Re: Aloe recommendations


>
>DEAR ALL
>
>ALOE FEROX, ALOE PLICATILIS, ALOE AFRICANA ARE ALL GOOD AND MUCH MORE
>COLD TOLERANT THAN BAINESII OR DICHOTOMA (WHICH IS A PURE DESERT
>PLANT AND VERY INTOLERANT OF TOO MUCH DAMPNESS AND COLD) THE ABOVE
>THREE ARE ALL BIGG-ISH GROWERS MAKING SHORT TO MEDIUM TRUNKS -1 METRE
>- 3 METRES TALL. PLICATILIS MAKES A MULTI-TRUNKED SHRUB RATHER LIKE
>AN OBESE BONSAI WHILE FEROX MAKES ONLY A FEW STEMS AND AFRICANA MAKES
>MANY. ALL FLOWER IN WINTER AND ARE LOVED BY HONEY-EATING BIRDS. IF
>YOU CAN FIND MATURE OLD PLANTS, AND CAN PERSUADE THE OWNER, THEY ARE
>EASILY GROWN FROM LARGE STEM CUTTINGS. SIMPLY SAW OFF AS MUCH AS YOU
>WANT OR ARE PERMITTED TO TAKE, REST STANDING UPRIGHT IN A WELL LIT
>SPOT WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE CUT JUST TOUCHING A THICK LAYER OF COARSE
>SAND (OR STAND THE TRUNCHEON/ CUTTING ON A BUCKET OF SAND IN YOUR
>GREENHOUSE). THE CUTTING WILL SEEP REDDISH SAP AND EVENTUALLY CALLOUS
>OVER; THEN STUBBY FINGER-THICK ROOTS WILL BEGIN TO APPEAR. tRANSPALNT
>ANYTIME SO LONG AS THERE IS NO DANGER OF A COLD SNAP FOR SEVERAL
>MONTHS. IT WILL PROBABLY BE NECESSARY TO STAKE, OR PROP OR GUY, THE
>ROOTED CUTTING UNTIL IT'S ROOT SYSTEM CAN FULLY SUPPORT IT IN ALL
>WEATHERS - POSSIBLY UNTI THE END OF THE FIRST GROWING SEASON.
>
>TREVOR N


Trevor, how long would you say it will take for a cutting to root
sufficiently to be transplanted?  Are cuttings best done in warm season or
cool season?

Nan
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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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