Can We Grow Aloe Vera Plant From Cutting? (5-Care Tips)

If your aloe vera plant is not growing properly, you landed on the right Guide because here we will see exactly what it needs in order to produce a lot of new pups, grow bigger, make its leaves thicker, etc.

And in the end, we will also see a simple way to propagate an aloe vera plant from cuttings. So, let’s begin.

1-Aloe Vera Growing Season?

The first and most important thing that is often ignored by beginners is the correct growing season for aloe vera plants. When you grow this succulent in the right environment, it tends to perform much better.

But I know it’s hard to understand its season, so here I’ll try to simplify this for you.

When I started growing aloe vera plants, I had no idea what its ideal season was. That’s why I struggled a lot. Many of my aloe vera plants died.

Then I realized it likes a moderate temperature range. I know some say it likes warm weather, but in my experience, whenever I put it in some shade, it grew really fast, but with one condition: it needed well-draining soil media.

But don’t worry, I’ll tell you a simple solution about that as well. Whenever the temperature stays between 20 to 30°C, an aloe vera plant grows really fast.

You’ll often see such baby plants sprouting from the base. That’s a sign your plant is growing well, and these baby aloe vera plants also grow really fast, becoming bigger within weeks.

You can see the results on the screen. That’s all because of the ideal season and my well-draining soil media.

2-Proper Placement?

After the ideal growing season, one thing that matters just as much is proper placement. In an ideal spot, an aloe vera plant grows really well. You might be underestimating the power of proper placement, so let me show you a simple experiment.

You know I propagated aloe vera plants from cuttings a few months back, which we will talk about in just a bit, but I kept the resultant aloe vera plants in different spots to show you the growth difference. And here it is. After a few weeks, the growth difference is visible.

The plant, which I kept in a slightly sunny spot, grew slowly and had thin and reddish leaves. On the other hand, this plant was kept in a bright but shaded spot.

Just remember, I’m not talking about complete shade. There should be some indirect light on the plant.

You see, the ideal spot for an aloe vera plant is not a semi-sunny spot. It’s a shaded spot with full-day bright light and indirect sunlight.

However, the plant doesn’t perform well at all in direct sun, so just make sure you are not keeping your plants in the sun.

3-What Kind of Soil Does It Like?

Now let’s see another important factor that plays a crucial role in healthy growth as well as producing more pups.

You see, when I started growing aloe vera plants, I tried to use market-bought potting mixes. They were not good enough for aloe vera plants.

The plant already contains a lot of moisture inside its leaves, so consistent moisture in the soil is not required.

So, as soon as I shifted my aloe vera plant into this homemade mixture, its growth became unstoppable. The plant grew new baby pups. Believe me, soil is the one thing that keeps the plant growing as well as pups sprouting.

Before I tell you the exact soil recipe, one more problem that this soil media solves is overwatering. If you are a person like me who sometimes overwaters, this media is very ideal because it drains moisture very well due to the use of sand.

But besides its many benefits, you still need to learn the proper way to water. You have to maintain only about 10% moisture in the soil.

Never water your aloe vera plant fully and frequently. If the soil doesn’t dry out, you don’t have to water even after a month.

So, here are the soil ingredients. It’s a mix of coco peat, garden soil, sand, compost, etc. Simple ingredients. A guide on making this soil recipe is also added Here.

4-Fertilizer Required?

So, you might be wondering, what about fertilization of the aloe vera plant? Does it need any good fertilizer or not?

While growing aloe vera plants over the years, I hardly provided any decent fertilizer to my plants, but they still kept on producing new leaves, pups, etc. But at the same time, my soil is already fertile, so I suggest you use a balanced fertilizer just once a month.

And remember, fertilizing more doesn’t mean more growth. You can use my indoor plant fertilizer recipe because it’s very balanced, with all the NPK nutrients.

Here Is The Fertilizer Guide, Make it at home and use it on your aloe vera plant once a month.

5-How to Propagate an Aloe Vera Plant from Cuttings Step by Step?

So now let’s see how I grew aloe vera from cuttings at home, step by step.

First, I took such a cutting with one to two leaf sets on it. The main stem is still intact. You see this white part? It is the most crucial part. It is where the roots grow out of.

I used a well-draining mixture because too much moisture is unacceptable. You can also buy a well-draining mixture from Here.

Simply put the cutting in the soil, press the soil a little, and water just a little bit. Keep this pot in a dry but shaded spot and water only a little when the soil becomes dry.

After a few weeks, you can see the cutting is still stable. It didn’t rot, and the leaves became slightly bigger, which is totally normal. It’s a sign that the plant is establishing.

After a few more weeks, you can see the plant grew a little bit bigger. And there are a few baby sprouts growing from the center of the plant. I’m growing an aloe vera plant from a cutting for the first time, so I’m not sure how this will play out.

After a few more weeks, my plant grew a little more. These sprouts are big enough to be transplanted, so at this point, I chose to open up the pot and search for roots.

After removing all the soil, here is what I found. There are a lot of roots growing in a circular pattern around the base.

It’s a succulent, so we cannot expect a lot of root growth, but still, the plant has successfully propagated. It already gave me two to three pups. Now we will just transplant all of them.

After a few more days, you can see the baby plants are getting bigger, and the mother plant looks like this. The older leaves dried out, for some reason, and it made two to three aloe vera plants.

So, overall, the cutting propagation didn’t perform exactly as we expected. My main cutting grew a lot of new pups, and the mother plant just dried out for some reason. You can also follow this method, so we’ll see how it plays out and what role it will play in the future.

Here is a Guide on a similar succulent, the Haworthia plant, if you’d like to follow it.