It's the hottest time of the year again. Are many flower lovers' aloes no longer so jade-green? Do the leaves have spots, or are they soft and drooping or yellow at the tips, with not even a hint of new shoots? That's because you haven't grown them right. If aloe is grown well in summer, new shoots keep coming and the leaves are green and thick. Follow along and learn, and you won't have to worry about aloe growing in summer; by autumn a pot full of tender shoots will make people envy you no end!

Reasonable light

Everyone knows aloe loves light, and thinks it can be freely sunned in summer, but the result is either sunburned gray or sunburned limp! Potted aloe is different from aloe planted in the ground; its roots are not very developed, and when the light is too strong the leaves go soft, the leaf tips dry up, and the color is not jade-green. So,in summer do not keep aloe in a spot with strong sun; keep it in semi-shade as much as possible, or on an east balcony or east window, that is, a place where it can get some light but the light is not too strong.This will ensure the normal growth of the aloe, and even in hot weather above 35 degrees C, it will keep growing vigorously!

Keep the potting soil slightly dry

The most common mistake people make when growing aloe in summer is always being afraid it will die of dryness, so they water it every day. As a result, the aloe does not die of dryness but instead drowns, and even if it does not drown, it is half dead.Wrinkled, soft, not plump leaves, and yellow-brown patches on the leaves, are all caused by overwatering. Aloe has good drought tolerance. In summer, letting the potting soil stay a little drier nourishes the roots better and makes it easier for offsets to burst out.Moreover, aloe stressed this way has plumper leaves, full of gel inside.

Fertilize appropriately

Growing aloe without fertilizing, yet still wanting it to burst with offsets, is unreasonable and unscientific. Most plants go dormant in the hot summer, but aloe does not, so as long as the light is suitable and the nutrients keep up, it will burst with offsets. Those friends who keep complaining that their aloe does not produce pups, have you been fertilizing?When growing aloe in summer, you can water it once a month with a dilute organic fertilizer solution. When watering, pour from the edge of the pot, not over the top. With sufficient nutrients, it would be hard for the aloe not to grow fat!

Clean up old leaves

When the leaves at the bottom of the aloe are no longer plump and their color does not look good, you can clean them off in time. Orif you want the aloe to sprout offsets, pull off a few of the old leaves at the bottom to expose the stem, let the wounds dry in the air for a few days, then spray a little monopotassium phosphate solution on the stem, once every ten days, three times in a row, and the offsets will grow!If you don't have monopotassium phosphate at home and just want to be a laid-back plant grower, pulling off a few of the old leaves at the bottom appropriately also helps produce new shoots!

Seeing this, flower lovers, do you know how to grow aloe in summer now?As usual, a quick summary: semi-shade care, good ventilation, less watering, light fertilizing, and cleaning up old leaves will let aloe grow as usual in summer and sprout as usual!