro... Followed your advise for a month only and saw the difference in my aloe collection... Have repotted them in beds and they are flourishing... You are a god send... No more small pits of aloes for me 😍
@@chalseywilder937 I was wondering the same thing, hope for a reply
My first Vera was giving as a Mother’s Day gift and I feel in love. I now have 3. I love them
Awesome how are they growing? Sorry for the late reply
I went to a garage sale about 4 years ago and while walking up the drive way to the home I noticed that the property owner pulled up her aloe vera plants and threw them out near the street. I felt sorry for the plants. After I checked out her garage sale I was walking to my car and looked at the poor aloe vera plants and decided to ask the lady if I could have the dead looking plants out near the street. She said "take what you want". So I took the best ones (the least dead looking plants) and planted them in a shady place that does get some sun surrounded by nice trees. I made sure to plant them and water them. Well today the near dead Aloe Vera plants are big and green and beautiful!
So if you see some dead looking Aloe Vera plants thrown about save them by planting them. I love how the old near dead plants are now big and alive and very beautiful! By the way I live in Inland Empire California!
oh how lucky Sorry for the late reply
I recently got a baby aloe vera and I had a rough start, kinda overwatered it and had it in the sun. After watching this video I took it out of the sunlight and repotted it. Now it's back to its healthy green shade. Thanks a lot for the help💙
Thanks I certainly will be looking for it.
I dropped my phone because of that sound effect for the subscribe.
Yeah sorry I forgot to alter the subscribe sound normally I cut it right down but I didnt notice until after the upload
Correct
I jumped in my chair. Twice.
Thanks for the heads up.
😂😬😀
Hi I have been growing aloe for years. In fact I have over 100 plants. They grow directly into the ground. I never water them. They thrive except for a few whose leaves turn a bit orange near the tips.
I use the gel and juice at least a few times a week. I have found that the gel is tasteless.However, you have to make sure that you do not get any green on the gel when you remove it. That is what causes the bitterness. I use the juice for any marks on the skin. Or rub it on any injury. Leaving it on overnight. I also rub it on my face to prevent wrinkles. The gel I place in a glass with a bit of juice and drink it for my health
This is great information. Thank you for sharing!
JUST RECEIVED MY PLANT AS A GIFT 😍🤗 SO HAPPY.
I am so glad you have popped this here! I grow aloes. All over the house. I generally use normal potting soil with perlite over the top. All of them are from one mother, which I got about 12 years ago from a colleague, it was a baby. I still have the mother and for the past few years, my bit aloes have flowered. I have had a baby growing from the flower stem.
I use them straight on my skin. I take a bit of the frond and slice it open along the side, open it and just rub it onto my skin. I'd suggest a patch test for anyone doing this, before you put it on your face.
I use it on my eczema, scar tissue, sunburn etc.
I will try popping some of the 5 year olds into some big tubs. I'm running out of space though! 🌱
Thank you so much for including closed captioning!
Hi Dana. I try to get around to it on most of my videos, it depends on how busy I am, but I am trying to catch up with all the videos I havent done it on too, so bare with me
Years ago I bought 1 plant. I now have 6 enormous healthy plants and they are the pups of the first plant. I give many away. They certainly do thrive when root bound!
Thank you for your help, I've only started succeeding in keeping Aloe alive about2 years ago. I've been doing a couple things you advise not to, although they're doing fine and multiplying a lot. However I suspect they would do even better if I made these improvements.
My tips: The gel isn't bitter, it's the aloin from the skin that tastes that way. The gel tastes faintly like greens and just a tiny hint of tartness. They seem to love flourescent light. Final tip: cut off the bottom leaf from time to time and they will grow & multiply faster.
Excellent tips Baz. thats for sharing them with me and the community :)
Iv never grew this buy I can't wait to try
Hi Tony, I have Aloe growing in my kitchen window. I use it for burns I suffer while cooking, and it works like magic to ease the pain and blistering. I just squeeze the juice from a leaf on the burn as soon as it happens and it works instantly to sooth the pain! My Mom always had an Aloe plant growing in her kitchen.
Mel, that's a great place to grow it, right on hand when you need it. I think when these get some pups going I will put one there too. Thanks for the tip
Rog să se traducă in limba romana, mă interesează aloe vera barbadensis myler! T, V,
I have a very large aloe vera plant, plus 6 pups that I re-potted last summer. I spritz my plants once a week with Epsom salt dissolved in the water. The plants love it.
