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Cultivation of Aloe is a technically feasible, financially viable.
This is a hardy perennial tropical plant that can be cultivated in drought prone areas.
Aloe has wide adaptability and can grow in various climatic conditions. It can be seen growing in warm humid as well as under dry climate. It is intolerant to extreme cold conditions. The plant flourishes well on dry sandy soils at localities with lower annual rainfall of 50 to 300 mm and needs to be protected against frost and low winter temperature.
The crop also comes up well in light soils. It can tolerate higher pH and high Na and K salts. Growth is faster under medium fertile, heavy soils such as black cotton soils. It grows well with thicker foliage in well drained, loam to coarse sandy loam soils with pH ranging from 7.0 to 8.5.
Normally a spacing of 90 cm x 45 cm is followed. This accommodates about 25000 plants per hectare.
Technical guidance for Aloe planters is available from different institutes and organisations such as Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, National Research Centre for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, State Agricultural Universities, Regional Research Laboratories, etc.
The produce can be marketed through different commercial pharmaceutical and herbal firms located in India. It is traded in processed form such as gel, juice and concentrate
