Content
- What you should know about the roots of aloe vera
- Moderate watering keeps the roots healthy
- Rooting cuttings and offshoots
- Renewing rotten roots
- Tips
The roots of aloe vera are prone to root rot
What you should know about the roots of aloe vera
Too frequent watering and waterlogging in the pot leads to rotten roots and dying of the plant. If the leaves are not affected, the aloe vera plant may be rescued by completely removing the roots.
If the aloe vera from the African desert is poured too often and the excess water is not removed, it creates waterlogging in the pot, which not only promotes the formation of fungi on the foliage, but also causes the roots to rot. The rot on the leaves, so that they are soft and possibly get brown spots.
Moderate watering keeps the roots healthy
Aloe vera is one of the succulents that have the ability to store water in their leaves. Therefore, sparing casting directly onto the substrate is advisable. The sandy soil and a drainage layer should also ensure that the irrigation water can drain well. The young plants, which in any case can not store so much water, should be poured very carefully.
Rooting cuttings and offshoots
At the root of aloe vera arise with the offspring - the small mini aloes, which lack only their own roots. In addition, from the leaves of Aloe Vera cuttings can be obtained. The rooting of offshoots and cuttings requires the following steps:
Renewing rotten roots
If the roots of your aloe vera are damaged by waterlogging, the plant otherwise makes a healthy impression, it can possibly be rescued by radically renewing the roots. To do this, remove the aloe vera and root ball from the pot. This is easier if you do not pour the aloe for a long time. After separating the above-ground part of the plant from the root, one proceeds with the adult aloe vera as described above for cuttings / offshoots.
Tips
Until the formation of new roots, the plants should be protected from the sun and even less than usual be poured.