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ALOE VERA REPRESENT
- Thread starter MagicChef
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SeaMaiden
Cain't find me camera! Mine's so thick that I need to get several pots to break it up into. To the A to the L to the O to the V! Or something like that... sorry, I got excited there for a second.
I can't find the good camera at the moment, but I'm growing some aloe plants for my wife. She cuts off pieces to grind in the blender, then strains and mixes with green tea powder and a few other things. It's supposed to help keep her skin looking young and fresh. I don't know if it's the aloe, but something's working. She could easily pass for someone 10 years younger. What other uses does the plant have?
After growing cannabis for so long, I'm amazed at how little effort it takes to grow aloe. I have mine in pots on the deck out back. They went maybe 2 or 3 months without water this summer, and they look as healthy now as they ever did.
After growing cannabis for so long, I'm amazed at how little effort it takes to grow aloe. I have mine in pots on the deck out back. They went maybe 2 or 3 months without water this summer, and they look as healthy now as they ever did.
Here's a nighttime shot from my phone's shitty camera.
This C99 is funny. Usually when I'm high I have thoughts like, "I should go do x, y, and z. Fuck it, I'll do it some other time." With C99, I start thinking that and 5 minutes later it's done. Just like that, my first aloe pic. I popped my aloe pic cherry tonight. I should quit posting.
This C99 is funny. Usually when I'm high I have thoughts like, "I should go do x, y, and z. Fuck it, I'll do it some other time." With C99, I start thinking that and 5 minutes later it's done. Just like that, my first aloe pic. I popped my aloe pic cherry tonight. I should quit posting.
Mine have been outside for a year now. They don't get tons of direct sunlight, and I've only watered a few times. They get some water from the rain, but not much at all in the summer months. They're in an organic soilless mix I used for one of my cannabis grows. 30% perlite, 30% coco, 30% peat moss, and 10% worm castings. Also with 1 tbsp/gal each of dolomite lime, blood meal, and bone meal.
I have no idea if that's a good soil mix for aloe; I just had it lying around. I've really put almost no effort into this compared to my indoor cannabis garden. The plants seem very healthy, though. They've more than doubled in size in the last year. They would probably grow much faster under optimum conditions. If I get a house with a back yard at some point, I might try planting them in the ground. My wife says her old outdoor aloe garden in Florida did great on its own without any real work.
It doesn't freeze here in the Bay Area, and it doesn't get that hot in the summers. I'd probably do some research to see if they could survive freezing temps if I lived in a colder climate.
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SeaMaiden
They can take occasional freezing temps, but nothing long term and not much lower than 32F.
Mine melted when I forgot it out on our back deck last year, but cleaned off the dead (melted) bits and it came back just fine. I'm about three hours east of the Bay. California coastal regions will have no problems whatsoever with potted or in-ground aloes.
I have yet to ever see an aloe show deficiencies or preferences or dislikes for ANY type of mix I've put it in. Growing cannabis is nothing like growing aloe, if it were then we wouldn't have much need for all the "what's wrong with my plant!?!" threads.
MagicChef
Member
Right on, a bit of interest... 
I hacked a big arm off yesterday, basically fillet'd it, stuck it in a jar and into the fridge. My hands have been dry as a mo-fo lately so I rubbed some down, worked like a charm.
Some of the arms on mine appear to have small rusty coloured scales on the plant. You can scratch them off fairly easily but appear to be feeding on the plant...
Any ideas? Ill try to post a pic soon...
MC
I hacked a big arm off yesterday, basically fillet'd it, stuck it in a jar and into the fridge. My hands have been dry as a mo-fo lately so I rubbed some down, worked like a charm.
Some of the arms on mine appear to have small rusty coloured scales on the plant. You can scratch them off fairly easily but appear to be feeding on the plant...
Any ideas? Ill try to post a pic soon...
MC
herbalistRoots
Active member
Its awesome stuff, so easy to grow and to propagate, at my last house I had metres and metres of them after 6 years of living there. Theres a lot of other interesting aloe species aswell most of them arent as useful but make good ornamentals and flowers. I've collected a few but there are so many left that I want to grow. I have a few pictures of different types of tree aloes from southern africa somewhere I will see if I can find them. In the mean time here is a spiral aloe I saw in Lesotho
aloe doesnt require a whole lot of nutrients,and only during the spring and summer when its growing actively,during the winter you should only water enough to keep the roots from drying out since they generally rest during the winter
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Franky4fingers
Aloe does best in filtered or half day lighting. Water it sparingly..... too much will stunt growth as it stores water efficiently naturally
