I live in Statesboro, Ga. and my Sister lives in Loudiwici, Ga. near Savannah. She called me a little while ago and asked me to come on the computer and look up aloe plants. She has a beautiful one and this year it has "bloomed" for the first time ever. She is so excited but every one that sees it says they do not bloom. : ) Hers has an orange type bud bloom on it and from the way she describes it...to me it sounds like a cactus type bloom I saw once. SANDRA
My mature aloe plants bloom with a yellow flower. Randall 

Thanks Randall. I'll keep you posted on any milestones. It's a
beautiful plant, about a foot out of the soil, so it should be settling in pretty
soon and raising a family. haha. And thanks for the next order.

Hi Randall, just a quick message to thank you for yr love of aloes & strangers. My sick aloe is making a comeback. I took yr advice, put it in compost in a semi-clay loam in a mostly sunny area. Looks green, the leaves are thickening, mine is doing fine. Candy Reed

 

I read on your site that the plant be 2 or 3 years old to be used, would a younger plant just not be effective yet...please explain. How long are the leaves on a 2 to 3 year old plant? Thanks for your help, Anita Woelke

As the aloe plant ages it produces and concetrates minerals. Leaves under 2 years have very little stored. The leaf must live on the plant for 3 years for maximum qualities to be accumulated. A 3 year old plant will form leaves up to 15" I have larger leaves 24".

How nice! My 16 year old son has been asking me for an Aloe Plant to be his friend and companion for a while now, and I have been unable to find one, until I finally decided to check online. I was amazed to find you. How nifty!! It's also great that my video game addicted son has decided to take up a new avocation, so I want you to know that you are contributing to a worthy cause, possibly preventing a youth on the precipice of life in choosing the right path through the opportunity of nurturing offered by this little plant. Sue Cassista

Say Randall, you were right too about our aloe plant is doing so much better now that we are watering it only once every 3 weeks! You sure know your plants! We sure enjoy your Aloe Plants and encourage others to get some too! Thanks again, respectfully, your friends here in Idaho, Gary and Janice Hawkins.

Randall, Thanks for the swift reply.  I will forward this to my son.  If he has satisfied all the necessities, it is only by accident.  He loves plants but is a neglectful gardener at best.  I will certainly compliment him though since I never was able to produce a bloom or a plant that size.  He told me he's afraid that one night when he's sleeping the thing will get him. It's not that big yet but it is getting there. Thanks again for the information. Elaine

Thanks for your reply, I have hope.  I removed some of the leaves and on the trunk which is usually completely white, there are rings of hard, calloused yellow, like the yellow aloe blood that accumulates when you cut a leaf.  I can only suspect that I choked the base layers of some leaves, and hope that it doesn't go too deep. Sara
As long as your leaves are firm, not mushy and still green, not black, then in time it will recover. When it is stressed aloe will go dormant and mar take several weeks to recover. As always only water when the soil is completely dry.