Aloe Vera - how to grow, use and share with Morag Gamble
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- Aloe makes a great homemade hair conditioner, face moisturiser, acne face wash, itch and bite soother, digestion aid and more. Watch this clip to see how Morag Gamble (moraggamble.com) grows, harvests, uses and shares her aloe.
Do you have some growing?
How do you use it?
Perhaps you have a great recipe for homemade hand sanitiser with aloe?
Feel free to share 😀🌼
NB: some people react to the latex - the yellow juice between the green skin and transparent inner gel. If you are concerned, do a tiny test first, and/or remove the skin and wash the clear gel before use.
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I started using Aloe when a friend gave me a leaf to treat two precancerous spots on my face the doctor wanted to burn off. In two weeks of using the Aloe they began to fade and in a month they were gone. I got some plants from my friend and always use it in the summer as a preventative. 30 yrs later I've had no more. I use it, as you do, on my hair, skin, in smoothies and for mosquito and midge bites. I made some hand sanitiser recently using the blended gel and 70% alcohol, about 50/50. My son has a still, so I get alcohol from him for cleaning etc. I put some lavender oil in one lot and tea tree in the second. It worked well, but as viruses are more easily destroyed by soap, I prefer to just wash my hands. I have a book on Aloe from the 70's where it was found to be effective for after dental treatments to treat infection, and to treat xray radiation. I'd never be without it.
Thank you for sharing this. Do you have the name of the book on aloe? Im sure I can find another type of book. but sometimes its good to go with traditional methods. :)
Hi Morag, thanks for all these great videos. I use aloe vera as rooting hormone for cuttings.
Love, peace and hope from Torino/Italy.
Aloe vera cleared post-operative staph infections in wounds that I have had, that antibiotics would not clear. Just taped on a piece of a leaf and left overnight. Also cleared staph infection in a wound that my elderly mother had after a fall.
i just cut the spine parts off and chew a 1 inch x 1 inch square and swallow it now and then, not every day. also with cuts and insect bites i cut it open and put on the inside of a band aid. the band aid holds it on the skin.
I love this! I’ve been using aloe in my own skin care for a while but just started with using it straight as a moisturizer and also just started using it as my conditioner. I have thin fine hair and I don’t need a lot and was curious how it would work in other hair types. As a hair stylist I hated the pushing of products that are ridiculously expensive and have questionable ingredients. All you need is some aloe! And I also really enjoy using jojoba oil. I’ve been using a pure aloe from a jar and can’t wait to start growing this in my garden so I don’t need to purchase and add to plastic in my home and waste! And excited to try to use it internally as a detox as well! Thank you! I’ve been binge watching all your videos and loving them! You are so generous to share your knowledge! I am trying to start a permaculture garden and small food forest in my suburban backyard in California zone 9b. If anyone reads this and has references, resources, tips and tricks I’d love to hear them!
Thank you so much for sharing your wealth of knowledge!
I love the leave-in hair conditioner idea!
Your skin looks amazing. I have stopped buying skin products so will incorporate aloe Vera into my skin care instead. Thank you
Thank you. Wonderful - I wish you all the best.
I make Jan Berry's coconut and aloe vera soap. It goes the most beautiful pale pink. The soap is really nice to use as well.
I would love to get this recipe!
Hi thank you very much for all the information you have given watching you so long Here we also put aloe vera gel to fridge and make ice cubes to use any time we need
I used it for many things, the gel in my shakes, also for sunburn, my oldest son uses it for his face (pimples) mosquitoes bites, in South America (Ecuador) they sell shake all made out of the gel
Aloe Vera is an amazing HAIR GEL. I stopped using commercial hair gel about a year ago. Now I just simply use Aloe Vera. Much more natural, nutritious, and equally effective.
A family member of mine suffers from constipation, so this is what does the trick for her: she takes the aloe vera, cuts out the pulp forming little bullets and freezes them. That way she can keep them ready to be used as a natural suppository for her constipation any time.
I use it form my hair, skin, and internally. I’ve recently learned that it makes a good compost tea.
I grow aloe Vera in pots on my kitchen window-sills here in Ireland. I'm very fair so burn really easily and aloe Vera is great for healing my skin. It helps my dry delicate skin and was especially useful during radiotherapy for breast cancer. I've recently used aloe Vera to soothe sore eyes.
it helps a lot for cold sores.
Wonderful tips! Thanks! Aloe Vera in Brazil is called "babosa" too.
Your sharings were always practical and wonderful. Don’t need too much time to watch. Very much appreciated
Hi Morag, i use to make ice lemon tea and put some meat of aloe vera and it’s really good for the body, so shame that i have no garden here and try to do it on the balcony.
You can do it on a balcony; mine's been in a terracotta planter on the back verandah for years. I had trouble finding it in stores, so I bought maybe 4 or 5 pups from a nursery on ebay & they're all grown up with their own pups & grandpuppies now.
