How to plant aloe vera?
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by Jiffymouse on January 18, 2004 05:49 PM
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hi lynn welcome to the garden helper. i have always planted the stems the come up along side the mother plant. i haven't had one in a while though, so you might want to wait for some of the others to answer you also. we have a lot of knowlegeble folks around here who are friendly to boot!
by lynn8899 on January 18, 2004 07:41 PM
Thanks for replying! Hope more garden helpers here will give advice, nice forum here. ![[Smile]](im/smile.gif)
by Jiffymouse on January 18, 2004 08:54 PM
glad you like it here, i bet catlover will be the one to answer, if not jillie or some of the other cactophile!
by njoynit on January 19, 2004 07:21 PM
some do seed but would depen what one& I don't know.
I plant my stems that I cut off to use.I let them callouse over 1st.
I had one give me a baby this year.I dig mine for winter.We don't get cold much or very long in Z 8B.but i like my aloes& just re park them outdoors in ground in spring
When I dug them up from outdoors to pots for kitchen.I also took 3 divisions.i shook all the dirt off back in hole and looked roots over and took a few outer stems that had a speck of roots growing from them and potted them up...plus had 2 babies...worried about the one..my puppy took off with it and had to look for it...it didn't have roots when found it but it seems to have made it.
I burn my hands on oven racks all the time...my problem is I pause and look for a damaged leaf to use to smear aloe on so my good leafs look good..LMAO
http://www.aloe-spectrum.com/aloes.htm
This has some history on the plant
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/herb_gardening/11786
this tells some growing stuff about the plant& does mention stem propagtion
Did you know Rabbits won't eat ALOE![[tongue]](im/graemlins/tongue.gif)
.they hate the taste.can smear the gel 18 inches up tems of plants they chew on and will stay off(or block with tin....like my cardinal vine)
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I will age ungracefully until I become an old woman in a small garden..doing whatever the Hell I want!
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I plant my stems that I cut off to use.I let them callouse over 1st.
I had one give me a baby this year.I dig mine for winter.We don't get cold much or very long in Z 8B.but i like my aloes& just re park them outdoors in ground in spring
When I dug them up from outdoors to pots for kitchen.I also took 3 divisions.i shook all the dirt off back in hole and looked roots over and took a few outer stems that had a speck of roots growing from them and potted them up...plus had 2 babies...worried about the one..my puppy took off with it and had to look for it...it didn't have roots when found it but it seems to have made it.
I burn my hands on oven racks all the time...my problem is I pause and look for a damaged leaf to use to smear aloe on so my good leafs look good..LMAO
http://www.aloe-spectrum.com/aloes.htm
This has some history on the plant
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/herb_gardening/11786
this tells some growing stuff about the plant& does mention stem propagtion
Did you know Rabbits won't eat ALOE
.they hate the taste.can smear the gel 18 inches up tems of plants they chew on and will stay off(or block with tin....like my cardinal vine)* * * *
I will age ungracefully until I become an old woman in a small garden..doing whatever the Hell I want!
http://community.webshots.com/user/njoynit03
http://community.webshots.com/user/njoynit
http://photos.yahoo.com/njoynit03
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