Hey lynn, I had a thought you were talking about the fact you haven't had much luck with aloe vera, & I have them growing out of my planters, & don't really even wan them now. I got them from my neighbor. What I wanted to say was, are you planting them in the soil there or sand. Of course, they're used to sand, so perhaps if you doing soil, try sand. And let me know if that makes a difference, k? It grows here abundantly! It is supposed to be good for burns. Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" <[email protected]> To: "Don Churchfield" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 9:51:58 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [PD-LIFE] Aloe and York, Lancaster, Berks :o) Thanks, Don. I'll have to try it again. I put it on my list for next time we get over to York. Lynn in Columbia. PS Hey, Mary, when you get to Lancaster, stop in, even if it's just for a drive-by hello like Sally had to do last year !!! At least I got to meet her, and hope to have a longer visit from her and her husband sometime this year. And, when you are in Berks County, please say hi to my hometown of Reading. I miss it so, so much :o( Don in AZ wrote: > Wal Mart sells Pure Aloe Vera Gel that in unscented. > You can find it in the Health and Beauty section. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I read on the web that Cactus soil was the best to plant or transplant Alow Vera. Shallow dish and only water when the soil is dry. Cactus soil probably has lots of sand in it. I use to see it at Walmart but haven't been able to find since hubby found all the aloe vera plants and I wanted to repot.   tracy --- On Sun, 1/25/09, Cathy wrote: What I wanted to say was, are you planting them in the soil there or sand. Of course, they're used to sand, so perhaps if you doing soil, try sand. And let me know if that makes a difference, k? It grows here abundantly!

Thanks, Cathy! I'll have to get some sand, when we go shopping next time in York. Never thought of that, because my neighbor ALways just used regular old potting soil, and never had a problem, except to get RID of them all each year. But, maybe I should try the sand factor anyway. Hugs! Lynn Cathy wrote: > Hey lynn, I had a thought you were talking about the fact you haven't > had much luck with aloe vera, & I have them growing out of my planters, & > don't really even wan them now. I got them from my neighbor. What I > wanted to say was, are you planting them in the soil there or sand. Of > course, they're used to sand, so perhaps if you doing soil, try sand. And > let me know if that makes a difference, k? It grows here abundantly! It > is supposed to be good for burns.