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Watering Cape aloeTenere asciutto
Let’s remember that the succulent plants can withhold water inside their materials, therefore they need to be watered only when the weather is hot. Let’s avoid watering the The Cape aloe excessively, always leaving the soil dry for a few days between one watering and the other, therefore let’s irrigate the substratum deeply every 4-5 weeks with 1-2 glasses of water .

Generalities Cape aloe
The development is erect, they tend to grow both in height and in width, giving origin to a rounded shrub. Cape aloe Is an evergreen; during spring, summer, autumn, winter iIt assumes a red colouring; the adult specimens are large in size and reach 3 m high. These plants are succulent .

Exposure Cape aloeSole pieno
Plant which need at least a few hours a day of solar light. Succulent plants can also be cultivated in a cold green house, with temperatures which must be below 5°C for many species, but in this case it’s necessary to keep them totally dry.We suggest growing the The Cape aloe In the house or in a warmed greenhouse; when the minimum temperatures go past 15°C it is possible to move them outside.

Watering Cape aloeTenere asciutto
Let’s avoid watering the The Cape aloe excessively, always leaving the soil dry for a few days between one watering and the other, therefore let’s irrigate the substratum deeply every 4-5 weeks with 1-2 glasses of water . Let’s remember that the succulent plants can withhold water inside their materials, therefore they need to be watered only when the weather is hot.

Treatments Cape aloe
As the day-time temperatures rise at the beginning of the spring, it is agreeable to practice a preventive treatment, with a wide-range insecticide, which should be applied when there aren’t flowerings in the garden. Before the buds become too large, it is advisable to also treat them with a wide-range fungicide, to prevent the development of fungal diseases which spread easily when there is an elevated environmental moisture.

Soil Cape aloe
Grow in a soft and sandy, very well drained soil.

Climate
peat
sand
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Pumice
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S. Organic
alpine
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continental
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mediterranean
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Notes Cape aloe

If desired, we can grow the The Cape aloe in a container. The indications given in this article are related to a medium size plant.

This page concerns the weather continental it is possible to choose another climate area alpine mediterranean

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