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heady blunts · 06-08-2011, 05:23 PM

so i finally was in a trader joe's and remembered to pick up a gallon of the aloe vera juice.

i know clack has recommended it on various threads around the site, but i'll be darned if i can't remember what for!

i thought this thread could be a go-to collection of the uses and value of aloe vera in a living soil garden.

the main thing i recall is that it works as a surfactant, and adding it to your foliar sprays can help the beneficials stick to the leaf long enough to be absorbed or established.

according to the bottle, it is full of vitamins, minerals, and amino acids, so that surely plays into it's usefulness to the soil food web as well.

thanks in advance!

supuradam · 06-08-2011, 05:25 PM

I'm pretty sure he endorses it as a rooting compound as well. Salicylic acid or something?

Someone more learned than I will be along shortly.

mad librettist · 06-08-2011, 05:32 PM

perfect!

I have a side by side going right now.

half the cute were given organic rooting powder, half were stuck into an aloe leaf broken right before.

B. Friendly · 06-08-2011, 05:33 PM

don't short sight yourself with this amazing plant
Aloe Vera qualities:
Good for hot weather conditions, helps plant stay cool and hold their energy

an easy method is to take a thick pussy stem of aloe vera and do a quick 30 second boil with it. strain it and put that pot of aloe extract in your res next feeding...

big ballin 88 · 06-08-2011, 05:33 PM

I've heard of people using it as a surfactant and believe CC was talking about the saponins within it. I think that might be what youre referring to. Saponins are good stuff and I remember CC writing a thread in the OFC regarding them. I think it has something to do with an immunity response.

guest2012y · 06-08-2011, 06:07 PM

Aloe has a high number of beneficial properties. I use it as a foliar off of CC's experiments with it.
Mix the aloe juice with an emulsifier like yucca extract and dyna-gro protekt.
I forgot the recipe because I just eyeball it anyway....ask CC.

You may notice a few hours after a foliar that the leaves all point upwards for some reason....an indicator of growth...YMMV
I also started to add it to my watering schedule.
It's expensive in bottle form,the best thing to do would be to get some leaves of aloe and collect the gel yourself. The bottled products often come with preservatives which I think are sodium benzoate,citric acid,and another popular one which I forget. I'd avoid all but the ones with citric acid. Citric acid isn't a bad thing...it's when you combine it with sodium benzoate that it turns carcenogenic.

Scrappy4 · 06-08-2011, 06:35 PM

Has anyone tried a commercial product, like earth juice assist (yucca)? I think there are others along this line.

Personally I have not yet tried aloe or yucca. I do use the pro tekt but I also use dr bronners soap when I want to emulsify something. But I'm eager to hear of any things that I might want to take advantage of......and my wife has some aloe vera growing, nyut,nuyt, nya, she wouldn't miss a few leafs.............scrappy

Corpsey · 06-08-2011, 06:43 PM

I thought i had picked up the "correct" (just citric acid added) bottle of aloe vera juice from lily of the desert.

But after looking at the back it says citric acid, and potassium sorbate. any harm to the plants with this other addition to the aloe vera?

they have so many different versions, i really should have looked closer.

heady blunts · 06-08-2011, 07:29 PM

the TJ's one has citric acid, sodium benzoate an potassium sorbate. does this make it useless for our applications?

i guess the plant is better than the juice (duh).

06-08-2011, 07:57 PM

Foliar Spray for Powdery Mildew (2-3x week in veg) per quart
1 t. Neem Oil
½ t. ProTekt
1 T. Aloe
Pre-mix the neem and ProTekt in shot glass before adding to water/aloe mix in sprayer. Shake well. Use warm water.

