Pure Aloe Vera gel has a lot of uses. It has high medicinal properties, not a lot of people are allergic to it and pure Aloe Vera gel is so easy to get. It is easy not because you can buy them from the pharmacy but you can grow it yourself. There aren’t a lot of steps required to grow your own Aloe Vera plant for pure Aloe Vera gel production. In fact, you don’t really need large amount of gardening experience. As long as there is a garden or a spot for a potted plant, you can have as many Aloe Vera plants as you like.
The biggest question is why grow your own plant to get pure Aloe Vera gel when you can just buy the pure Aloe Vera gel from the pharmacy. The answer is simple; making your own pure Aloe Vera gel is cheap and easy. You will always get fresh pure Aloe Vera gel whenever you need it. The plant doesn’t die so easily so the supply of fresh pure Aloe Vera gel will be around for years. Not to mention that you can also turn the plant into a healthy drink.
Planting your own Aloe Vera is actually very easy. You do not need any special tools or soil to make it grow. As long as you remember to water it every few days and put a little fertilizer, the Aloe Vera plant will grow well by itself.
How do you grow the plant for your pure Aloe Vera gel? Just prepare a pot with a mixture of potting soil, sand and some compost. Then get a cutting of a young Aloe plant and stick it into the pot. You don’t have to specifically get the leaf with the roots but it is preferable. Then water it and you’re done. It is just that simple to start producing your own pure Aloe Vera gel. After a few months, the young leaf will grow and soon you will have an ample supply of pure Aloe Vera gel.
Now that you have your own plant, next step is to harvest the pure Aloe Vera gel. The pure Aloe Vera gel is all kept inside the leaf. So to extract the pure Aloe Vera gel, all you have to do is to cut the leaf. The size of the cut depends on the amount of pure Aloe Vera gel you want. Always cut the bigger leaf first because it has more pure Aloe Vera gel inside and it is older. Stay away from the smaller leaf because it is young and does not have a lot of pure Aloe Vera gel inside. Then you skin the leaf and what’s left will be the gel.
You don’t have to cut the leaf in advance to extract the pure Aloe Vera gel. The pure Aloe Vera gel is best kept fresh and the only way to do that is to let it stay inside the plant. Only extract the pure Aloe Vera gel when you need it. If you are planning to mix the gel or use it regularly then you better prepare a few Aloe plants. You do not want to keep cutting the same plant until it runs out of leaf and dies.