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Aloe Plant Propogation
That is true for Aloe species that branch but Aloe candelabrum isn't one of
them. That species can only be propagated from seed. If your plant does branch, it is misidentified or a hybrid. Aloe is a very large genus with almost 500 species and many hybrids and you cannot generalize information for all of them. "Frogleg" wrote in message ... On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 02:36:53 GMT, Phisherman wrote: On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 02:12:26 GMT, "chaz" wrote: I have an aloe candelabra that I would like to propagate into several plants. If I snip off one of the "arms" will it root? If so, what method should I use? If you use just a leaf, I doubt you will get that to root. If you are referring to a sucker (that you call an "arm"), that should work. A well-established aloe in a pot will send out suckers (young shoots) that form a cluster of plants. Cut away the suckers with a sharp knife as close to the main stem as possible. The sucker usually does not have roots, but pot it up and they will grow their own roots. Avoid fertilizing the sucker for at least a year. I divided an aloe (not candelabrum) that had been living in a 4" pot for a l*o*n*g time and potted up 14 separate plants! The places to separate were fairly clear, once I got the plant out of the pot. (It wasn't my plant.) According to what little information is available from searching on "Aloe thraskii" propagation and "aloe caldelabrum" propagation" they may be propagated from what are variously called 'offsets', 'pups' or 'branches', and from seed. |
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