Blue light special on Aloe Veras, aisle three

[layla]

Any Fairbanks-area people want an aloe vera plant? They're a cute little houseplant, fairly difficult to kill, and the cut leaves really do work to soothe burns and sunburns (just slice 'em open and stick 'em on the injured part ... they work!). I seem to have gotten my hands on an aloe that reproduces faster than a farm full of rabbits, which means that I have a million of them.



This is your aloe.


This is your aloe ... on steroids.

It's the momma plant, which was given to me two years ago as a tiny, sickly little thing that seemed unlikely to survive. Well, you can see what it's doing now. The pot is so packed with aloes that I can barely water it, and this is after one round of aloe-baby transplanting last winter and another culling tonight.

As you can clearly see, these are not some cheap Columbian knock-off aloes! These things are tough and hardy and fertile and grow like crazy.


This one was transplanted last Jan. or Feb., looking just like the little baby at the top, and see what it looks like now. (Actually, in the interests of full disclosure, there *were* two of them in the pot to begin with, not one like the ones I'm giving away. But STILL.)


The babies ready for adoption.

In all seriousness ... if you can pick it up in Fairbanks and you want one, comment or email me. Since they were just transplanted, I'm going to give these a few days to make sure that they don't drop dead because of having been given insufficient rootlets (the babies are packed in so tight that I had trouble getting enough roots for them), so I'll be giving them away later in the week.

Comments

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

I would, but we have a momma like yours and half-dozen babies of our own. :P They're the only plants I can keep alive except one Australian bean plant that won't give up.

[laylalawlor.livejournal.com]

LOL! Yeah, they're the only plants that seem to be able to survive my tender care, too ... aside from a spider plant that I've had for about fifteen years, so it's probably used to my lackadaisical "flood and drought" style of watering.

Ironically enough, the people in my family who are far better at gardening than me (my mom and grandma) have far worse luck with aloes. Probably because they keep trying to water them, whereas I forget until I wander past the plant and notice that the leaves are getting all shriveled up.

"Feed me, Seymour..."

[allanh.livejournal.com]

Are you sure these aren't "Audrey" plants? That momma plant looks pretty ferocious...

Re: "Feed me, Seymour..."

[laylalawlor.livejournal.com]

It's scary! It won't! stop! growing!

[arcana-j.livejournal.com]

Time to start taking them to work and leaving them anonymously on people's desks.

[laylalawlor.livejournal.com]

*snort* Would you believe, I've thought about it? Actually I was (jokingly ... sort of) thinking that we could offer a special in the advertising department -- you know, like how banks will give away a toaster or something when you open an account. Buy advertising and get a free houseplant!

[arcana-j.livejournal.com]

Give each plant a shiny red bow and a jingle bell and call them "Holiday Incentives". XD

[laylalawlor.livejournal.com]

ahahaha ... I really should ...

[senri.livejournal.com]

oh em gee... they're adorable! *pokes at the leetle babies* They look very prehistoric. Good luck finding them nice new homes. XD

[laylalawlor.livejournal.com]

*hee* Thanks! They are so cute at that age, before they get all scary and prehistoric.

[jammielynn.livejournal.com]

i would love one. actually, my landlord has some agreement (lame) that i couldn't kill his plants, and i've killed a couple, but i swear i watered them and everything. so, i'm supposed to replace them or something. so, it would actually be helpfull if i could take one. or two. whatever.
let me know.

[laylalawlor.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Well, obviously, not awesome about killing your landlord's plants. (And I've had plants die for no apparent reason, quite frequently, so it's not necessarily anything that you did.) But I'd love to pack a couple of these guys off to a good home.

I work at the News-Miner and I've been keeping some of them at work in the hopes of finding homes for them. I'm here between 10 and 6 weekdays, so if you're around the News-Miner building you could stop in at the front counter and have them page me (Layla Lawlor), and I can give them to you.

[jammielynn.livejournal.com]

COOL. i work tomorrow until 5. i'm at the airport. so, i'll just come by then, is that fine? i'll probably get there at 530.
how long have you been at the news miner? i spent quite a bit of time there last fall. i did the shoe thing. i was always picking up loads and loads of shoes.
anyhow. yeah. tomorrow at 530. sounds good?

[laylalawlor.livejournal.com]

Sorry! I was gonna reply to this when I got home, and totally forgot. Yes, by all means, do come by after work. Another of my co-workers took one this morning, so I currently have two of them at work and potted (but more at home that just need their own pots).

I work in the layout department. I was there from about '98 to '00 ... left ... came back in '04.