Cut an aloe once and side shoots will keep sprouting until it quickly fills the pot

Aloe grows faster in spring and autumn, the plant grows relatively tall, and the main stem gets too long, so it needs to be beheaded. If the aloe is found to be growing crooked or has root rot, it also needs to be beheaded. Let's take a look at the specific method of operation below!

Beheading aloe when it grows tall:

When the aloe grows too tall, behead it by cutting at the stem, and pull off some leaves.

Let the wound of the beheaded part dry first, and prepare soil with good drainage and air permeability. You can use peat soil + perlite to mix it, and plant the beheaded part into the soil. During the rooting period, it needs proper shading from light, and bury a few granules of slow-release compound fertilizer or cooked soybeans in the potting soil, once every 10 days, for 2~3 times in a row, keeping them farther from the roots. With sufficient nutrients and watering after the soil dries out, the side shoots will keep sprouting.

Beheading aloe with root rot:

When you find the place where the aloe has root rot, first pull off a few leaves from the lower part of the plant, then behead it. After beheading, apply carbendazim solution to the cut to disinfect it and prevent infection, then prepare soil and replant it. After potting, water it immediately with rooting water. It is suitable to plant in autumn and spring.