The heat-loving aloe vera can easily be kept in the home all year round. The easy-care plant tolerates dry heating air, requires little water and practically no fertilizer. Cool overwintering helps your aloe vera to bloom.
How do I properly overwinter aloe vera?
To overwinter Aloe Vera successfully, you should place the plant at a cool 10-15°C, avoid direct cold and temperatures below 5°C, water sparingly in winter and stop fertilizing. This is how you promote the flowering of this easy-care houseplant.
Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis Miller) is an easy-care houseplant for a sunny location. It is a leaf succulent and thanks to its storage organs it is able to survive for long periods without water. It is ideal for south-facing windows where more sensitive plants could not survive.
Aloe vera likes it warm and dry
The plant, which is native to tropical and subtropical regions, cannot tolerate two things: waterlogging and cold. Therefore, plant your aloe vera in a permeable mixture of soil and sand with a drainage layer in the planter. Water rarely, but thoroughly and ensure that the water can drain away easily.
Winter aloe vera coolly
When overwintering aloe vera, you should also note the following care tips:
- even temperatures below 5° C can harm aloe vera,
- Bring outdoor plants indoors in September at the latest,
- Overwintering at a cool 10-15° C promotes flower formation,
- during winter dormancy, only water when the soil is completely dry,
- do not fertilize.
Tip
When exposed to strong sunlight, the leaves of the aloe turn reddish to brown; when this wears off, the leaves turn green again.