Aloe doesn't produce offsets
natmae
10 years ago
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Fresh aloe opposed to aloe products
Comments (10)Fresh aloe gel is better, though there are a few companies that produce a stabilized gel that is very good from what I've read, but it isn't cheap. Fresh gel directly from the leaf is much better then the aloe moisturizers I have used over the years. There is really no comparison. Putting fresh gel on your face will make your skin softer than any lotion or oil you have ever tried. The fresh gel exfoliates dead skin too. Actually, it's best to cut a large leaf off from the plant and wait for at least several hours, if not a day or so before you use it. Polysaccharides under the green leaf will immediately begin to concentrate in the gel after the leaf is cut. Researchers in Germany discovered that "the moment a leaf is harvested from the mother plant, it will start diffusing a polysaccharide rich exudate from the entire surface under the leaf. In other words, the dismembered leaf in an attempt to seal itself (and therefore heal itself) will actually generate a quantity of Aloe polysaccharides that far exceeds the number found in the original leaf immediately after harvesting." That's a quote from, "Aloe Vera The New Millenium: The Future of Wellness in the 21st Century", by Bill C. Coats and Robert Ahola. Of course, in an emergency situation you wouldn't sit around waiting to use the leaf. And according to the authors the whole leaf is better than the gel alone for healing purposes. The gel is quite powerful all on its own, though. There are other medicinal aloes with similar properties to aloe vera, including aloe ferox, aloe saponaria and aloe arborescens. Another contributing factor to the potency of the leaf is certainly how it is fertilized. Organic fertilizers like fish hydrolysate, kelp, sea solids and rock dusts will certainly produce a healthier plant than chemical fertilizes. By the way, aloe vera can be used to fertilize other plants. Apparently, it can also help to protect them from insects and disease. Here is a great article on some of the uses of aloe vera. The Aloe Vera Miracle...See MoreHow do spider plants decide when to make flowers/offsets?
Comments (8)In the ground, spider plants bloom in the spring. The stalks usually have one or more babies at the tip, which may be single, double, or more, and flowers along the stalk. Without sufficient light inside, it may take a long time to see flowers, or stalks with just babies may appear. In a pot/inside, there doesn't seem to be any seasonal pattern to their behavior. Being pot/root-bound has nothing to do with it, though a convincing case could be made for some plants (that they will bloom more or better,) no plant would experience this condition in nature, and this is not the reputation for spider plant. When people say that, they are usually overwatering their plants to death, or the plants are simply in a very bad 'soil,' and if/when the poor things finally run out of room in the pot to harbor so much excess water, they can finally try to do what they would have done a long time ago anyway. But back to spiders, they bloom profusely when loose in the ground, letting them 'get there' this far south is a mistake, they are perennial, and will not stop taking over an area by 'walking' into a bigger circle via babies every year. The next year the babies make their own flowers and babies, and trying to walk through a patch of this stuff is tricky, the stolons stick up in an upside-down U-shape and trip people, just like a patch of that nasty Vinca garbage. (Ooops, turned into a rant, sorry. I'm sick of digging up my Mom's novelties! She can plant 'em, but she can't dig stuff up later when it does what I warned her about... And - LOL! I still have one in a pot, old habits die hard!)...See MoreRemusata doesn't vivipara
Comments (9)I checked on mine yesterday as it had blown over along with a bunch of other EE in pots.....so, both the vivipara and the unknown species (I think it is R. pumila as the influorescence looks right as does the leaves.....need to take a pic of the influorescence next spring as it blooms like crazy) have several little tiny babies coming up in the pot....leaves maybe a quarter inch long.....I'm guessing these are from the stolon babies as they are way too small to be from the standard offsets...if that is the case then Araecealover your season is plenty long enough as it is longer than mine. Best of luck with these :o) Dan...See MoreSansevieria offset rotted in grit!
Comments (6)From my understanding, mealy bugs can infect any kind of plant but they have their favorites. I too do NOT like chemicals but........same here, I will do whatever I have to, ro keep them healthy. I believe it was on the aloe from the store. Even though I washed everything off when I repotted. Maybe I missed eggs? I didn't really see anything though but the soil they came out of WAS REAL DAMP and I didn't water them at all when I got them. And unfortunately I was working God AWFUL hours last month so I didn't repot them and they sat in it for a month. The top was bone dry. I honestly couldn't believe how damp it was. But it had to be from the store cuz was made me jump up and repot was one whole pot was rotted mush when you touched it. I don't understand how they can look good on the outside but be total NASTINESS on the inside and basically have a blow out when touched. Oh I thought your spider plants were doing good. What's going on with them? When Al gets back to me I'll DEFINATLEY let you know what he says. Good luck with your babies!!...See Morenatmae
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