CURRENT PLANT ORDERS WILL SHIP IN OCTOBER 2023
Aloe vera plant, yellow flowered, quart size, organic
$21.00
Family: Aloe (Asphodelaceae)
Hardy to Zone 9 to 10, but commonly grown as a potted plant kept indoors or on the summer patio (shade)
Aloe Vera is a perennial succulent which came originally from the Island of Socotra in the Arabian Sea. These beautiful, soft and edible aloes prosper in the gentle light from almost any window. Their leaves are thick, spotted in white, spines rubbery and harmless, leaves filled with thick gel. These plants flower yellow. Space plants 1 to 2 feet apart.
Potted Plant Certified Organically Grown, will be bare-rooted to ship
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Faizan –
Hello,
When will this plant be available again? Also, is this specific aloe vera edible and used in cosmetics? Please advise. Thank You.
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Richo Cech –
Hello Faizan, Thanks for writing! Aloe vera is available 2 or 3 times yearly–hit waitlist. There are many species of aloe besides Aloe vera that are nontoxic (read edible in prescribed dosages) and useful in cosmetics (functional aloe gel is present in most aloe species!). I would suggest getting Aloe ferox or Aloe arborescens that are currently in stock and nicely sized up. Please read pages 190 to 196 of “Growing Plant Medicine Vol 1.” richo
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Chima –
Aloe vera plant, yellow flowered, organic.
Is this kind of Aloe vera plant eatable?
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Richo Cech –
yes, this is the standard aloe vera plant, and hit “waitlist,” we’re working them up. r
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Pablo G –
Is this an aloe barbadensis Stockton miller?
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Admin Richo Cech –
This is the same plant that used to be called that but is now recognized by taxonomists as Aloe vera.
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Gintas –
is the juice of this Aloe vera plant is sweet?
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Richo Cech –
Hello Gintas,
No, the juice of aloes is bitter.
Richo
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Gintas –
Richo, my deep respect to you. Same question about Aloe arborescens – is the juice of this plant sweet? As Ayurveda allow to use bitter juice for outside using, sweet juice – Inside using
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Richo Cech –
Hello Gintas, Aloe arborescens juice is very bitter! You know, really, all aloes are going to be bitter, due to the presence of aloin, a very bitter principle.
It is possible that if only the gel is extracted, and not the yellow anthraquinone constituent that occurs just below the skin of the leaf, that a sweet taste might be achieved. But for all practical purposes, aloes are bitter. Richo
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Gintas –
Thank you Richo for your patient, I try to ask the same in other words – which of Aloe (you have) is sweetest?
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Richo Cech –
Aloe ellenbeckii
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Gintas –
Yes Richo, I am going to use only gel w/o skin. My source told me that I should select Indian Aloe Barbadensis. I am little bit confused with Aloe Barbadensis and Aloe Vera. Some sources confirming it is the same plant, some – not. Do you have experience in preparing aloe juice according Ayurvedic principles for inner using? My respect. Gintas
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Richo Cech –
Hello gintas, yes, you would filet the large, juicy leaf and keep the gel and discard the skin. This would make it “sweeter.” The directions for doing this are on page 105 of “Making Plant Medicine” 4th edition. As for confusion with Aloe vera, the plant, and the naming of the plant, this is understandable. You can check my blog on the subject at this link https://blog.strictlymedicinalseeds.com/origins-of-aloe-vera/
Beyond the blog, I think what your practitioner is recommending, is the larger and more upright form of the plant, sometimes misnomered “barbadensis.” (the plant didn’t originate in barbados, or india, for that matter, although it may be grown in these places). The other form of the plant is the “chinese” type that most people have, which is spotted and droopy. I have both types here, and they can generally be found at local nurseries. richo
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Sarah Drake –
Hi! Will there be any organic aloe vera again?
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Admin Richo Cech –
Yes, thanks for asking, these will be enabled later on in the year. r
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Deborah Plaza (verified owner) –
I’d like to use it by cutting a little bit every day for use on my face.
Will it kill the plant?
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Richo Cech –
No, harvest the older, lower leaf not the central rosette and you’ll be fine. most of us do this, the older leaves will eventually slough off anyway.
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