The growth of aloe would be better if it was fertilized properly. About the choice of fertilizer, organic fertilizer such as bean cake and chicken manure are more suitable. The time of fertilization is usually once every two months, but do not apply fertilizer from November to March, because the root activity of aloe is temporarily stopped.
The amount of aloe fertilizer depends on the size of the flowerpot. The amount of fertilizer should be reasonable, too much is easy to damage the roots. It is better to dig a hole at the farthest place from the stem and then fill the fertilizer into the soil.
Potted aloe fertilization method, mainly using the basic fertilizer and topdressing these two forms
Before filling the basin, mix the fertilizer and substrate in the proportion of about 10:1, and then put them into the basin together. If is uses the organic fertilizer as the base fertilizer, then needs to carry on the complete full fermentation in advance, otherwise will have the burning seedling phenomenon, will harm the aloe.
During the growth period of top dressing aloe, it is necessary to dilute the fertilizer first. Usually, urea or 1% superphosphate solution with a concentration of no more than 2% is applied. Pay attention to not too thick fertilizer solution to avoid the occurrence of fertilizer damage, especially when applying fertilizer outside the root for foliar spraying, the concentration should not be more than 1%, generally once every 2,30 days or so, aloe vera usually grows faster in spring, at this time, it can appropriately increase the number of times of topdressing, while the growth speed in winter is slow, it can be applied less, or even not.
