Greetings again to all Hivers addicted to the beautiful world of succulent plants. Today I bring you a new summary of cultivation of a popular genus of succulent plants, the Aloe genus. Among the most popular species is the well-known medicinal plant Aloe vera (aloe), which is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry for the manufacture of various drugs. This genus currently has more than 500 known species and many of them are cultivated in much of the world for ornamental purposes. These plants are mainly characterized by having leaves arranged in rosettes with spiny edges and flowers arranged in elongated inflorescences. The flowers are tubular and generally red, yellow or greenish.
Representatives of the genus Aloe in an urban garden:
To grow these plants you need the following requirements:
- They need to be grown in full sun during the less warm seasons of the year. During the summer it is recommended to provide them with partial shade.
- Water every 7 days to avoid rot and preventing water from stagnating between the leaves.
- The substrate must be 60% mineral to allow rapid drainage of irrigation water.
- They require growing in climates with temperatures between 22⁰C-30⁰C for much of the year.
- Affected by mealybugs, mites and various pathogenic fungi.
- Reproduction by seeds or by separating offspring.
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