Oh Thats a great tip. Thanks
What’s the Espoo salt to water ratio?
I had one aloe plant and it keep making more and more no I have so many into pots there on my patio and doing really well my patio has direct sunlight for number of hours per day and you are right it does not take a lot of watering they're very green I'm huge thanks for your info have a blessed day
I love aloe but my last plant died.Beautiful flower garden but couldn' t grow aloe.I now have healthy plants purchased yesterday to start over.I really appreciate your tips! Thank you so much!
People : Kindly convey positive energy. No one is giving you negative energy. Like the real world we live in we try to helpeachother. If your energy is misdirected please find another venue such as exercise to realease your tension. Thank you Tony for your efforts.
Love those Golden rules. Certainly I too have made this mistake sonewhere aling the line. Lets not be hard on eachother and try too see the benefits. It only makes things better, right?
I currently have three planted in various parts of my garden. They are actually in ground and stay alive all year. Of course, where I am in San Diego, CA, I don’t get frosts so that makes it a little easier. I am looking forward to seeing your future videos on this multipurpose plant.
Thanks Cathie. Your so lucky not getting frosts im sure there will be plenty to follow
We have an aloe plant for a year or so now. It’s got 8-10 leaves and the tallest/longest are about 12+ inches. We have 100°+ days during the summer with relatively low humidity. I water approximately 1/2 cup about every other day to every five days and it seems to be very forgiving in its 8” terra-cotta pot. We will be transplanting it to a bigger pot with better drainage when it starts getting below 80° for the fall. Great video. Thank you!
Thats great. It looks like they are doing well atm potting them up will allow them to really push out some more leaves for u
Im now growing aloe plant so the tips are doing wonders for me thanks alot.
Brilliant Louis glad they are of help to you ::)
My mum always put alao on me if I had a burn or scape, works wonders.
I have 2 of my own now taken from my mums which is still going.
Brilliant, its such a great plant
What a lovely video. I'm pleased to learn that my aloe is happy. It was a gift to me as a pup who had just been repotted at the beginning of April, and we are now at the beginning of July and I've just noticed another pup just about breaching the soil.
This video was great at reassuring me that I'm doing well 😊
Wonderful! many more to come then
Thank you this is the best video I've ever Seen on aloe Vera so far , I look forward to more of your gardening tutorials
Hey, thats very nice oyou to say so. Thanks for your support :)
Thanks for tips. Over twenty years ago a customer gave me two tiny aloe vera shoots off her plant. I have grown aloe vera ever since. Thanks for the tip about cactus compost I'll try that. I seem to have done most of the things you recommend just by accident! My plants grow in the South window but very high up on the wall near the top of the window - that's to stop my cats from getting at them. I imagine this is giving them semi shade from the lintel. When I was in hospital recently they nearly died. I guess someone, being helpful, over watered them. But I re-potted what was left in new dry soil and eventually they began to sprout again. They are now growing vigorously. Aloe juice is especially useful if you burn or scald yourself. Its affect is almost miraculous!
I am so glad you managed to save them. Yes they are very useful plants to have around the house. I hope your well after your hospital visit
your passion is contagious
Thank you sir, for this wonderful video, and the great advice that you've given; God bless you.
Hi thanks, and welcome to the channel :) hope you find more videos of interest
He did say in the beginning he'd do that
I have never grown aloe vera before, this is the first time I have bought a plant. Good info!
thats great anne. hope it grows well for u
Never had one but just picked up 2 that are grown with pups. So I'm a complete newbie. Thank you for this video 😊
Great video. I really appreciate that you moved around a bit instead of carrying the same shot throughout the video to make it more interesting. I'm a new aloe plant owner myself but my Grandmother had them when I was growing up which is what inspired me to have my own.Thank you for all of the information, I seriously need the help. Definitely subscribing!
For those who can't find catus/succulent compost, here's a few alternatives:
Potting mix and perlite - perlite is used for drainage so water isn't kept for too long, it also helps with root stimulation. However, potting mix still is very fine and compact but my other aloe with this mix has done well.
I personally use this compost mix I made after the discovery of one more ingredient:
-perlite (drainage improvement)
-coco coir (helps drainage and provides nutrients, organic most times depends on sources)
-potting compost (has a bit of added vermiculite)
I use these all together and my aloe has been flourishing. It can be seen as an expensive individual purchase but it should last at least 2yrs unless the aloe has rapid growth and needed more soil!
great advice jade
@@simplifygardeningm
This actually helped me with some research thank you kindly
glad it was of help Sorry for the late reply. had some issues with comments not showing that they had not been answered, so I am getting through them
Thank you!!! Now i can take care of my plant easily!
