Folks that use aloe water for foliar ---->

Is there any difference between 'regular' aloe water and 'whole leaf' aloe water?

check ingredients, if it has ingredients you cant pronounce, don't use it! there is aloe that comes in bottles that is good to use, but expensive, ur best bet is aloe 200x or 100x, much cheaper. I use fresh aloe only when I notice my aloe plant getting bigger.

Couldn't find aloe powder, but your rec is noted.

The ingredients on both bottles were identical, except one said "Aloe Vera," and the other said, "Whole Leaf Aloe Vera." The only other ingredient was lemon juice.

That citiric acid will have some effect on healthy plant microbes - the inhibition effect is why the manufacturer included it. More dilution will be better than less dilution. Is there is something you could include that would neutralise some of that acid for you - would molasses have the same effect on citric acid that it does to dissolved chlorine?


My aloe preservative experience:
I picked up a bottle and didn't check the label closely enough - included sodium benzoate. Have read somewhere it's worse than citric acid for soil.

Interesting effect -I used a on a handful of small plants a few times at 5ml/litre and over a couple of weeks it definitely slowed down the soil life, and stalled the seedlings in it.

Might be useful if you ever wanted to deliberately stall a plant? I've applied a few AACT and SST since to try and get things going again.

jerichojews said:

Couldn't find aloe powder, but your rec is noted.

The ingredients on both bottles were identical, except one said "Aloe Vera," and the other said, "Whole Leaf Aloe Vera." The only other ingredient was lemon juice.

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just go to a nursery and buy two aloe plants, they are cheap, practically grow themselves, and I couldn't imagine why bottled stuff would be better than a fresh aloe plant. plus it works good for clones too.

the only benefit of the bottled aloe (Lakewood brand only) is the pump sprayer not clogging. If you puree the fresh gel enough it will be fine. Or if you let a leaf sit for a few days after chop. The gel can turn to liquid. Remember to snip the bottom of the leaf and set the leaf upright in a container or cup and let the sap drain for a couple hours before using that leaf.

OK, i will definitely look into getting an aloe plant (or two).
As far as the powder goes, has anybody had any experience with this stuff:
https://www.mountainroseherbs.com/products/aloe-vera-powder/profile

jerichojews said:

OK, i will definitely look into getting an aloe plant (or two).
As far as the powder goes, has anybody had any experience with this stuff:
https://www.mountainroseherbs.com/products/aloe-vera-powder/profile

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Aloe plants are great. I opted for the 200x powder because it's ridiculously cheap, and it leaves me with one less thing to piss around with (pureeing aloe shoots etc). Ingredients to die for is where you want to buy it from. I bought the 4oz bag and have had it for over a year, and based upon how much is still left I will have it for another 10 years. lol

http://www.ingredientstodiefor.com/item/Aloe_Vera_Extract_200x_Organic_Puraloe/111


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hyroot said:

the only benefit of the bottled aloe (Lakewood brand only) is the pump sprayer not clogging. If you puree the fresh gel enough it will be fine. Or if you let a leaf sit for a few days after chop. The gel can turn to liquid. Remember to snip the bottom of the leaf and set the leaf upright in a container or cup and let the sap drain for a couple hours before using that leaf.

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hmm, maybe for a long time I've been doing it wrong, ( I do have wonderful visible results though) but I just squeeze all the aloe juice from the leaf(s), I don't puree the whole leaf, are there other benefits from the skin that i'm missing when I use just the juice/gel stuff? They "prey" when I spray.... and the cuts grow roots.. but doesn't mean i'm not doing it wrong, so what do you guys think?