Talked a lot about the properties of the plant, but to start enjoying all the benefits of aloe vera first have to extract the juice from it and for that you have to cut the sheet. If you have a plant at home and want to use it to develop a natural remedy or to take your gel to keep in mind several things, such as that for a plant has all its properties must be mature , this usually happens about three years or you can indicate their first bloom. This is important if we want to be disappointed.
Another important point is how to keep the sheet after cutting and know how long we can keep it. Know that Aloe gel is oxidized with air contact, as happens to an apple, for this we must keep preferably in a glass jar in the refrigerator opaque . But the best thing is that shortly consume cut because even following all the advice is not going to last a long time in good condition.How to cut the sheet?
Take a sharp knife and tipped to gain access to the base of the plant. The leaves are cut in order, ie first the lowest are the oldest. Make an incision from above, in the most stuck to its junction with the main trunk . 'll see that the part of the blade closest to the trunk is white, just make a longitudinal cut to separate that part of the trunk and then pull gently to separate the trunk finishing it. You get the sheet, now let's learn how to extract the gel.How to extract the gel from the leaf?
It is very simple, put it vertically and transversely cut leaf skewers . After stripping one side of the sheet. The gel will stay on one side and bare skin on the other side. Now you can do two things: either peel the other side or you can remove the gel with a spoon or other utensil. Here you must be careful with the bitterness . The bitterness is a dense yellowish substance which is between the gel and skin. If you used to eat, you should ensure that the gel is clean of this substance because it has strong laxative effects and can cause you discomfort if you eat. If you're going to use to apply to the skin as stay in penultimate step and leave the skin of the blade on one side so you can easily take it and apply it where needed.How to extract suckers?
It is also very simple. If you have the plant in a pot is important to take them out because those suckers are eating from the main plant and can slow their growth. A mature plant may break out over twenty tillers per year. To extract the first thing to do is and, with a knife, affects the land between the progeny and the parent plant. At one point we root sucker you must cut, do not cut very flush sucker to let a small bud that is where the roots come out when you transplant.
The unplanted sucker you can last long without dying, even months . It is a very hardy plant. If you decide to plant it is like any other plant but you can follow several tips to care for aloe vera plant.