How to Properly Harvest Aloe Vera Leaves: Don't Cut Them
As is known, aloe leaf juice has healing properties.
However, if you are counting on its help, you will have to familiarize yourself with the rules that must be followed when collecting the leaves of this plant.
1. Only mature plants, three years or older, can be used to obtain juice. Of course, you can get what you want from a young plant, but the healing effect in this case will be insignificant.
2. Half a month before the planned harvesting, you should stop watering the flower. This is necessary in order to increase the concentration of useful substances in the leaves.
3. Aloe leaves should not be cut. Instead, they should be carefully separated by hand to prevent the juice from leaking out.
4. The oldest leaves located in the lower and middle parts of the trunk are best suited for this purpose.
The collected leaves are placed in a plastic bag and stored in a cool, dark place for two weeks, after which they are washed, dried and chopped using a blender or meat grinder.
Then juice is obtained from the resulting mass by wrapping the crushed mass in gauze and squeezing it out.
