Growing and Using Aloe Vera in the Garden ~ Soil Drench and more!

Watch along to see some of the aloe vera plants in our garden, tips for harvesting, and how we process and turn fresh aloe vera into a soil drench to feed freshly transplanted seedlings. This video was made to accompany a blogpost that includes more details about how to grow aloe, an explanation of its beneficial properties, and also discusses use for foliar spray, cloning, and facial moisturizer. Check it out!
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[@en20metros]

I've been using this fertilizer since one year ago to protect the roots of tomatoes, peppers and eggplants (solanaceae plants) They became more resistant against fungus. Thanks for this tips, Deanna.

[@HomesteadandChill]

Awesome feedback!!!

[@lettyzane1719]

Serious knife skills ya got there!

[@courtneyrenegar4329]

Perfect timing!! I was just sitting down to look up how to do this!! Thanks for being such a wealth of information!! Keep up the good work. 🌱♥️

[@EveryLilPiece]

If you scratch a bar of soap before planting, you'll have little to no soil under your nails! Great video!

[@SergeGrowsOrganicEndHunger]

What a lovely garden, I didn't know aloe could lose some of its properties if you let it sit for long, thank you for the information.

[@sirene7465]

I can imagine how nice your garden smells!

[@lexboegen]

I fillet the leaves similar to the method you use, except I put the flatter part of the leaf face down on the cutting board and run the knife along, skimming just above the leaf. It's a little safer and easier. I was on a kick a couple of years ago adding the gel to my green smoothies on a daily basis. Being a Floridian and an outdoorsman, I frequently use the leaf as a treatment for cuts, burns, scrapes, etc. I found that leaving the back part of the leaf on (just removing the front part of the leaf only) made it much easier to secure under a bandage or gauze wrap. The gel by itself is much too slippery, but keeping part of the leaf on makes it manageable. Great video (and I love the Pink Floyd music playing in the background!) Subscribed.

[@vickymouse6804]

fantastic garden... love it.... great work

[@sino1449]

Hi I LOVED your garden 💕 it is so beautiful.. keep up

[@dmcdade75]

Beautiful property!

[@crafteesoul7336]

Love your yard. Thanks you for the tip

[@AnonymousAnonymous-yj2eq]

What a great tutorial. Im Going to use the aloe on my face and tomato plants too. Love pink floyd

[@JuneCailles-kp3cc]

I have wasted time not using the Aloe Vera all over our place, thanks for sharing this demo video and loved the Pink Floyd background music.

[@HomesteadandChill]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@sanjeepmaharjan4683]

Thank you so so much for the guidance, I loved your video, and absolutely loved your garden too. Really appreciate your video 😊😊

[@bradmckenzie-smith7994]

Just thought I would add that Aloe is great of IPM (integrated pest management), I use it exclusively along with Neem cake in NoTill gardening. Great Video

[@HomesteadandChill]

Yes! We use it with nearly every canna watering and foliar spray 💚 I think I mention that in the blogpost but not the video. Thanks for the feedback!

[@TehSyneS]

@@HomesteadandChill what about foliar during mid to late flower? Im sure they would love that!!

[@HomesteadandChill]

@@TehSyneS They probably would although we live in a location with really foggy summers with a lot of dew and moisture which leads to botrytis so we try and keep them as dry as we can.

[@annapotter7397]

Love the background music at the end! Great info about Aloe also.

[@OG_VeniVidiVici]

I can't believe this only has 20k views!! Aloe is amazing, all essential amino acids, salicylic acid for plant immune boost and drought resistance, trace minerals, saponins, the list goes on and on. Lol Great stuff. Subbed!

[@HomesteadandChill]

Thanks for watching!

[@roishonbowman6174]

The vibes is on point. I subscribed just because of the background music

[@HomesteadandChill]

Haha, thank you. Unfortunately our newer videos don't have the same background music as KZbin doesn't like that sort of thing.

[@yanni246]

Looooove the closing tune!

[@roishonbowman6174]

I like how you slipped in” it works for cannabis plants “also.😃

[@sunaJH]

I would like to ask for opinions on which Aloe Vera strains are best for medical uses, and are there varieties that are NOT for medical uses-thank you:)

[@HomesteadandChill]

Aloe Barbadensis is the best. 💚

[@JamOnIt7929]

Can you make a video on making kombucha at home. I've seen some of your videos on IG but it would really help if you had a more in-depth video.. Thank-you.

[@HomesteadandChill]

Funny timing! Planning to shoot a tutorial on it this weekend! 👍🏼

[@HomesteadandChill]

Did you see the kombucha post is up on the blog now? I didn't havent time to do a fill video for KZbin yet, but the blogpost has my 10 minute Instagram video tutorial within it ❤ homesteadandchill.com/how-to-make-kombucha-101-brewing-basics/

[@draft74draft65]

😍 Smells life….

[@ywuzibarajas3840]

How often do you give Aloe to your plant?

[@stickybadine1776]

Thank you for this great video and for sharing your beautiful garden! I have my first Aloe plant and am looking for particular super soil blend. This was so much more tho! I need to upsize her pot and place in my indoor garden. Should I place her in the veg room or flower room. I'm thinking there's enough canopy in flower to keep indirect light? Also dont know if veg lights have enough spectrum? My primary use will be for cloning, fertilizer and foliar spray. Thanks again!

[@HomesteadandChill]

I'm honestly not sure since we grow our cannabis and aloe both primarily outdoors. Maybe get a second aloe and do a little fun side-by-side experiment with one in each?

