Aloe Vera

[Georgie]

Hey Ninny.  Remember how pleased I was to post this picture in April showing how well the Aloe cutting you sent me was doing?



Well, just look at it now!   ;D  G x

[Georgie]

[manicscousers]

I've quite a lot of these, georgie..are yours like mine, they thrive on neglect..just as well, really  ;D

[Georgie]

I've quite a lot of these, georgie..are yours like mine, they thrive on neglect..just as well, really  ;D

Yep, it gets watered once a fortnight and that's about it!  I've already removed a few of the offsets for a mate and it looks as though I might have to do the same again soon.  Great triffid.   ;D

G x

[ninnyscrops]

Wonderful work Georgie, they remind me of a ginger beer plant, you just have to pass a bit on  ;D

Hope I can post a piccy of three hearty lavender plants next year  ;)

Ninny

[hellohelenhere]

I hope they thrive not only on neglect but on cruelty - I'm always lopping bits off mine!

It's *amazing* stuff for burns. I seem to burn myself stupidly often when putting things in and out of the oven. Lop off the end of a leaf, cut it open, and smear the goo on the burn.
My brother is fairly dubious about home-remedies, but he was utterly amazed by it when I treated a bad burn he had. (Working in a kitchen - slopped hot oil all over his wrist, had a burn about 3 inches across.)
It healed superfast without even itching, and he was stupified...
So I always have a 'working' aloe on the go and will definitely win the prize for scruffiest specimen.

Another thing I can tell you about them is that they don't like big temperature changes. I took pity on one that we had on our cold staircase, and brought it into the sitting room, where it nearly died. You'd think being desert plants, they could deal with that - but this one didn't like it at all!

[calendula]

they have nice flowers as well  :)

[manicscousers]

I hope they thrive not only on neglect but on cruelty - I'm always lopping bits off mine!

It's *amazing* stuff for burns. I seem to burn myself stupidly often when putting things in and out of the oven. Lop off the end of a leaf, cut it open, and smear the goo on the burn.
My brother is fairly dubious about home-remedies, but he was utterly amazed by it when I treated a bad burn he had. (Working in a kitchen - slopped hot oil all over his wrist, had a burn about 3 inches across.)
It healed superfast without even itching, and he was stupified...
So I always have a 'working' aloe on the go and will definitely win the prize for scruffiest specimen.

I know what you mean, I use it to make creams and things, always chopping bits off them, I've 6 now and sold 10 last year at the plant sale  ;D

[Georgie]

Hope I can post a piccy of three hearty lavender plants next year  ;)

Ninny

I'm sure you will.   :)

Oh I didn't know they flowered - off to Google for pictures.   ;D

Yes, I use the plant for burns too.   ;D

G x

[OllieC]

Here's the ones in my garden:




Only joking! Taken at a Banana & Aloe Vera farm on Tenerife last year.

[Georgie]

LOL@Ollie.  Yes, they are beautiful aren't they?  Looking on Google I see some also seem to have reddish flowers.  I wonder how old they have to be before they flower?

Oh, and where are the bananas?   ;D

G x

[ninnyscrops]

In true Blue Peter style - here's one I prepared earlier  :)

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t87/ninnyscrops/DSCF0645.jpg

Ninnyscrops

[ninnyscrops]

........and Georgie your offspring is prob appearing there too  ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

I use honey for burns. Untreated honey is antiseptic,and just as important, it keeps the wound moist, so it heals in no time. I imagine the aloe goo probably works in much the same way.