Aloe Vera and all the other plants that belong to this genus are warm-climate plants but can be grown in cold temperate regions as well. This succulent is a low-maintenance plant and is often killed due to extra care. You can either grow it in a pot or on the ground. But if you live below USDA Zone 9, plant it in a pot because it doesn’t tolerate frost.

Aloe Plant Care & Growing Requirements

*Do you know a well-cared aloe vera plant can live up to 100 years?

Sunlight

Aloes love the sun. If the right amount of sunlight is given, the plant perks up quickly and produces fat fleshy leaves, although overexposure turns the leaves yellow and thin. Put it in a location where it receives plenty of sunlight but shade in the afternoon.

You can also grow it indoors; it’s EASY, but at least a couple of hours of direct sunlight is essential.

Watering

Its fat serrated leaves store water like many other succulents. If you overwater it, the plant will die from root rot. It is better to let the soil dry out between watering spells. To check, poke your finger 2 inches deep down in the soil and check whether the moisture is there or not. If it’s dry, then and only then water your aloe plant.

Soil Type

Use soil mix formulated especially for succulents. Aloe vera requires a well-drained growing medium with neutral soil pH.

Rootbound

Rootbound is the state in which a plant has no space left in a pot to spread its roots, and it starts to encircle them around the root ball.

Fertilizer

Aloes don’t require much fertilization, but when a plant is growing in a container after a point of time, soil nutrition gets consumed by the plant, which is why it is better to feed the plant with general purpose fertilizer during the growing season (in summer 2-3 times, in cooler zones).

Pests and Diseases

Aloe is usually quite pest-resistant but sometimes suffers from mites, aphids, and diseases like root rot due to improper care and overwatering.

Also Read: How to Re-pot Aloe Plants

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  • Wyvonda Marcum

  • August 28, 2017 At 3:33 pm

  • I am having a problem with gnats coming out of my inside plants. What is the solution? Is there anything you can put in the soil?? I keep vinegar water by them. I would like to destroy them while

  • they are in the soil, not in the air!!!

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  • Nicolle

  • September 5, 2017 At 5:01 am

  • Put pebbles, gravel, or sand over the soil to get rid of the knats.

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  • Margie

  • July 4, 2018 At 5:52 pm

  • I was given one and it is Turing brown so I hope I can pull it out

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  • Joyce

  • March 23, 2021 At 5:38 am

  • Water with equal parts of peroxide and water

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  • Nicolle

  • September 5, 2017 At 5:01 am

  • Put pebbles, gravel, or sand over the soil to get rid of the knats.

  • Reply

I am having a problem with gnats coming out of my inside plants. What is the solution? Is there anything you can put in the soil?? I keep vinegar water by them. I would like to destroy them while they are in the soil, not in the air!!!

Put pebbles, gravel, or sand over the soil to get rid of the knats.

I was given one and it is Turing brown so I hope I can pull it out

Water with equal parts of peroxide and water

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