For shit and giggles I made some rooting gel using aloe vera I even took some of the aloe vera gel mix it in with water and soak the cubes. It took 14 days and I have roots
Looks like I won't be needing to buy rooting gel ever again lol.
I haven't bought rooting gel in years since finding out about this. I do this exact method with the aloe, but like to add a little liquid seaweed and Ful-Power. Not only does this work faster than any cloning gel I've used, but the roots I get are way more robust to boot. I believe I even read somewhere that cloning gels pretty much just extract aloe vera and most cloning gels are just synthesized aloe vera products.