Planting baby shoots off aloe.

By Jessica Tierrablanca

Adams, Tennessee

July 28, 2016 7:44pm CST

My aloe plant has made a bunch of smaller plants. They have grown to about three inches now and are stressing the mother plant. On most shoots the babies are attached by a single stem. How do I go about separating the young plants from the mother plant?

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@ricki_911 (21625)

• Toronto, Ontario

30 Jul 16

I will have to ask my sister she has done this. I got an aloe vera plant a few years ago but it was dying so I gave it to my Grandma who brought it back.

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@acelawrites (19273)

• Philippines

29 Jul 16

Use a sharp garden tool or a knife to separate the baby plants (shoots) from the mother plant, just be sure the baby plant have its roots intact.

Jessica Tierrablanca

• Adams, Tennessee

30 Jul 16

There's not really a root. I'm hoping it will root on its own once I have made the cutting.

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@acelawrites (19273)

• Philippines

30 Jul 16

@Jot2me it will grow easily.

@Hatley (163781)

• Garden Grove, California

29 Jul 16

just gently loosen stem and plant each one they should thrive

Jessica Tierrablanca

• Adams, Tennessee

30 Jul 16

Thanks. I hope it does. It's not a huge plant but it does have three or four off shoots that are stressing the mother plant.