i have seen branches at the base of the plant, yet no seperate root system for these "buds". is it a good idea to carefully snap 'em off and replant them, or let them sit in water? or maybe they, in time, will shoot out roots like runner plants?
just in case it'll help, here's a description of the aloe and its growing conditions....
this aloe is five years old, and has never reproduced before. it is grown in a two-gallon plastic flower pot, and weighs nigh on thirty pounds, at least. (not including the weight of the dirt and pot) it is grown on a shaded balcony with probably... four to five hours of sun every morning, and receives copious watering. it's soil is a mixture of topsoil, composted cow manure, and miscellaneous composted plant wastes from my garden.
2006-07-20 07:57:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
this plant has Never produced flowers. :)
if that helps....
2006-07-20 09:04:21 · update #1
Far as I know you can break off and either put in water until roots develop or put directly in soil as Long as you keep the soil damp. Should be relatively easy to grow. Be brave and experiment, it's hard to hurt this plant.
2006-07-20 08:03:52 · answer #1 · answered by gary o 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You pull the whole plant out of the container, soil and all, and separate all the plants in their own separate pots. When you do you will see the roots on the baby aloes. Do not snap them off. Gently separate them and your aloe collection will grow. I have never had an aloe vera plant bloom and I have grown them for many years. Blooms have nothing to do with the plants reproducing around the base. It is nice to give any extra plants you don't want to others.
2006-07-20 12:42:47 · answer #2 · answered by Goldenrain 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never break them off. They will in all likely hood have a very hard time growing roots and you will not end up with a normal aloe plant. Wait for the shoots to grow roots and get 4-5 leaves. Them pull them carefully from the base strait out of the dirt. They should slide right out if the dirt is properly dry(ish). Then plant them and soak them the first day. After that treat them just like the big one.
2014-02-18 12:12:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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my giant aloe is having babies! i'd like to replant them, but i have no experience with aloe reproduction.
i have seen branches at the base of the plant, yet no seperate root system for these "buds". is it a good idea to carefully snap 'em off and replant them, or let them sit in water? or maybe they, in time, will shoot out roots like runner plants?
just in case it'll help,...
2015-08-16 14:50:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aloe is a very forgiving plant, it"s best to devide them anyway. Just be gentle pullig on the roots and replant the babies!!
2006-07-20 08:09:00 · answer #5 · answered by ube40 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5 years without babies. Obviously tells you that scientists are full of **** when they talk about species reproducing asexually.
Obviously you have a female plant. Using the wind the sperm of another aloe plant never reached her for 5 years.
I also don't have experience with plant reproduction.
What do i look like! A gardener! Leave me Alone!
2006-07-20 08:05:51 · answer #6 · answered by Jerry H 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think the poor thing just needed time to get ready for the babies -- the flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) -- so this is not a female plant out of touch with a male!!
From Plants for a Future:
"Division of offsets when available, usually in spring. The plants produce offsets quite freely and they can be divided at any time of the year as long as it is warm enough to encourage fresh root growth to allow re-establishment of the plants. Pot up and grow on in the greenhouse until established. "
2006-07-20 08:21:42 · answer #7 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