posted
Hi, I have a very large, old, aloe plant. I had to move it recently for painters to do their job and several large pieces of it broke off. I am rooting several, but have a huge piece that I would like to extract the gel from for future use. Does anyone know how to do this and how to store it? Thanks, Dianec
Plants: 4 | From: Glenmoore, PA USA | Registered: Jan 2005
| Seeded: 151.199.252.113
Cricket
guest
posted
Hi Dianec,
Anytime I've used aloe gel, I've just sliced open the piece of stem, scraped out the gel and stored it in a small, clean vial in the refrigerator.
Seeded: 70.66.52.31
posted
You can even use it straight from the stem after a few hours, the stem callouses over, and you can snip that open, and use whatever's left. It lasts quite a while like that. If you want it to last for a pretty long time though *like a few months* you can do the vile thing ^.^
posted
after the end callouses over, you can also put the stem and all in the refrigerator or freezer to prolong the life. i've done that.
Seeded: 12.77.201.183
posted
Thanks all, for the suggestions for the aloe. I will give scraping it out and saving it in the frig in a jar a shot - although since I have a lot of leaves, I may put it in the food processor and then strain it! I'll let you know how it goes... thanks again! Dianec
Plants: 4 | From: Glenmoore, PA USA | Registered: Jan 2005
| Seeded: 68.163.11.133
login | 
| 
| 
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
after a few hours, the stem callouses over, and you can snip that open, and use whatever's left. It lasts quite a while like that. If you want it to last for a pretty long time though *like a few months* you can do the vile thing ^.^
Printer-friendly view of this garden