What Is Aloe Vera Gel Good For

Galling on aloe plants is caused by aloe mites, insects so tiny you can't see them without a magnifying glass. Looks like aliens have invaded the tissue and colonized it? Learn how to spot the mites and what to do about the problem.Aloe vera plant distortion...

The majority of gardeners will find it easier to grow the plant inside alone in a container or as part of a succulent display.Water deeply but rarely and let the soil dry out between watering.

When growing aloe vera plants, plant them in aor a regular potting soil that has been amended with additionalor building sand. Keep reading to learn more about how to care for an aloe vera plant.The first step in aloe vera plant care is to realize that...

Gradually expose the plant to light when transitioning to outdoor life to prevent sunburn and let it acclimate to the new conditions. It is commonly grown as a house plant but a lucky few zones can grow them year around outdoors.

As long as each pup has some roots still attached, they should be fine.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });, leave the plants out for at least one night in a warm, dry place.

Either way, the live plant juices are a good nutritional supplement just as any leafy green, and the texture adds interest to juices.In addition to harvesting aloe for its nutritional benefits, you can pick the leaves as needed for the treatment of minor...

Keep the pot in bright but indirect light where temperatures are warm. Succulents and cacti are remarkably forgivable and quite easy to propagate. Sometimes, you don't need a knife and the pup will just pull away from the parent.

Cacti are fairly easy tofrom cuttings, but aloe vera cuttings, with their high moisture content, rarely become viable plants. Often, people want to share their aloe plants with friends and wonder how to start an aloe plant.

On average, watering an aloe once per week is enough, but if plants are exposed to extreme sunlight and heat, a touch test is necessary.This is the easiest way to tell if the soil is too dry.

You want an upright, sturdy aloe. The good news is that there is likely an easy fix. A simple watering strategy for aloe is to wait for the soil to dry out entirely and then wet it completely.

The leaves are a great indicator of the moisture needs of this plant. Brown aloe vera plants may be suffering from too much or too little moisture, but other causes might be excess salt in soil, fungal disease, sun scorch, chemical toxicity or nutrient...

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Admittedly the cut-off between a shrub and a tree is somewhat arbitrary, but fortunately there are very few aloes that 'sit on the fence' between the two.a view of some tree aloes in winter in the Huntington Gardens, one of the world's best collection...

Like most desert plants, succulents should be placed in a sunny location and watered sparingly. Many succulent plants are native to desert regions and are kept only as houseplants in colder parts of the United States.

Note this is one long rosette of leaves (over 30 leaves)- but rosettes shrink to 1/3 that as they branchYoung tree in private garden, winter, southern CaliforniaNicely colored plant in dry winter, flowering, private garden, southern CaliforniaPair of...

The following photos are of aloes with cultivational or species names that start with the lettes 'D' through the letter 'L'. For more aloe flowers, please see the other 3 articles on this subjectIt is hard to appreciate the beauty of these flowers except...

And some have less than amazing flowers as well. The following is a list of some of the aloe flowers growing in southern California, starting with the Aloe species starting with 'M' and going through 'R'.

The following is a pictorial introduction to aloe flowers that can be enjoyed in cultivated plants in the southwest US. Aloe flowers vary tremendously in size, shape, color and seasonal occurence.

This article is partly to help the reader clear up some of the confusion that is common with identifying and growing spotted aloes Not a very organized or terribly informative article...

Many species from Madagascar I have not even heard of.But in general these are some of the most colorful and fascinating species, as well as some of the more marginal ones that can be grown in southern California (much of Madagascar is far more tropical...

But there does not appear to be any such organization for plants like Aloes.From what I understand, at least as it pertains to things like creating hybrid Aloes, all one really needs to do to ‘officially' name a hybrid is to be the first to publish...

Somehow it still seems to ‘sneak' in, though).Watering with an antifungal mixed in (very dilute) is not a bad idea, though some say this slows the seedlings down a bit.There are probably as many soil and soil combinations that would work as there are...

But if that were not enough to attract a collector's attention, many aloes also have some of the best flowers of all the succulents, rivaling the most spectacular flowers of all plants.

Black pepper contains a compound called piperine, which increases nutrient absorption in general, and the coconut oil coats the turmeric, keeping it from being destroyed as quickly by stomach acids.

Resilient and adaptable, it tolerates wide-ranging soils and urban pollution, and it usually scoffs at wind. Its BTUs fall short of prime hardwoods, but hackberry logs rate higher on heat than most other soft-wooded trees.

Gatorade has a proven record of helping people hydrate, but the beverage is not so good for plants.The basic ingredients in Gatorade are water, sugar, carbohydrates and electrolytes -- potassium and sodium.

Last photo is of aloe over a year later, apparently 'cured' of the infection, but now a bizarre multiheaded version of what is supposed to be a solitary species.Unfortunately the only way to tell if a plant is infected is to see the abnormal tissue growth.The...