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  • Answered by
    BushDoctor on
    July 28, 2018
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    You can cut off the leaves, but I would not increase the soil level. There are new pups coming up. Eventually they will crowd the base, and you will not see the stem anymore. This is the natural way that it makes room for its babies.

    Let it crowd. They prefer to be this way. You will start to notice that the more it crowds, the faster it will grow until you have to remove some of them and repot.

    This collection of articles will give you general care of aloe: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/aloe-vera

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  • Answered by
    Downtoearthdigs on
    August 27, 2018
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    Aloe Cha-Cha is this plant variety.

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  • Answered by
    drtreelove on
    September 15, 2018
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    Although cochineal scale insects are possible on aloe, as you have noted, they are much more common on certain species of prickly pear. The spot in the photo looks more like a fungal infection (anthracnose) or result of mechanical damage/wounding. Although I am unable to zoom in on the photo to see more detail.

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/scotnelson/31978766873

    https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1399.pdf

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  • Answered by
    drtreelove on
    September 24, 2018
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    No it is not Aloe vera. I believe it is Agave attenuata.

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  • Answered by
    Downtoearthdigs on
    September 27, 2018
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    Aloe arborescens (Torch Aloe) has a USDA hardiness zone 9b to 11b: from 25 °F to 50 °F

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  • Answered by
    Downtoearthdigs on
    September 30, 2018
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    Aloe bloom times depend on the species, but they often bloom sporadically throughout the year. Aloe vera, which grows in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10 through 12, usually blooms in summer, although it can bloom at other times, provided it has the right growing conditions. Its flowers are yellow, a common color for aloe plants. Gold-toothed aloe (Aloe x spinosissima) grows in USDA zones 9 through 11 and produces orange flowers in March to April.

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