Most welcome 😊
I've just repotted an aloe that's been sat on a South facing window cill for the last 12 MTHS.
Ive ended up repotting 10 plants now. I couldn't believe how many were crammed in the one pot. Two are baby aloes but the rest are between about 4 to 6/7 inches tall.
Gave one to my neighbour but still have two many plants now!
Yes Andy they do like south facing windows
I only have West facing windows 😳 Since Im at home most of the time, I move my plants out of the afternoon sun daily but it's not a practical longterm
Thank you ! I have my first aloe plant , and I didn't know why it was dying ... It was the soil . I had no clue I have to go change her out . Thank you 😊
Oh great hopefully you can save it
@@simplifygardening my aloe is happy and alive💕 after the soil change it took a while to see a difference . I was getting worried for a little bit there. I'm excited how big she'll get 🤗
Same!
I love aloe vera as a house plant. This plant has taught me how to care for it after loosing so many. I am doing a lot better. I put a wooden skewer in my pots to use for moisture checks. The tips given are appreciated. Thanks.
Awesone glad it helped
I am growing one for the first time now, after having seen several videos about how benefitial the little plant is
Thank you i for the info i just bought my first 2 aloe vera plants yesterday. subbed and liked your channel :)
Hey Dark Crystal. Thanks for the sub, and welcome to the channel. I have over 370 videos like this one, dig around you may find something else you like. I have new ones every week too :) Hope to get to know you over the coming weeks. Tony
Hi, how are they doing 2 years later?
Well said, I have been eating aloe every day for 4 years now, my joints, and hip pain are gone. My skin more moist and no more cracking heels in cold winter weather. It also help with my heart burn. I have 12 plants in my back yard, but they dont grow fast enough for me to consume.
Time for more plants then Cindy lol
Thanks for the tips. Never knew t could help heartburn. It figures. Will be trying this.
How do you eat an aloe vera plant?
@@lenac3587 I peel it off use the jelly inside to make smoothie with milk,banana , berries or spinach and protein powder. This will be my breakfast. No more joints pain, constipation, n heart burn. I am a hairdresser, I stand 10 hours every day, few of my clients try it and they love it. 😍
@@huynhcindy512 Thanks for sharing, love it! Will try and see if it relieves muscle soreness from workout. :)
Aloe is a skin saver from burns. I've used it for years, but I usually buy a bottle and keep it in the refrigerator. This year I want to try and grow one so I can stop paying for it. Your tips are very helpful, thank you!
Hi I grow aloe in So California. One tip I have learned over the years using aloe. Finely trim the spike edges and put leaf in a standing cup with a couple inches of water for 10 min. A brownish fluid will drain out, that is toxic. Rinse and use.
Thanks for the information in growing Aloe Vera, very helpful. :-)
Glad it was of interest Jean. Have you ever used Aloe before?
Hi my name is Bob I live in Elkhart Indiana I just got interested in this aloe vera plant I've got three of them right now they're still small do you have any ideas or tips for me to help me along with this I love to hear from you on messenger or call me 1 2 6 9 845-6235 thanks
Hi I’m Jimmy from Canada
Thank you for your help
This is my first Ahloa Vera plant
Jimmy it will be thriving in no time mate. Just follow the steps and it will be golden. Welcome to the channel :)
*Aloe
I just bought two last week and it's growing fast....l place them by ny bedroom window...now I gotta move them I think its hitting the glass...Thank you for your knowledge on theses plants helps indeed
Glad you enjoyed the video
thank you very helpful
This is a great vid + you have a soothing voice + your grapes look amazing, thank you
thanks Tye. sorry about the late reply, YT didnt notify me of a load of comments
Aloe thrives on near neglect. You don't have to do much
Thanks Ruby. great point
No wonder my friend could keep it that well, and mine is starting to look famished :p.
He's awful with plants, and I care for mine every day. Although my Aloe didn't like that one bit, so here I am.
Yeah, seems I just gotta move that plant into my bedroom and forget it's existence :p
I wouldnt say so. I neglect mine and they strive and look not healthy for years now.
I WATERED MINE LIKE 5 TIMES A YEAR
1 PLANT TURNED INTO 100s
I had forgotten about my aloe on my windowsill for 2 months and when I finally remembered I had them and checked on them, they were still alive and looked exactly like how I had left them. I have a greener than green thumb, but I wasn't expecting them to live completely forgotten.
