How to Plant Aloe Vera Leaves

Aloe vera plants are best known for their gelatinous sap that can take the sting from sunburns, cooking burns, rashes and insect bites. You can use aloe vera for dry or itchy skin caused by winter heating or skin conditions like psoriasis. You can grow aloe vera at home, cutting pieces to rub on your skin. Just be sure to grow lots more than you'll use. It is easiest to replant an aloe leaf with a portion of the base, but it's possible to plant an aloe vera leaf that has broken or been cut.

Things You'll Need

• Cactus potting soil
• 4-inch pot

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Allow the break or cut of an aloe leaf to dry out overnight; it should skin over and stop bleeding sap.

   • 2

     Fill the pot with cactus potting soil. Aloe vera are succulents that need excellent drainage at all times, even when rooting.

   • 3

     Insert 1/3 of the aloe leaf into the cactus potting soil.

   • 4

     Water the aloe leaf enough to dampen the soil. Don't allow the soil to dry out, but do not over-water from here on out. Succulents will rot in standing water. Mist the leaf and soil surface every three days.

   • 5

     Allow the plant to root without disturbance for a month.