Do I Need to Remove Aloe Pups

If your plant is healthy and happy, you’ll see babies, or pups, growing off the base of the mother plant. … Aloe vera is a clumping plant and those babies just grow and spread as they mature. You don’t have to remove them but if you have them growing in a pot, they’ll eventually crowd each other out.

Should I remove aloe vera pups?

Late winter and early spring produce a period of fairly inactive growth, which is when to separate aloe plants for the least damage to the root system. Aloes are pretty hardy, so if you fail to remove the pups in early spring, they will likely take it pretty well even in the growing season.

How long does it take for aloe vera to produce pups?

I’ve had small aloes produce pups in as little as a year after planting them on their own. It can also take much longer than that, depending on the growing conditions. A healthy aloe plant is much more likely to grow pups than one that’s struggling.