How to Transplant Aloe Vera

DIY guide to repotting & caring for your aloe vera

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Last Updated: February 18, 2025 References

Aloe Vera plants are easy to grow and propagate, they are also very easy to transplant into a larger pot when your adult plant fills its pot. The plant can be used to treat many ailments as a home made remedy to skin ailments and can also help your digestion as well.^{[1]
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Quick Guide to Transplanting Aloe Vera

Add a layer of small stones or stone chips to a new pot, then fill it with soil.
Turn the aloe's pot upside down to gently remove it and place it on newspaper.
Carefully brush soil off the aloe vera's roots and new shoots.
Make a hole in the new pot's soil big enough for the aloe plant.
Place the aloe vera into the hole, then fill any gaps with soil.
Pour a little water over the full surface of the pot, then place the aloe vera in a sunny spot.

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Let your Aloe Vera plant fill the pot it is in, when the plant fills the pot it will be ready to be repotted into a larger pot and will already have started to produce new shoots.^{[2]
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Wait for the new shoots to grow to about two inches with at least two or three leaves emerging from the soil close to the adult plant.^{[3]
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The new pot should be at least twice as big as the old pot and be clean so wash it with clean water and allow it to dry.
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Plat down the soil and add some more soil so that it reaches about an inch from the top of the pot again.
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Put the new shoots aside on the paper for replanting later.^{[7]
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Return to the new shoots on the newspaper and pot all of them into new containers using the same steps used to repot the adult plant.^{[10]
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Use the potted shoots to give to friends and family.

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If your adult plant will not come out of the old pot, use a knife to separate the soil from the pot.

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Supervise children if a knife is used to separate the soil from the pot.

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Be aware that the leaves on the adult plant have little spikes on them.

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Failing to put stone chips at the bottom of the pot can cause the soil to become too wet as excess water will not be able to drain from the soil and your plant could die.^{[11]
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Do not over water the plant. Aloe Vera like a fairly dry soil.^{[12]
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