Aloe is extremely beneficial for many different things including soothing a sunburn. This plant is also incredibly easy to grow and multiply! The one downside of propagating aloe is that you need to wait until the aloe decides to create more baby plants.
If you have an aloe that isn’t producing pups (baby plants), try planting in a fairly confined container. Make sure there is still room for the pups though! It’s possible that it just needs more time, too. If you are fortunate to have babies growing from your parent plant, it’s super easy to have additional independent plants!
As you can see here, my plant has produced many pups!
Basically you just need to get those babies out! You can either gently pull them out, just be sure to get a good root along with it when you pull, or you can remove all the plants from the pot and separate them by pulling them apart. Because I had so many babies this time, I chose to remove them all from the pot and separate them. I also wanted to change out my dirt so this way worked well for me!
Once you have separated each plant, you can just repot them in a new home! Be sure to use a succulent friendly dirt so your plant can thrive! Also make sure to water it, but only a little bit because they are very small!
I also switched out the dirt and repotted my parent plant back into her pot. Maybe she will produce some more babies soon! Everybody seems happy in their new home!
Because I didn’t have or have room for 13 pots, I had to put a few in each pot… but I will transplant them when they get bigger and need their own space! They all are now in my south facing windows soaking up the sun!
Do you have other tips or tricks to propagating your aloe? Let me know in the comments! I love all things plants! 🙂
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