They did live and are still living
Thanks for all your info. Enjoyed it
Very useful, thanks.🙂
You’re so sweet and Informative!! New subby
Great channel bro. Just got my Aloe Vera plants today.
Awesome Alexander
I started having aloe about 7yrs ago. 3 years later, all but one plant had made it. I had no idea how to care for them. mostly I would get a few and give them away as gifts. The ones I kept died. I figured it was from too much water, so I gave them much less water, but still every day! for a long time. the living ones stayed the same size. After repotting one of them, it suddenly got bigger and I still have that one, along with many more. The most important tip you mentioned I think, don't water them often! I love it!
Thank you very much for your advice
I've never grown Aloe myself but might start with a couple of plants next year.
I think its well worth having some about even just for burns
Great video, extremely informative as usual - had to look up inorganic compounds just then. I love this plant and so I found this video very helpful. Also my bucket potatoes are doing great. Thank you :-)
Glad to hear that they are doing well for you :)
Wife and I just bought our first two plants last week. Thanks for the tips video
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Nice Roy you guys will love them as they grow
Thank you for a beautiful presentation!
Thanks mate
I have Aloe vera plants in home thanks for the tips how to takecare of them
Thanks for commenting and letting me know you enjoyed the video. I really appreciate it
I just made soap got see how good it work.
Thank you for this advice!
Sorry for the late reply. I have been unwell. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Thank you 🙏
I have one and it's growing nicely. I'm interested in learning tips on how to take better care of it. I did notice that it doesn't like direct sunlight. Thank you for your video
Hi patricia. Thanks I am looking into doing another video on them a little later in the year so stay tuned
I use it on insect bites and it stops the itching immediately.
John i never thought of doing that
I'll need to try that!!
Will have to try that. The midges have been hungry this year.
Confirmm it works ♡
@@GladysJeannette my sister used it for sun burns she says its better than using after sun so its an amazing plant
I now starting grow them.I just love their looks.Thank you for your tips they are very useful to me.
You are so welcome
I've jxt started growing mine and I put them directly to the sun every morning till night. I learned one thing out of all you said; not to place them under the sun! Thanks
Good stuff. They do like the sun but not constantly. These are huge now
Thank you great footage..I've been using Aloe vera for years amazing beauty product..new subscriber..stay safe everyone Blessings 🌻
Thanks and welcome to the channel, its great to have you here
I have half a dozen pots filled with aloe vera plants. My technique? Stick one plant in a pot with soil of any type. Place pot outdoors under a very shady tree. Water a couple of times a week if it's not raining frequently. Put it indoors in the winter to keep it from freezing. In one to two years you will have a pot overflowing with plants. Note the thick shade also has the advantage of keeping a lot of the rainfall off the aloe so it doesn't get too much water. Direct sun seems to be it's worst nightmare.
Great tips thanks :)
Great video, thank you for your time
Thanks for commenting and letting me know you enjoyed the video. I really appreciate it
Thanks for the tips. You have a soothing voice and very likeable 👍👍
Another great video Tony. Is it possible to take cuttings etc from the Aloe Vera plants? We have been searching the garden centers but everyone of them have sold out of Aloe Vera plants! My wife got one from one of her friends a few days ago, it's roughly the same size as the one you're holding when you explain about the advantage of the earthenware pots! I have the perfect pot in the greenhouse and it hasn't been used, a brilliant idea thanks. What about adding a pinch of epsom salts to the sandy mix? Would the plant gain anything from the epsom salts? Thanks again Tony👍😆👍BIG THUMBS UP 👍😎👍
It is possible to grow one from a leaf that's calloused over but, it's hit and miss. The best way is to grab a pup off someone's plant. They're always shooting out new plants to the sides.
Did you know the aloe plants only flower every seven years or so? A lovely sight to see.
Mine flowered last year and it has grown huge in my conservatory, even coping with the cold in winter.
The gel from inside of it's leaves is the BEST thing to put on frostbite. Lotion made my frostbite itchy/worse,,, aloe quickly took away all the pain and healed it.
Great tip! Thanks for sharing it with the community :)
Thank you for the tip my friend..
Any time!
If you want to eventually ingest your aloe (aloe water), do I need to plant in organic soil, organic feed...? Can I use regular cactus soil, Thanks!