I use Aloe for burns and as a hand moisturiser. :)
I LOVED IT 💕 Such an incredible plant and a how-to use it video. Thanks.
I love aloe! I am very fair and do get sun burned. It is the very best treatment. I wish I could grow nice big stalks like those but I am in a zone 5 so I grow it indoors. I did make the mistake of putting it out in the sun and it did burn it up. Lesson learned. Thanks for this video.
Such a great video - thanks so much for this! Definitely going to try it out as a hair conditioner :)
I use it for cuts burns and cloning and plant spay and sometime blind the gel in a drink.
You’re So kind xxx
I suck and chew the gel after brushing my teeth, gives a nice fresh aftertaste and fights bacteria that cause plaque
Indeed! Great idea.
I got a bad looking eczema a few months ago. After using many creams and remedies with negative results, I applied aloe vera day and nighr for about two months.
Every day I could notice how it improved the appearance of my leg, until the eczema was gone.
Thanks for sharing your valuable knowledge with the world!
You are so welcome - and thanks for sharing your success story with Aloe vera
Thanks.
I'm addicted to eating raw aloe vera gel. I have to buy them as it hasn't been growing in my clay soil garden. we're in a rainiest place on earth but neighbours can grow it easily. Trying hard to grow more on my own.
Thank you so much.
I enjoy your lessons and value the wealth of information that you share. I have had great success doing your no dig method with paper and layers. However I live in zone 6 in the USA so I would love to know your thoughts about adapting plants to winter over in different climates.
I’m so glad to hear that. Make a selection of the hardy perennial plants in your region and include them in your beds too to keep the life
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Hi and thanks for being there with such great info. I have had many aloe vera "indoor" plants and it seems that once I take a leaf off, the plant slowly dies on me. What could I be doing wrong? Is there a specific way to harvest as opposed to a whole leaf? Thanks a lot. Unfortunately, I don't have a plant now but really would love to find one out there somewhere. Thanks. Mary C in PA
Minus 40ºC looks after the invasive problem LOL
Holly molly you must live near the Northern or Southern poles. Brrrrrrrr
Thanks for the information on aloe. I do have a question about kitchen vegetable, fruits and egg shells. I have been crushing them and adding them to my wormcasting, but as I get older, it is becoming a bit demanding for me. I would like to know if I just throw all of the above into my flower beds, will it be benefitial without mixing with soil and just throwing them? Or would it become a huge garbage area after a while. Thanks
I tried this and it looked like garbage (lol) and it invited critters (possums, racoons etc) *and* they ate my garden! Save your pennies/pence for a rotating compost bin, it took me quite awhile to save the money but it was totally worth it!
Cheers!
@@blowitoutyourcunt7675 Thanks for the feedback, rotating compost bin is a very good idea. I will look into it.
Does it cope with frost ? Thanks 🤗
Technically frost can kill it & it shouldn't go below maybe 5degC, but we get a v light frost here in the Adelaide Hills & subzero occasionally & mine's coped with our extreme heat in summer too. It likes to have stuff around it for shade or shelter from the elements. Mines in a big planter under the verandah, where it multiplies happily in a little huddle.
@@joannecarroll5504 thanks heaps. I'll be on the safe side and shelter it over winter. It's a great size and I'd hate to loose it. I appreciate you reply.
Thanks babe xxx
There are different types of aloe, though. I have one that looks like the large, fat, solid green pieces sold in the produce section of the grocery store and I have one that has spots and never loses the spots no matter what the age or size of the mature plants. I thought I read somewhere that the one with spots is Topical aloe, and the solid green one with the really beefy meat inside is edible. Can you comment on what you think? I can share pictures to show the difference if you need it through email or something because I don't know if I can share here.
There are many similar aloes and I think that the best way to identify them is to wait till they flower and compare with other flowering aloes on Facebook gardening sites, on google or local botannical gardens.
Do aloes work the same?
This is Aloe Vera barbadensis
Would you know why the aloe vera I bought says not to consume, are there different types.
There are over 500 species of Aloes, mostly in Africa, but only a few have medicinal uses and only Aloe Vera has culinary uses. Not all Aloe Vera varieties are considered edible, the main edible one being var Chinensis. Also horticultural chemicals may have been used liked hormones, dyes etc
If you cut alovera blade sides.( Thorny ends)..and immerse it in a mug of water, you can see a yellow colour oozing out . From what I heard is that consumption without removal of this yellow stuff could cause some issues like nausia / stomach upsets for some people ..Hence you can consume after keeping it in immersed water after cutting the 2 blade sides, to remove the yellowish stuff which is primarily located on the blade sides...
I wonder if there are any applications for pets? Like, I wonder if anyone has ever used it for demodectic mange, etc? Not sure if it is toxic if a dog licks it though ...
Wow, that's great! I'm going to try and use it more! It is good! 🏜️