How to Propagate Aloe by Division: A Detailed Guide to the Technique
Aloe propagation methods are divided into division propagation and cutting propagation, so how do you propagate aloe by division? What is the technique?
1. How to propagate aloe by division
Aloe division propagation is generally carried out in spring, autumn and winter each year. Dig up the small offsets that have tillered out beside the aloe plant together with their roots and plant them out. After planting is complete, water appropriately.
Although aloe division propagation can be carried out in spring, autumn and winter each year, the temperature conditions are most suitable for division propagation in spring and autumn.
In addition to the above method, division propagation can also use a division knife to separate the young shoots sprouted by the mother plant from the mother plant, but do not pull them out. Leave the young shoots in place and let them grow for a period (generally about half a month) to form an independent root system and reach a fully self-sustaining state, then transplant the young shoots with soil.
2. Aloe cutting propagation
Cutting propagation makes use of the characteristic that the lower ends of rootless aloe main stems and side branches can produce adventitious roots, separating them to propagate new aloe plants.
Aloe cuttings mainly use stem cuttings and root cuttings, while leaf cuttings are difficult to succeed with. Aloe cuttings can be done in the open field, or in protected greenhouse areas or greenhouses. Open-field cuttings can use open-field beds for mass propagation. Depending on the season, measures such as plastic covering protection or shade net shading can be appropriately taken to promote root development and adventitious bud production on aloe branches, so as to increase the survival rate of cuttings.
3. Main values of aloe
1. It has the effect of promoting healing of artificial wounds, and for rabbits with artificial conjunctival edema, aloe can shorten the number of days to recovery.
2. Isocitrate calcium and other substances in aloe have the effects of strengthening the heart, promoting blood circulation, softening hardened arteries, lowering cholesterol content and dilating capillaries, making blood circulation smooth and reducing cholesterol levels.