Planting and Caring for Aloe Vera

Aloe vera is a plant familiar to the ear. Besides being very easy to maintain, this plant was known to have many benefits and efficacy.

Aloe vera is usually grown in pots as an ornamental plant. The leaves are dark green to pale green; in the back of the colored leaves white spots. Slender leaf shape, thickness and on the small jagged edges.

If you are interested to plant and grow these plants, here are some tips that can be used as a guide.

- It took a while for aloe vera to grow indoors. However, Aloe Vera can be grown indoors or outdoors. These plants need natural light and will grow well when the gain of direct light for about 4 hours a day. The color will be brown when the contact is excessive sunlight. On the afternoon of aloe vera need 68-72 degrees Fahrenheit temperature, and nighttime 50-55 degrees Fahrenheit.

- Use a pot with a planting medium and watering well. Suitable planting medium consists of a mixture of garden soil, one part manure or compost, one part sand, and half of the charcoal powder. Cultivated in the planting medium rather ekring conditions, should not be too wet. Because aloe vera one type Succulent, not too frequent watering.

- Make sure the soil or sand in the pot dry before watering. Make sure there are holes in the bottom of the pot so water can flow easily.

- Plants that do not need to be newly purchased directly fostered in the first years. Wait until next year

-insert into the pot again performed when the media has become a solid and already meet the potted plants. insert into the pot can be done every time.