Yes to all questions if your going to ingest it then ensure to use organic and cactus soil will be fine
And don't use fertilizers... 😉
I thought the aloe plant was toxic and even ingesting a little bit can cause problems
Deborah Awoyemi parts of it, the very inner gel is fine to consume but the gel touching the leaves is not. Dunno though, just what I’ve heard
Before you consume aloe vera you must wash the gel 7 times in clean water everytime. Otherwise it's toxic
Thank you for the tip My Aloe grew tall and drying a d sported I didn't know what to do PLEASE help Thank you
Hi Toyin, sorry what you mean a d sported?
My own aloe vera is growing very slowly and I like to see a healthy and green need help my Blu phone has sound problem can't hear nothing need help to get fast growing aloe vera plant
@@helenagarnette424 I always plant a part of banana peel into my pots when transplanting or repotting. All my plants have benefitted from this habit.
Thanks to your tips I have rescued my aloe vera plant. I thought the plant likes sunlight thus had been putting it under the direct sunlight. I live on a tropical island so the sun is really strong and noticed the plant getting weaker each day. I find the information on the benefits of the plant at the beginning of the video useful.
Glad I could help!
Love your videos! Great advise, things I’ve never knew or thought of for gardening!
So nice of you
I just started using it for my hair. I am looking for information to start growing my own aloe vera plant.
Thats great Sheila. So many folks are using it for personal grooming and health benefits. Hopefully these tips will help you grow yours
Sheila Humphrey-Morris * Do you use on hair ends or roots and what does it do for your hair
@@nickischneider6771 it's very beneficial for skin and hair , I use it for hairgrowth, it reduces hair fall completely,, before shampoo 1 hr
I have one in a large glass pot full of bark chips no soil or additives.gets watered when someone remembers & it grows like mad so much so I’m about to separate it into more pots
That's a great idea Guy the brak chips would hold water without rotting the roots
Guy Martin, can you please tell me where do you get bark chips? I need some for my aloe Vera plant; thank you and God bless.
@@skinnydee1886 You can buy big bags of bark chips in garden centres.
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What kind of bark chips should I buy? I saw a few in a garden centre, and one was cedar, is cedar a good one to buy?
And would I've to mix the bark chips with the soil or manure to plant Aloe Vera?
I'll be patiently awating your answer. Thank you and God bless.
@@skinnydee1886 You don't need to mix any manure or soil into it, like guy Martin says: just the chips are enough. I don't know about cedar chips, I probably would use pine bark chips, but why don't you give the cedar a try, a bag of it probably won't be that expensive and if it doesn't work out well for the aloe vera and if you have a garden you can use it to cover the soil in between plants to keep the soil moist.
THANKYOU so very much!
Glad it helped!
You're a good guy !! for your good explanation, thanks for sharing !!
Thank you Jesus. appreciate your feedback and comment :)
tips starts at 3:00 by the way focus on the tips in growing aloe as per video title. not everything about aloe.
From my experiences growing allow:
-Leave them alone
-1/2 Dirt, 1/2 potting soil works great
-Let them stay root bound
-Don't water them. Just let them be outside. I'm in the central US and my just hangs out on my back deck.
-If you think it's dead, it's not. You over watered it or aren't giving it proper drainage. Leave it alone.
-It doesn't need sandy soil for pots. Just plenty of holes in the bottom.
Will try this
Here in Philippines you have to spray the leaves & water aloe vera regularly or it will dehydrate..
Great video!
thanks sorry about the late reply, YT didnt notify me of a load of comments
Started growing my aloe plant this fall. Bought from a local store. Don't have any tips to add. Thanks for the video, it answered some of my questions.
thanks for watching Sorry for the late reply. had some issues with comments not showing that they had not been answered, so I am getting through them
I recently put 3 plants in the ground but will have to move to pots. The rabbits have nearly eaten them all.
Very shiney healthy looking rabbits in your area? 😘
Great video Tony :) I've heard that the older leaves tend to be less bitter if you wish to eat them. Virtually tasteless if you just scoop out the gel inside. I didn't realise before that they can actually turn in to some pretty impressive trees in the right conditions. I'm not sure if all varieties do, but if you've never seen them it's certainly worth a google!
You mentioned insecticides in the video - this is a bit off topic, but something I've been curious about - Why is Spinosad not popular/available in the UK? From what I can tell it is legal (approved by the EU) but it just doesn't seem to be around. I've actually heard stories of it being confiscated at customs though, so I'm really not sure on its status. I ask as the Americans love it and with good reason, it's an organic bacteria that absolutely wipes out pests - stronger than anything else available to the public IMO. The major drawback to it (and I'm assuming maybe the reason it's not available in the UK???) is that it's pretty bad for bees, so can't be used at specific times of the year. Just wondering if you knew anything about it or its legal status?
