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How to Fix an Overgrown Aloe: 3 Ways
26.09.2024 - 21:13 / balconygardenweb.com / Editorial Team
Aloe vera is a hardy succulent known for its soothing gel, healing qualities, fleshy, serrated green leaves with white flecks, and upright habit. However, the plant may start spilling over or growing unruly for various reasons. Hence, we show you how to fix an overgrown aloe.
Aloe typically grows outwards from a central stalk—the backbone of the rosette arrangement of aloe vera leaves. And new growth spirals out from this center. Now, a few factors may lead to it growing out of control, toppling over, or getting leggy.
Not trimming the central stalk for a long time is a key cause. Aloe loves its personal space to bloom and groom itself. It vigorously produces offsets that vie for more space, sun, and nutrition, and these shoots will grow wild, out-competing the rest of the plant for resources.
So, an overgrown central stalk, a pot that is too small, and imbalanced light dispersal will lead to overcrowding, leggy, asymmetrical, and haphazard growth, and ultimately, your aloe’s ruin. These issues can be easily tackled by following our guide. Read on!
Aloe vera naturally produces pups or offsets—smaller plants that grow alongside the parent. So, if your mother plant is a bit overzealous and has quite a few pups to spare, propagate them into separate plants. Here’s what you do:
Pull apart the offsets gently from the plant or cut them from the roots with a sharp, clean knife, and snip off the dry tips with scissors.
Then, pot them up separately in a container that is big enough to accommodate their adult size to prevent overgrowth issues from recurring.
This frees up space for the parent to breathe while considerably expanding your aloe collection. It also reduces the risk of diseases.
Read this guide to learn more about aloe. You
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