All You Need To Know
About The Aloe Vera Plant

The aloe vera plant is used extensively in beauty products and as an antiseptic. But where does it come from?

Due to the all round benefits I have experienced using aloe vera products, I investigated and found some interesting facts. There are approximately two hundred different aloe vera plants. However, True Aloe is also known as the medicine plant and Barbados Aloe.

The plant originated in tropical Africa but its diverse use has spread widely across the continents. It was revered by the Greeks, Egyptians, Africans, Chinese, Canary Islands, the Americas and the Caribbean Islands because of its medicinal properties.

It is also ideal to keep in your bedroom.

It releases oxygen and absorbs carbon dioxide at night.

It can be grown from seeds in pots filled with a moist peat/sand compost. The container should then be placed in a propogator or warm spot, temperature between 20-25C. Ensure you do not exclude light as it encourages germination. Always keep the surface of the compost moist but do not let it become waterlogged. In a period of between 1 and 4 months, the seeds will germinate.

Once the plants are large enough to handle, you should transplant them into larger containers, then increase the pot sizes as they grow larger.

Ensure that they are kept in a cool, light and ventilated situation.

This is a long-lasting plant that will benefit from a spell outdoors in a sunny, protected spot during the summer months.

I have my own plant, which was given to me as a gift, it is fully grown now and I am looking forward to seeing it flower in the summer. The flowers are candle like and reddish orange in colour.

Aloe Vera in metal pail

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Growing Aloe Vera Plants on your Windowsill

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