Here's a quick wiki quote for you if you're not familiar with it:
"Spinosad has high efficacy, a broad insect pest spectrum, low mammalian toxicity, and a good environmental profile, a unique feature of the insecticide compared to others currently used for the protection of grain products.[5] It is regarded as natural product-based, and approved for use in organic agriculture by numerous national and international certifications."
I am not sure Olly, I will have a look into it as I get some time. I do like to check out new things, Yes certain varieties can get up there but the ones most can get in this country are max 2ft
UK Here We Grow Cheers Tony, I appreciate that. It's something I've wondered about for a while. If you were to go on Amazon and look for a product like "Captain Jack's Dead Bug Brew" it would give you an example of it. You can quite legitimately order it off amazon and have it delivered to the UK, but I'm still not sure that means it's legal and I've never seen a UK supplier of it before. Perhaps I've just not been looking hard enough though. Or maybe it's a product not approved for public use in the UK? Either way, cheers for having a look in to it bud :)
Yeah they usually dont do that our environmental agencies are much strictor than they are in the US so certain things that may benefit us never make it here
Thanks for the video. I was just waiting for you to demonstrate how to transplant for the beginners like me 😊
Sorry Sandra. I will try and cover it better next time :)
I’ve one that was only watered about 4 times in 3 years as was in my old bedroom. Was still living!! Don’t get me wrong it looked sorry for itself but still alive. Took it to my own house took parts off it and made new plant now it’s thriving. Very easy to keep. Neglect is near ideal for it.
I tried to grow it but once I harvested it, it just didn't look good anymore. How do you harvest it and can you root cuttings from it?
If you spot a leaf (not strictly a leaf but you know what I mean) with a shallow root at its base, it's worth carefully digging around it with your fingers and cutting it out at the base to transplant. The leaf should be about six to eight inches long and look healthy; if your plant has half a dozen leaves or more it won't miss one. I don't have a greenhouse but I was usually OK doing this in summer for plants in pots outdoors and keeping the cuttings indoors until the following year. I kept all mine indoors except for maybe four months in summer; don't put them outside in full sunlight and they'll be happy up against a wall that gives the heat back off at night.
Mary Kay Layman Hello, I have had success rooting cuttings a couple of different ways. With a clean knife cut a leaf about 3.5 inches long and set it aside for 2 weeks so the cut end can callus. Then using a *slightly damp* mix of half potting soil/half sand pot the cutting about an inch deep. *Do not water for one week* then water thoroughly. Place in bright indirect light and give it a tablespoon of water (if dry) once a week until you see new growth then water thoroughly about every other week. Always do the touch test as Tony says about the watering and clay pots are best. Best hope for your success, Kristi
Not root cuttings Mary but you can cut the leaves from the root base and plant those, they will root and start a new plant
UK Here We Grow , directly into the soil?
Yes Mary at the bottom of the stem the leaf wraps around so there would be an entire circle if you slid it off the bottom, but slit it and then pull it off and plant intot he soil, it will root, If you want to speed up rooting and don't have rooting hormine you could use raw honey this is very good to use as a rooting hormone
''aloe does not like direct sunlight'',mine is placed exactly where the sun is. lol
Ive found much better results out of direct sun
great video, thanks Tony
i like aloe
mine been sitting on direct sunlight for half day everyday
and they are doing very well
Excellent. Im hoping for mine to start to really thrive this year
Who else loves his accent?😭😅
Me :) lol
Are you a Welshman? Charming in any case!!
I love his accent
@@avega8030 Thanks Alga :)
@@billTO Yes I am Welsh :)
I've come to the conclusion that Aloe Vera are trying to take over the world. My workmate gave me some pups at the beginning of the year, some grew, some died. I put one large pup in a pot too big for it and a couple of other pups in reasonably sized pot. All of them are growing pups, all have roots growing out of the bottom of the pot. I'm running out of space and people to give them to. I think next year will be a "free to a good home" situation. They are taking over the world, tell every...*muffled screams of terror*
UK Grow wow Amazing
Thanks for shared
Thanks Mia, glad it was of interest to you :)
good day to you Tony !! thanks for sharing this awesome advice and information about Aloe Vera !!..............simon
Thanks Simon aporeciate it