What is the best way to extract Aloe juice?

[ZoBudd]

I've got 2 lovely aloe plants and have read a number of positives about using Aloe juice as a foliar spray. My question is: what is the best way to get the juice out of there???

 

[greasemonkeymann]

I've got 2 lovely aloe plants and have read a number of positives about using Aloe juice as a foliar spray. My question is: what is the best way to get the juice out of there???

heres what I do, I have some thick wire, it's about 1.5 mm thick, and I cut off a leaf, and then I get that wire, and stick it in, using it to spin around and "stir' the insides of the leaf, being careful not to punch though the skin, then after stirring it all up, you can literally pour it out, I can get two or three tablespoons per large leaf using this method, and after that, it's fairly easy to get the last bits out, kinda squeezing it out like an empty toothpaste tube, starting from the bottom and working to the top.
Some also use a blender or a food processor, I imagine that way would probably have more nutrients in it, but don't know that to be a fact.
I use my way simply because it's quicker/easier, and I don't like to clean my blender... lazy bastard...

 

[Vnsmkr]

Slice the meat right out of the leaf then mash it up in your container and mix with water

 

[Vnsmkr]

Aloe is awesome. Watch those plants pray, much like effects from coconut water

 

[greasemonkeymann]

Aloe is awesome. Watch those plants pray, much like effects from coconut water

it is awesome, especially for cloning, I think every organic grower should have the "essentials" meaning
a group of comfrey, horsetail, and aloe plants (even better if ya get nettles too)
worm bin, compost pile, and rabbit hutch.
I don't have all of those though, working on the horsetail, nettles, and rabbit hutch. The rest I got covered though.

 

[ZoBudd]

it is awesome, especially for cloning, I think every organic grower should have the "essentials" meaning
a group of comfrey, horsetail, and aloe plants (even better if ya get nettles too)
worm bin, compost pile, and rabbit hutch.
I don't have all of those though, working on the horsetail, nettles, and rabbit hutch. The rest I got covered though.

Well, I have the worm bin working, compost is frozen right now, comfrey and horsetail in the spring!!! Rabbit hutch....don't know if I can swing that. I had a terrifying childhood experience involving rabbits.

 

[greasemonkeymann]

Well, I have the worm bin working, compost is frozen right now, comfrey and horsetail in the spring!!! Rabbit hutch....don't know if I can swing that. I had a terrifying childhood experience involving rabbits.

heh, me too, I was a lil too curious to see a rabbit being slaughtered...they make the most awful sound ever... and gurgling...
not cool for a lil 8 yr old

 

[ZoBudd]

is it safe to spray new clones in an aero cloner?

 

[Vnsmkr]

Compost, worms, aloe, & coconuts will do it. I also mix some teas with local plants I have growing in the garden and that seems to round things out nicely

 

[Pattahabi]

I cut the leaf down the middle and use a knife to scrape out the insides. Then I put it in a blender with water, puree, STRAIN, and spray. Outstanding stuff!


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[st0wandgrow]

I had a terrifying childhood experience involving rabbits.

This sounds like a good story just waiting to be told........

 

[greasemonkeymann]

This sounds like a good story just waiting to be told........

my guess is those big ole scary rabbit-teeth found a child to bite...