[@debiegordon3787]

Ur large green & gorg Aloe makes mine look so bad lol. So basically, I can just process any extraneous, WHOLE Aloe,minus root, in blender then mix w good water & feed plants??? I have SOOO many growing wild everywhere😁I don't want to just toss em out...so great idea 💚💚💚Great 🎶tunes in too

[@AlvinKazu]

Thank you very much for your video on Aloe! I have some plants outside, that look like Aloe, but they are a bit smaller, but a ton of them. A lot of Aloe I see looks HUGE, but yours are a bit medium sized, and not gigantic. IT seems there are many varieties of Aloe, so I'm wondering if it matters what kind? From what I read there is a specific variety that people use, and is more studied, but I wonder if they all would work the same/similar? I was starting to buy some aloe powder, but it seems that I can use this, but I wonder it make sure it's useful. THere is gel inside, and the flowers are red, similar to the pictures I see. I thought it was just a diffferent succulent at first, but I Think it is in fact an aloe plant. It's smaller, but green and has the white dots on it. Thank you for any advice/help on this!

[@HomesteadandChill]

There are a lot of different varieties of aloe, the one that is most healing is aloe barbadensis. They can really get to a decently large size and they produce pups that grow out from the main plant. But not sure what type of aloe you have, however, aloe barbadensis is the one you want.

[@AlvinKazu]

@@HomesteadandChill Thank you for your reply. I'm not sure what kind I have, `it was here when we purchased the home, but the pups propagate similar to` what I've seen in other videos, and they now occupy a rather large area, basically all bunched up together, but rather tiny, maybe 2`-3 feet across at the biggest, and like 1-2 feet tall. They are similar green/light green with white spots, flower into bunches of red flowers that shoot from the stalk, and the plant cuts open with gel that looks exactly the same. Would this indicate the right type, or could it still be a variety of aloe? It makes me wonder if other aloe varieties produce the gel as well? I also am curious if they only studied this one type of aloe, similar to how they mostly only studied Rockweed Seaweed` as being the most beneficial for gardening, while there are other seaweeds that are also beneficial. Overall, since my plants have the Gel, I assume it should provide benefits for my plants and wouldn't hurt to use? Since I would love to use this, since the aloe powder for sale is pricey. I especially love how soapy it got when you made yours! The Perfect, natural, wetting agent! I see others using Jadam Wetting Solution`, as well as Yucca. Thank you for all of your help!

[@HomesteadandChill]

@@AlvinKazu I think white spots are common on the aloe while they are still young but go away as the plant matures. If the aloe has a good amount of gel on the inside, similar to the one in the video, I think you are good to go to use it as a wetting agent in the garden. Might as well mix some up and see if there is a good amount of saponins within it. Good luck!

[@AlvinKazu]

@@HomesteadandChill Thank you. I initially thought it was aloe when i first saw it years ago, but then saw laoe grew much bigger so just thought i twas another succulent type.. now I'm thinking it is some type of aloe, especially with the gel. I will definitely check it out and report back my findings! I think i'm good to go, and will just check out how my plants react ot it. I assume that your plants react in some way after getting some aloe?

[@bijoubug6535]

As long as you let the yellow sap surpass before blending the taste or flavor that is off putting with Aloe won't be left in your blender? It's the yellow part that gives off the bad smell and taste? Or do you have a blender you use that's different for food?

[@mariomendez4874]

I have blue agave plants does they have the same or similar nutrients and enzymes/minerals like aloe Vera for plants? As fertilizer?

[@rawpower2672]

Hey! Can you please help? I'm quite confused aloe vera is antibacterial and antifungal so that would mean that I would hurt mycorrhizae by feeding this to a plant is that right? also Some people prefer to purposefully ferment this stuff for about a week what's the purpose of that if you say that it's losing its value over time?

[@robinhood4640]

What sort of temperatures did you have last winter? +2° C or less.

[@HomesteadandChill]

We got a couple of frosts, so it may have been in the 30s (°F) overnight, but just a time or two. Usually the lowest is high 30s and low 40s overnight in winter

[@robinhood4640]

@@HomesteadandChill Thanks for the reply. I have normally 25° F minimum and very rarely 20, so i don't think i can risk growing them outside.

[@____-ei4gq]

At 18:11, what is the green, kind of snakey plant in the front?

[@thegreenalchemist7531]

Is aloe the only moisturiser you use? TY

[@zepheniahparker]

How much aloe gel/puree do you recommend per gallon of water?

[@HomesteadandChill]

We use about 1/4 to 1/2 cup per gallon of water but you can likely get by with less.

[@TehSyneS]

Pink Floyd in the background!

[@BigRokko5196]

What if you put the aloe in water does it still need to be used within 20 minutes

[@judywhite7782]

Bret Everhart- I've read/seen others say 4hrs..24hrs.. but, I Do know the gel/whole leaves can be frozen for later use. I have a bag in frzr of some older leaves that I didn't want to eat, but perfect for this use. So I take a few out at next watering session and put in blender, dilute, feed plants.

[@agremen2294]

chlorine is a macro nutrient... btw

[@shaunm1983]

Is it good to use as lube

[@christinenatvig438]

So aloe feeds the other plants but what do you feed the aloe?

[@dr.nug7103]

Christine Natvig water and sunlight with regular nutes if you want

[@judywhite7782]

I feed this to my Aloe"s as well.

[@FurNaxxYT]

Damn, my aloe harvesting skills are trash T_T

[@jeffngarden]

Always cut away from your body 🫣. My aloe is 4 years old in a container

[@ladilee18]

Looks like great healthy natural lube😍 beautiful garden!!

[@OG_VeniVidiVici]

with yams like that i'm surprised you need it lol