06-08-2011, 05:23 PM	#1
heady blunts prescription blunts Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 4,561	ALOE VERA so i finally was in a trader joe's and remembered to pick up a gallon of the aloe vera juice. i know clack has recommended it on various threads around the site, but i'll be darned if i can't remember what for! i thought this thread could be a go-to collection of the uses and value of aloe vera in a living soil garden. the main thing i recall is that it works as a surfactant, and adding it to your foliar sprays can help the beneficials stick to the leaf long enough to be absorbed or established. according to the bottle, it is full of vitamins, minerals, and amino acids, so that surely plays into it's usefulness to the soil food web as well. thanks in advance! __________________ . c a n n a b i s . s a v e d . m y . l i f e . <3.F.U.C.K.E.M.F.A.M.<3
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06-08-2011, 05:25 PM	#2
supuradam Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Northeast Posts: 64	I'm pretty sure he endorses it as a rooting compound as well. Salicylic acid or something? Someone more learned than I will be along shortly.
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06-08-2011, 05:32 PM	#3
mad librettist Banned Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,120	perfect! I have a side by side going right now. half the cute were given organic rooting powder, half were stuck into an aloe leaf broken right before.
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06-08-2011, 05:33 PM	#4
B. Friendly "IBIUBU" Sayeith the Dude Join Date: May 2009 Location: dudeism.com Posts: 3,848	don't short sight yourself with this amazing plant Aloe Vera qualities: Good for hot weather conditions, helps plant stay cool and hold their energy an easy method is to take a thick pussy stem of aloe vera and do a quick 30 second boil with it. strain it and put that pot of aloe extract in your res next feeding... __________________ Puff and "B.Friendly" "It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under" When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling. Thomas Clarkson "The world runs on the initiative of about 5% of the people; the rest need orders. The consensus of the other 95% on the subject of one's relatonship with: government-banks-tax agencies-courts and corporations (all separate realms) is defective in that such inert abstractions have been accorded superiority over living beings. Governments are transitory mental contrivances set up by the clever few for the purpose of living off the efforts of the trusting many - a generalization, yes, but also the TRUTH." Cracking the Code, 3rd edition
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06-08-2011, 05:33 PM	#5
big ballin 88 Biology over Chemistry Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: under a bridge Posts: 1,323	I've heard of people using it as a surfactant and believe CC was talking about the saponins within it. I think that might be what youre referring to. Saponins are good stuff and I remember CC writing a thread in the OFC regarding them. I think it has something to do with an immunity response. __________________ Grindhouse Medical Seeds Co. Quality is an uncompromisable state of mind "If you can't be in a med state...you can always be in a medicated state." -Capt.Cheeze1 "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting one in a fruit salad. " "Alcohol reminds me of my Ex's. I always wonder why I stay away from it till I indulge and remember it has nothing to offer me."
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06-08-2011, 06:07 PM	#6
guest2012y Living with the soil Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Forested area Posts: 2,926	Aloe has a high number of beneficial properties. I use it as a foliar off of CC's experiments with it. Mix the aloe juice with an emulsifier like yucca extract and dyna-gro protekt. I forgot the recipe because I just eyeball it anyway....ask CC. You may notice a few hours after a foliar that the leaves all point upwards for some reason....an indicator of growth...YMMV I also started to add it to my watering schedule. It's expensive in bottle form,the best thing to do would be to get some leaves of aloe and collect the gel yourself. The bottled products often come with preservatives which I think are sodium benzoate,citric acid,and another popular one which I forget. I'd avoid all but the ones with citric acid. Citric acid isn't a bad thing...it's when you combine it with sodium benzoate that it turns carcenogenic. __________________ BMR in flower https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=170303 Topsoil in the soil mix https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=153542 Provider for cardholders organic medicine and organic medicated edibles..."we're primed and we're ready to go toe to toe with disease"
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06-08-2011, 06:35 PM	#7
Scrappy4 senior member Join Date: May 2009 Location: In the space between time Posts: 1,402	Has anyone tried a commercial product, like earth juice assist (yucca)? I think there are others along this line. Personally I have not yet tried aloe or yucca. I do use the pro tekt but I also use dr bronners soap when I want to emulsify something. But I'm eager to hear of any things that I might want to take advantage of......and my wife has some aloe vera growing, nyut,nuyt, nya, she wouldn't miss a few leafs.............scrappy
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06-08-2011, 06:43 PM	#8
Corpsey pollen dabber Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: 707 Posts: 1,818	I thought i had picked up the "correct" (just citric acid added) bottle of aloe vera juice from lily of the desert. But after looking at the back it says citric acid, and potassium sorbate. any harm to the plants with this other addition to the aloe vera? they have so many different versions, i really should have looked closer. __________________ R.I.P. Brother Elemental Prop 215 compliant Corpsey's organic room
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06-08-2011, 07:29 PM	#9
heady blunts prescription blunts Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 4,561	the TJ's one has citric acid, sodium benzoate an potassium sorbate. does this make it useless for our applications? i guess the plant is better than the juice (duh). __________________ . c a n n a b i s . s a v e d . m y . l i f e . <3.F.U.C.K.E.M.F.A.M.<3
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06-08-2011, 07:57 PM	#10
CT Guy Guest Posts: n/a	Foliar Spray for Powdery Mildew (2-3x week in veg) per quart 1 t. Neem Oil ½ t. ProTekt 1 T. Aloe Pre-mix the neem and ProTekt in shot glass before adding to water/aloe mix in sprayer. Shake well. Use warm water.
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