[h.h.]

Originally Posted by Aphotic

The one recurring theme I see, is locally source, organic, no till, no bottled nutes, but "buy aloe", buy this concoction, buy that one.

I went through my bottled nute phase, then came over here with a new found hatred for the bottle. Still depending on your needs, some products are worth buying, at least until you find a suitable replacement.

Originally Posted by Aphotic

It seems counterintuitive, why not promote growing your own, why not put an emphasis on using as much as you can, of the things you can produce, either in your grow rooms, or on your land, balcony, whatever. In a typical flower or clone\mom room there's loads of unused light, and space, not necessarily large sections, but little pockets. For my room I put everything on rolling carts, that I built, so I can easily move things out of the way. What I mostly see, is you need to make your own compost\ewc, but beyond that, everything is purchased. Maybe its the old chemical paradigm holding fast. I'm weary of marketing schemes packaged as honest advice, but I'm not a very trusting person, and maybe not the best judge, certainly not of this community, since I'm so new. Anyways, I love new shiny things, and if I can grow them, or produce them myself, I'm more likely to try them, and if they work incorporate them.

Well said.

[islandskunker]

Rip a arm off your girls? Tear one of your main cola branches tops right off the apical stem? No fear! Take a fresh cutting off of your nearest aloe plant and squeeze the juice/gel in the wound, use some good electrical/duct tape to wrap her back tight.

I had a blue dream branch that got ripped off in some 30 MPH wind gusts and I used this method with a stick as a splint and some green electrical tape. Not a single fucking leaf drooped.

Aloe is always nice to have around

iS

[h.h.]

I just use tape. Works like a charm.

[AmericanShamen]

hello guys i really don't have a dafinate view on weather the aloe in the link is sutible for medicine i previously acquired the product and was wondering about the Sodium copper Chlorophyll-in i looked it up and says its safe and a semi synthetic chlorophyll and just wanted a couple of peoples take .
https://www.vitacost.com/superior-sou...ntrated-powder

[h.h.]

Originally Posted by AmericanShamen

hello guys i really don't have a dafinate view on weather the aloe in the link is sutible for medicine i previously acquired the product and was wondering about the Sodium copper Chlorophyll-in i looked it up and says its safe and a semi synthetic chlorophyll and just wanted a couple of peoples take .
https://www.vitacost.com/superior-sou...ntrated-powder

I generally say that if you have to ask, the answer is "NO!".
Obviously, I'm not an aloe vera fan. At least not in my soil and not for growing. Why throw something else in the mix? Especially something that's "semi-synthetic". No and no.

[AmericanShamen]

Originally Posted by h.h.

I generally say that if you have to ask, the answer is "NO!".
Obviously, I'm not an aloe vera fan. At least not in my soil and not for growing. Why throw something else in the mix? Especially something that's "semi-synthetic". No and no.

yea i used it once and that's all , i will probably just get the actual aloe filets if i choose to use at all .. thanks for your input, i did see a difference in when i used whole raw coconut meat water at 1/4 per 1.5 gallon.
what is your take on aloe, may i ask why don't you use it ? just would like an opinion on it

[h.h.]

Originally Posted by AmericanShamen

yea i used it once and that's all , i will probably just get the actual aloe filets if i choose to use at all .. thanks for your input, i did see a difference in when i used whole raw coconut meat water at 1/4 per 1.5 gallon.
what is your take on aloe, may i ask why don't you use it ? just would like an opinion on it

The same reason that I don't use beeswax or earwax for that matter. I'm sure they have benefits as well. What they are, I've yet to discover. I don't like spending money. I don't like expanding my earthly footprint needlessly.
The same goes for the coconut. While I did perceive benefits from using baby coconut, all anecdotal. I didn't feel it was worth the money.

Coconut water has been studied and has been used in the past largely because it was considered sterile. I went from using coconut to using other seed such as black beans, where I felt I was receiving the same benefits. Still not liking the idea of increasing my footprint by using food as a growth medium, I started pulling seeds from my acacia tree. Guess what?

Earwax 10x concentrate. I think Weird's selling it along with Earth Tubes on BAS. Don't follow leaders, pay the parking meters. B.D. I want my cut.

[BusinessFactory]

I moved my aloe plants into my tent for the winter. They can't handle the light intensity. Anyone else have this problem? The go brown a day or two of full light. I've been shielding them with cardboard for now.

I always see it listed as a "full sun" plant. Even outdoor in Colorado doesn't agree with it. I had to shade it outside too. Is this normal?

[wallywombat]

i use aloe as a rooting hormone mixed with manuka honey for cloning outdoors. (shady spot) / or greenho
foiler spray every 3rd day (depending on conditions)
with a organic kelp and seaweed mix for rapid rooting

ALOE FTW !

was listening to a great pot cast last night and one of the dudes from brothers grim mentioned the salicylic acid
about how the plants put it out as a defence i had no idea was a real eye opener.

[baduy]

Yes it's normal BusinessFactory. Aloe turn reddish in full summer sun and go back to green and vegetate when it starts getting colder. Most of their growth and all of the flowering happens during the cold months actually.
If you grow your aloe outdoor in pots the best thing is to shade them partially in summer and give them maximum sunshine from October till June, dead of summer is best to collect leaves.
On a side note, I don't use aloe vera, I found out aloe Arborescens is just as efficient if not more and grow like weed on my coastal climate,they can endure frost much better than aloe vera does