Aloe juice miracles--chill/freeze protection/rehab

I like to start my hot peppers and tomatoes inside so they're ready for transplant when the last frost has come and gone. This year i decided i'd use some extra space in my light footprint to start up some leafy greens that don't strictly need to be started inside. When the weather began to change, i figured these cold weather leafy greens (blue dwarf kale, garnet rose romaine, and buttercrunch lettuce) could be hardened and put in their appropriate squares (i do square foot gardening in raised beds). they were weathered for a few days then planted in the garden. a couple weeks later we had a massive return of cold weather and a storm on the horizon for next week. needless to say, the temps were way down and the ice/snow/sleet wintry mix froze the leaves on all of my leafy greens.

the poor leaves were frozen so badly that they were transparent, particularly on the buttercrunch. The night after a big ice storm, i was spraying my indoor plants with some aloe juice foliar solution, made more than i needed (as per usual) and decided to give it a whirl on my dying leafy greens.

HUGE MIRACLE!!!

the aloe juice foliar seems to have helped the leaves recover! all the transparency is gone, the leaves are beginning to take on full green (and, in the case of the garnet rose romaine, deep purple) color, and seem to have pulled through!!

Just thought i'd put out the praise for aloe vera juice dilutions and their efficacy in the garden! Now, i think i'm just going to put up some 4 mil clear poly for the next (hopefully final) winter storm which should be upon us momentarily.

be easy,

be easy,

That's good info, may I ask what your aloe juice foliar spray recipe is?

you should take some pictures for documentation. that was definitely a cool idea to try it.

https://www.rollitup.org/organics/296947-aloe-vera.html

Fresh aloe works wonders. Lots of info in the organic section of this site. Especially the No till thread.

I've read ratios of 1-2 ounce a gallon. Fresh is better. Use within 30 minutes. If buying store bought you don't want preservatives.

I've stored fresh cut aloe in baggies of water w/ the air squeezed out for 2 hours and it seemed just fine. I've read its the oxygen that makes it degrade, not sure on that.

Helps clones take root. I've noticed dramatic overnight effects from using it. Here's a little on some of the nutrients.

Aloe Vera contains many vitamins including A, C, E, folic acid, choline, B1, B2, B3 (niacin), B6. Aloe Vera is also one of the few plants that contains vitamin B12.

Some of the 20 minerals found in Aloe Vera include: calcium, magnesium, zinc, chromium, selenium, sodium, iron, potassium, copper, manganese.

A simple but effective foilar I like to throw together includes per 32oz
1-2 juice of fresh aloe
Dyna grow Pro tekt
Earth Tonic
Small splash of pure coconut water

Use at lights out/ sunset

Some people like to puree the aloe first as it tends to clog the sprayer

Bugeye said:

That's good info, may I ask what your aloe juice foliar spray recipe is?

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i mix half a 1/4 tsp (or an 1/8 tsp) 200x organic aloe powder with 1/2c of dechlorinated h2o. shake vigorously in a mason jar until dissolved. allow to settle for 10 minutes. this is your aloe juice.
2-3 TBSP of aloe juice to 1 gal dechlorinated h2o, stir it up and pour it in your sprayer.

The Outdoorsman said:

https://www.rollitup.org/organics/296947-aloe-vera.html

Fresh aloe works wonders. Lots of info in the organic section of this site. Especially the No till thread.

I've read ratios of 1-2 ounce a gallon. Fresh is better. Use within 30 minutes. If buying store bought you don't want preservatives.

I've stored fresh cut aloe in baggies of water w/ the air squeezed out for 2 hours and it seemed just fine. I've read its the oxygen that makes it degrade, not sure on that.

Helps clones take root. I've noticed dramatic overnight effects from using it. Here's a little on some of the nutrients.

Aloe Vera contains many vitamins including A, C, E, folic acid, choline, B1, B2, B3 (niacin), B6. Aloe Vera is also one of the few plants that contains vitamin B12.

Some of the 20 minerals found in Aloe Vera include: calcium, magnesium, zinc, chromium, selenium, sodium, iron, potassium, copper, manganese.

A simple but effective foilar I like to throw together includes per 32oz
1-2 juice of fresh aloe
Dyna grow Pro tekt
Earth Tonic
Small splash of pure coconut water

Use at lights out/ sunset

Some people like to puree the aloe first as it tends to clog the sprayer

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Don't forget the saponins and salicylic acid!

^ the husk of the aloe plant has salicylic acid in the rind. I throw whole fillet pieces into a jug and bubble it for 24 hours.

Fresh is so amazing, I went out about 2 months ago and bought every aloe plant I could find in store around me and ended up with 3, lol, but better than nothing.

I have been freezing whole fillets just in double wrapped ziplocks. Then I just snap off a piece about 1x1 and bubble it for 24 hours in a 1/2 gallon of water. No dillution, although I add it to my regular waterings as well.

I spray and water clones with this method.

Also using coco water and malted barley flour, from time to time. All plants love this shiite

I too have witnessed the miracles of aloe vera. fucking mind boggling. The colour of the new growth looks sooooooo healthy its not even funny. Same with the teas foliarly. Both an extremely cheap ways to make your garden look like god is yielding a helping hand.

I will read up more on it. I have a couple 3ft tall aloe plants in my yard.

Thanks for the link OUTDOORSMAN!!!

this is some good stuff, i'm thinking a foliar spray of aloe, coconut water, and a light kelp extract would be a nice weekly spraying, early in the flowering stages, and throughout the veggie stage