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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: Gordonmull on July 31, 2017, 20:25:14
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Hi folks
Does anyone have any recommendations on where to buy aloe vera offsets? I've had a google about but not seeing much.
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There are many types of Aloe do you mean this one?
(http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Aloe/P1240694.JPG)
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It's A. vera I'm after. I actually have that exact aloe on my windowsill! A friend of mine is looking to extract the skincare stuff from vera, she bought seeds from ebay and spent the next few months looking lovingly after something that strongly resembles a potato plant before sending me a picture and asking my advice. After enjoying that for a long minute or two, I thought I'd try to help her out.
Its because of the large variety of aloes that I'm asking, really, I want to find a good supplier that won't just call some random aloe "aloe vera".
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My friend picked one up at B&Q quite cheap and gave me three offsets from it. Maybe they would be worth a look.
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Thanks winecap, I'll pass that on, cheers!
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Mine came from Ikea! If anyone needs baby plants I have quite a few right now...
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Silverleaf, how much are you asking for babies?
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I have a couple of them, one has four or five rosettes, and the other has one, but it has an offset. So they look different. They have been on the kitchen windowsill for years and I cut bits off as I need it. Nice hand cream. I think mine has much longer leaves, but it is north facing so does not get so much sun. Mine are working plants so it do not look as nice as TGs one. I regularly snip bits off.
Mine came from Lidl.
Ikea are advertising them for £2.50
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They are available on Ebay and Amazon.
If you can grow them from seed presume then there will be some differences between plants.
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Silverleaf, how much are you asking for babies?
Happy to pop a couple in the post for you, don't need anything in return.
Unless of course you want to donate seeds to my collection! ;)
PM me an address.