Posted by Denise or Mick on November 5, 2007, 12:15 pm
Hello everyone, I usually have the black thumb of death, but have had an
Aloe Vera plant for 5 years. Despite lots of neglect it is still alive. I
keep it in a pot indoors and it has started to flower, the ugliest flowers I
have ever seen. There is a 12 inch stem with pinky elongated bell like
flowers. This year side shoots have started to grow on the stem, at the top
is a sort of pine cone, green & white stripes, another looks like a seed
pod. In the pot is a tiny aloe plant, not joined to the roots or the main
plant , but growing on it's own, I would like to grow more for friends, but
how do I do this? Thanks D.
Posted by FarmI on November 6, 2007, 1:30 am
> Hello everyone, I usually have the black thumb of death, but have had an
> Aloe Vera plant for 5 years. Despite lots of neglect it is still alive. I
> keep it in a pot indoors and it has started to flower, the ugliest flowers
> I have ever seen. There is a 12 inch stem with pinky elongated bell like
> flowers. This year side shoots have started to grow on the stem, at the
> top is a sort of pine cone, green & white stripes, another looks like a
> seed pod. In the pot is a tiny aloe plant, not joined to the roots or the
> main plant , but growing on it's own, I would like to grow more for
> friends, but how do I do this? Thanks D.
Aloe Vera is as tough as a hundred old boots. Just pull off the side shoot
or a leaf, allow any wounded bits to dry and then put the sideshoot/leaf in
a pot. Don't overwater as it comes from dry climes and overwatering is a
good way to kill them.
Posted by Campa-Man on November 6, 2007, 6:03 am
> Hello everyone, I usually have the black thumb of death, but have had an
> Aloe Vera plant for 5 years. Despite lots of neglect it is still alive. I
> keep it in a pot indoors and it has started to flower, the ugliest flowers
> I have ever seen. There is a 12 inch stem with pinky elongated bell like
> flowers. This year side shoots have started to grow on the stem, at the
> top is a sort of pine cone, green & white stripes, another looks like a
> seed pod. In the pot is a tiny aloe plant, not joined to the roots or the
> main plant , but growing on it's own, I would like to grow more for
> friends, but how do I do this? Thanks D.
Tried unsuccesfully to kill of Aloe Vera in the past :-)
Just chop of leaves, dry um out a bit and plant um, can't go wrong with the
ruddy ugly stuff.
Posted by Don H3 on November 6, 2007, 11:23 am
> > Hello everyone, I usually have the black thumb of death, but have had an
> > Aloe Vera plant for 5 years. Despite lots of neglect it is still alive. I
> > keep it in a pot indoors and it has started to flower, the ugliest flowers
> > I have ever seen. There is a 12 inch stem with pinky elongated bell like
> > flowers. This year side shoots have started to grow on the stem, at the
> > top is a sort of pine cone, green & white stripes, another looks like a
> > seed pod. In the pot is a tiny aloe plant, not joined to the roots or the
> > main plant , but growing on it's own, I would like to grow more for
> > friends, but how do I do this? Thanks D.
> Tried unsuccesfully to kill of Aloe Vera in the past :-)
> Just chop of leaves, dry um out a bit and plant um, can't go wrong with the
> ruddy ugly stuff.
Hmmm, well I don't want to say I'm "good" at something this way but
I've killed-off 2 Aloe Vera leaves since summer, from 2 different
parent plants. I'm not sure if it's the razor-sharp flint-sand I top-
off-with (all my plants) in futile attempts to frustrate Fungus Gnats
or if the base-mix I used in re-potting them ("Nursery Mix") is just
too rich.
Either way one of the parents has now gone all twisty and lopsided
(same soil combo used in re-potting them from the original tine pots)
-- and is losing another leaf just as happened to both plants when
brand new: the "leaf" has fallen completely down and turned black at
the base where it connects to the parent.
None of the Aloe's have received more than a few drops of moisture/
month ever since I have had them.
I suppose I'd better buy some actual "cactus mix" soil and repot
them again before I lose the parents too.
However another plant which I got at the same time and re-potted
identically as the Aloe's from a 2 inch pot into a 4, is doing just
fine and has doubled in size.
It may or may not be this unnamed blue succulent:
http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/succulents/blue-succulent.html
And I'm pretty sure it is this one:
http://marsorange.com/archive/succulent-window.jpg
Don
Posted by Tez berk on November 8, 2007, 4:17 pm
> Hello everyone, I usually have the black thumb of death, but have had an
> Aloe Vera plant for 5 years. Despite lots of neglect it is still alive. I
> keep it in a pot indoors and it has started to flower, the ugliest flowers
> I have ever seen. There is a 12 inch stem with pinky elongated bell like
> flowers. This year side shoots have started to grow on the stem, at the
> top is a sort of pine cone, green & white stripes, another looks like a
> seed pod. In the pot is a tiny aloe plant, not joined to the roots or the
> main plant , but growing on it's own, I would like to grow more for
> friends, but how do I do this? Thanks D.
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> Aloe Vera plant for 5 years. Despite lots of neglect it is still alive. I
> keep it in a pot indoors and it has started to flower, the ugliest flowers
> I have ever seen. There is a 12 inch stem with pinky elongated bell like
> flowers. This year side shoots have started to grow on the stem, at the
> top is a sort of pine cone, green & white stripes, another looks like a
> seed pod. In the pot is a tiny aloe plant, not joined to the roots or the
> main plant , but growing on it's own, I would like to grow more for
> friends, but how do I do this? Thanks D.